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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preparing Yourself for YA Book Challenges</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday, September 8th at 1 pm Central
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">(2pm ET)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1658934879817_40"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As book bans and challenges continue to increase throughout the country, YA library workers face many of these directly. YALSA and ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom are teaming
up to help you be as prepared as you can be. Deborah Coldwell-Stone, ALA's Director Office for Intellectual Freedom will share the big picture view of book bans and challenges as well as specifics in the Young Adult world. She will discuss resources and who
you should reach out to if you find you and your library being challenged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Presenter: </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deborah Caldwell-Stone</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is Director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom and Executive Director of the Freedom to Read Foundation. For over
twenty years she has worked closely with library professionals and library trustees on a wide range of intellectual freedom issues related to library service in the United States. She has served on the faculty of the ALA-sponsored Lawyers for Libraries and
Law for Librarians workshops and is a contributor to the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual. She has contributed articles on law, policy, and intellectual freedom to American Libraries and other publications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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