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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @georgetakei.bsky.social for sharing your truth/our truth and for serving as the #BannedBooksWeek 2025 Honorary Chair.

Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 3d

"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom."

#BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984

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George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair

YouTube video by Banned Books Week

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks @tucson.com 4publishing my op-ed "Libraries, librarians & Banned Books Week®" #TLSky #EduSky pls make time 4 your Ss to read 4 their rights, watch #IntellectualFreedom focused documentaries "Banned Together" "The Librarians" (at the Loft Cinema in #Tucson tonight!) tucson.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship is so 1984. Read for Your Rights. Oct 5-11, 2025. BannedBooksWeek.org

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 3d

This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

#TLSky and #EduSky - I hope you will consider making this pledge.

action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read

This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

action.everylibrary.org

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 3d

During #BannedBooksWeek (Oct 5-11, 2025) hone your knowledge of threats to the #FirstAmendment by reading the @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom news. #TLSky #EduSky Of special note read about TX Senate Bill 12 and its effect on Ss in Leander ISD (near Austin). www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...

Intellectual Freedom News 10/3/2025

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...

www.oif.ala.org

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 6d

Attention #TLSky and #EduSky! October 5 - 11, 2025 is @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's #BannedBooksWeek. This is the time to teach Ss about their #FirstAmendment rights and to stand up for #IntellectualFreedom in our communities and country. See the resources to support your work at BannedBooksWeek.org

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 10d

#BannedBooksWeek is October 5-11. Download and share our free graphics to help spread the word about the harms of censorship.
https://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/freedownloads
#CensorshipIsSo1984

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 8d

Are you hosting a Banned Books week event or display? Don't forget to add it to our free event calendar! bannedbooksweek.org/events/

Banned Books Week Event Calendar. Add an event or find one near you! BannedBooksWeek.org/events Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Banned Books Week, October 5-11, 2025

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you @heykellyjensen.bsky.social #TLSky #EduSky Check it out!

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10d

I made a free printable bookmark you can use for any banned books week (or before or after!) displays, books, etc., that gives people *action items* for defending the right to read.

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A Free Printable Bookmark About Book Censorship

Print these free bookmarks to help engage your friends, family, and community in the fight against book bans.

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 9d

First Amendment/civil rights are under attack. #TLSky #EduSky, pls make time to read the 9/26/25 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: #censorship, #1stAmendment /civil rights (long list) academic freedom/Ss speech, legislation, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social news. www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...

Intellectual Freedom News 9/26/2025

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...

www.oif.ala.org

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Tupelo Press @tupelopress.bsky.social · Apr 30

Arts, books, words and freedom of expression are all under attack. Of course they are. Because silence is complicity, and authoritarians need complicity to function.
Share your experience in the open air and chronicle these times in the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project.
www.tupelopress.org/about-the-30...

When government defunds the humanities, it is up to all of us to keep small, independent voices alive.
Write a poem a day with us.
Refuse to be silenced with us.
Keep the humanities alive, shoulder to shoulder, word by word.
Chronicle these times in the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project.

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Take Action Tucson @takeactiontucson.org · 14d

What's happening, Tucson?

Here's your update on local pro-democracy calls to action as of September 23, 2025.

For more info, links, and updates, please head to takeactiontucson.org

Hope to see you there!

#tucson #tucsonactivism #civicengagement #tucsonprotest #tucsonprotests #tucsonevents

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Tom Bober @captainlibrary.bsky.social · 18d

To all of my St. Louis friends and my librarian friends who will be in on Wednesday for AASL, I want to invite you to a talk with my amazing friend Amanda Jones where she’ll share the story behind the story of her bestselling book That Librarian.
RSVP here: www.left-bank.com/event/amanda...

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 15d

Our First Amendment is under threat. #TLSky #EduSky, pls make time to read the 9/19/25 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: #censorship and #1stAmendment /civil rights (long lists), academic freedom/student speech, legislation, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social news. www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...

Intellectual Freedom News 9/12/2025

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...

www.oif.ala.org

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 16d

On this Sun Day when we celebrate the power of solar and other renewable energy, #TLSky #EduSky please take time to read my @worldsofwords.bsky.social book reviews of The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics and Black Beach: A Community, Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day. wowlit.org/on-line-publ...

WOW Review: Volume XVII, Issue 4 • Page 9 of 12 • Worlds of Words

The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics Written by Susan Hood Illustrated by Christiane Engel HarperCollins, 2021, 48 pp ISBN: 978-0062981394 From the introduction to the “News You Can Use” at the end of th...

