Are you concerned about book banning and censorship in public and school libraries? Learn from a panel of experts what actions you can take right now to protect intellectual freedom in your community. This community webinar, presented on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, focuses to some extent on Illinois, but much of the content applies broadly. The speakers provide practical solutions to protect the freedom to read.

Take Action!

Following are resources to use in your work to stop book banning efforts. Please share widely as we are all in this fight together.

• Sourcebooks Monthly Actions

• Sourcebooks Resources for Students, Parents, Librarians and Educators

• Public Library Resources

• School Library Educator Resources

• UnCensored Resource Guide

• 10 Most Banned Books in 2021

Thank you!

Thank you to our speakers: Dominique Raccah, Publisher and CEO, Sourcebooks, Inc.; Barbara Posinger, Director, Sandwich (IL) Public Library District; Dr. Kristina Weber, Intellectual Freedom Chair, Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE) and Kerry Clemm, Marketing Manager, Anderson’s Bookshop; and moderator Shoshana Frank, AAUW Naperville Area.

This webinar was co-sponsored by AAUW Naperville Area (IL), LWV of Naperville, NCJW Chicago North Shore and IL NOW.