Advocacy

18 Mar
ABFE

Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop, on Indie Booksellers and Carceral Justice

Luis Correa is the Operations Manager of Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia. Avid recently filed a legal complaint challenging the constitutionality of Gwinnett County Jail’s policies restricting who can send books to those incarcerated at the jail.

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15 Mar
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Read Freely Alabama (Angie Hayden)

Angie Hayden is a founding member of Read Freely Alabama, an Alabaman, a mother, and a passionate advocate.

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13 Mar
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 13, 2024.

 

 

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08 Mar
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: White Rose (Erin Decker)

Erin Decker is the co-owner of White Rose Book & More, Kissimmee, FL, and is a former librarian.

 
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06 Mar
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of March 6, 2024.

 

 

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29 Feb
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Book Resumes (Eric Stroshane)

Red Wine & Blue is a national advocacy organization dedicated to friend-to-friend organizing among suburban women to fight extremism and book bans. Ronna Dewey is the Pennsylvania Program Director and a passionate advocate for education and inclusion. 

 
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29 Feb
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Book Resumes (Eric Stroshane)

Red Wine & Blue is a national advocacy organization dedicated to friend-to-friend organizing among suburban women to fight extremism and book bans. Ronna Dewey is the Pennsylvania Program Director and a passionate advocate for education and inclusion. 

 
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28 Feb
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of February 28, 2024.

 

 

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21 Feb
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of February 21, 2024.

 

 

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10 Feb
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Red Wine & Blue (Ronna Dewey)

Red Wine & Blue is a national advocacy organization dedicated to friend-to-friend organizing among suburban women to fight extremism and book bans. Ronna Dewey is the Pennsylvania Program Director and a passionate advocate for education and inclusion. 

 
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07 Feb
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of February 7, 2024.

 

 

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01 Feb
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of January 31, 2024.

 

 

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31 Jan

American Booksellers Association Donates Archives to Columbia University

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) and Columbia University Libraries are happy to announce ABA’s donation of the association’s extensive organizational and bookseller archives to the university to be housed in Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML).

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25 Jan
ABFE

Free Expression Friday: Annie's Foundation, Iowa

Sarah Hayden Parris is the Founder and President of Annie's Foundation, which fights for the right to read in Iowa. She spoke to ABA about Iowa SF 496, Annie's Foundation's focal points for 2024, and how you can get involved.

 
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24 Jan
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of January 24, 2024.

 

 

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