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 18d

“Let’s not throw up our hands when it’s time to roll up our sleeves. Not now. Not tomorrow. Not ever.” Former Vice President
Kamala Harris in These Truths We Hold: An American Journey.

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 19d

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose & critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money & influence they have, to fight back. If you believe in the #FirstAmendment, please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...

Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!

Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...

sign.moveon.org

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ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom @oif.bsky.social · 21d

#BannedBooksWeek is just around the corner! We have posters, bookmarks, & more to show the world that Censorship Is So 1984 - Read for Your Rights! Order NOW to ensure ontime delivery. bit.ly/censorship-1984

Get #CensorshipIsSo1984 apparel & other banned books designs at bit.ly/BBWk1984

Get Ready for Banned Books Week. Shop the ALA Store. Image shows collage of products featuring Censorship Is So 1984 artwork, including bookmarks, buttons, stickers, and posters.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 19d

In America, we defend free speech in terrible times.

We defend free speech even when it’s offensive.

We defend free speech.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/p...

Hillary Clinton reacts to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension | CNN Politics

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria asks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about Jimmy Kimmel’s show being pulled from ABC’s air. Watch Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sunday at 10aET/PT.

www.cnn.com

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you to all of the educators including #schoollibrarians who are committed to regularly including conversations/discussions about our nation's founding documents. Yes! to #TeachTruth on #ConstitutionDay and throughout the school year. #EduSky #TLSky

Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 20d

Hundreds of teachers in every state & territory (except ND, at least not yet) bravely* committed to #TeachTruth on #ConstitutionDay and all year long.

Here are some of their plans.

*Sadly it is risky in many places to teach truthfully about the U.S. Constitution

Teacher in Miami, Florida ⬇️

map and text in bubble says: I make sure students see how marginalized communities have used the Constitution to demand justice, even when the system didn't protect them. [As a teacher of African American History,] my goal is to help students think critically, not just about now, but about how they can be part of shaping what “liberty and justice for all” actually looks like

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 24d

"We may not all participate in the festivities with flag-waving fervor. . . . Some may . . . observe the anniversary with hopes not realized and promises not fulfilled." -- Thurgood Marshall, 1987

Free resources to #TeachTruth on #ConstitutionDay (Sept. 17) ➡️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...

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In this Bicentennial year, we may not all participate in the festivities with flag-waving fervor.

Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original document, and observe the anniversary with hopes not realized and promises not fulfilled. -- Thurgood Marshall, May 6, 1987

Full remarks https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2686&context=vlr

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 21d

Democracy is not guaranteed. It must be actively defended.

The fundamental protection of constitutional freedoms is an American issue. That’s why #ConstitutionDay is a moment to act.

Join the 20,000+ people who have signed the pledge → weholdtruths.org

We Hold These Truths @weholdtruths.bsky.social · 21d

Democracy is defended by the people. Join “We Hold These Truths” and take action with us:
📢 Share the truths
✍️ Sign the pledge
All at → weholdtruths.org/take-action

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 23d

Every Friday the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @oif.bsky.social posts the #IntellectualFreedom News. #TLSky #EduSky Please take time to follow links re: censorship / 1st Amendment & Civil Rights / U.S. & international articles 4people who aim 2protect the 1st Amendment. www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...

Intellectual Freedom News 9/12/2025

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...

www.oif.ala.org

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 28d

Bravo, @anthonyrdevine.bsky.social Thank you for your contribution to #RadicalSchoolLibrarianship @facetpublishing.bsky.social. Your thoughtful chapter will spark conversations and engender reflection among #schoollibrarians around the globe. Congratulations!

anthonyrdevine.bsky.social @anthonyrdevine.bsky.social · 28d

I am so so so grateful I got to work with my friends Suzanne and Stephanie on a chapter of Radical School Librarianship: A Global Response. My copy from the UK just arrived at my door in Germany! @judimoreillon.bsky.social @facetpublishing.bsky.social

Anthony Devine holding up a copy of a book he helped write.

Close up of the first page of chapter 9.

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · 28d

If you are for #literacy, you are for #libraries. Please contact your Congressional representatives and tell them how important libraries are to you, your family, and your community. #TLSky #EduSky #FundLibraries. app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

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Judi Moreillon, PhD @judimoreillon.bsky.social · Sep 8

More & more censorship links on the 9/5/25 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News highlights: #censorship, #1stAmendment /civil rights, academic freedom/student speech, legislation, Around the Web, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social news. #UniteAgainstBookBans #TLSky www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...

Intellectual Freedom News 9/5/2025

ALA actively advocates and educates in defense of intellectual freedom—the rights of library users to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment. Intellectual freedo...

www.oif.ala.org

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