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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:1.5">ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Roundtable (GNCRT) launched a survey to collect data about comics challenges. This is part of GNCRT’s<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(73, 73, 73);line-height:1.5"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FTradeSecretsWright&data=05%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Cba7ae8ed0a65430ec0c608da270751c4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637865209635887127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=T7%2BK2x4Z4LEVS4iKmG5mqlxzj1lDqNTfnLQqJvUFgaQ%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline">current
work to create a toolkit for addressing challenges to comics in libraries</a>.<span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:1.5">This survey is open to ALL — educators, library workers, administrators, library students, public libraries, academic libraries, and K-12 school libraries. All of the survey
information will be kept and shared anonymously unless we have the explicit permission of the respondent. More information available via the<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(73, 73, 73);line-height:1.5"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Fnews%2Fmember-news%2F2022%2F04%2Fgncrt-seeks-information-about-censorship-comics-schools-and-libraries&data=05%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Cba7ae8ed0a65430ec0c608da270751c4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637865209635887127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FLkY6oRaKnYxN5q9DMuDWS3sUGTlFzcmPEhgkiRQdf0%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline">official
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:1.5">Survey Link: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(73, 73, 73);line-height:1.5"><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FGNCRTchallenge-survey&data=05%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Cba7ae8ed0a65430ec0c608da270751c4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637865209635887127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZuQFUybSPiXzQAV3S15IKxGy695EE%2FhQX7W7e3AfpFU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(51, 122, 183);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">https://bit.ly/GNCRTchallenge-survey</span></a> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black;line-height:1.5">GNCRT’s goal is to release resources and to report on the first round of survey responses starting in June 2022 during ALA Annual. To ensure your feedback is captured in
our first round of reports,<span> </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FGNCRTchallenge-survey&data=05%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Cba7ae8ed0a65430ec0c608da270751c4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637865209635887127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZuQFUybSPiXzQAV3S15IKxGy695EE%2FhQX7W7e3AfpFU%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline"><strong><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">please
fill out the survey by May 31, 2022</span></strong></a>.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;line-height:1.5"></span></p>
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<u>Note</u>:<span> </span><span style="color:black;background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)">This survey is NOT a way to report a challenge occurring in real time; if you are dealing with a current challenge or ban, please contact our colleagues at the American
Library Association (ALA) Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ala.org%2Ftools%2Fchallengesupport%2Freport&data=05%7C01%7Clancasterc5%40michigan.gov%7Cba7ae8ed0a65430ec0c608da270751c4%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637865209635887127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cwIObUs0Z5NivWct56UG%2Fq5JwVRj4%2Fcuo5ECOZZOfc8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0, 120, 212);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(51, 122, 183);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)">for
immediate support in real-life and to log that challenge</span></a><span style="color:rgb(73, 73, 73);background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)">.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black;background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)">I’m on the committee that’s working on this, so feel free to reach out with any questions. Thanks!</span><span style="background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)">Cheers,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;background-color:rgb(254, 254, 254)">Alec</span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-color:white">Alec B. Chunn</span></b><span style="color:rgb(81, 167, 249);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-color:white"> </span><span style="color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background-color:white">(<i>he/him</i>)</span></p>
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