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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:#313131;letter-spacing:.95pt">MLA Connect Advocacy Hour: An Update from ALA on the Right to Read in America<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thursday, January 19, 2023</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">10:00 - 11:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Join MLA on Zoom next Thursday, January 19 at 10:00 AM for an update from the American Library Association (ALA) on national efforts to protect the right to read. Jon Martin from the
ALA Chapter Relations Office and Joyce McIntosh from the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Office of Intellectual Freedom will join us to talk about activities of ALA to combat the censorship crisis and protect intellectual freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Advocacy Hour conversations are always free to attend but registration is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Register:
<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdO2grjktHdLBqJXeNz7-qSILAc-ZCwYI">
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdO2grjktHdLBqJXeNz7-qSILAc-ZCwYI</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Guest Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Jon Martin</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">is
the program manager for the Chapter Relations Office of ALA. He supports ALA’s 57 state and territorial associations and over 60 student chapters. He also administers advocacy platforms used by state chapters. New to ALA with about a year of service, his background
is in membership-based nonprofits with a focus on membership and funding growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Joyce McIntosh</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">is
the Assistant Program Director for the Freedom to Read Foundation. She has worked at the intersection of intellectual freedom, communication, and the First Amendment for three decades. Her degrees in journalism (Michigan State University) and library and information
science (Wayne State University) have led her to work for newspapers, non-profits, and for the last two decades in libraries. She worked in a public library before joining FTRF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:13.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Questions?
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<a href="mailto:MLA@milibraries.org">MLA@milibraries.org</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif"> or (517) 394-2774.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Hope to see you on Zoom!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PT Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Rachel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#058689">Rachel Ash</span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"><br>
Membership and Communications Director<br>
Michigan Library Association<br>
3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<br>
Lansing, MI 48911<br>
Phone: (517) 394-2774 ext. 2<br>
<b>Direct: 517-881-6652 </b></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:red">*Please note new number</span></i><u><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#058689"><a href="mailto:%0bmilibraries.org%0brfash@milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1"><br>
milibraries.org<br>
rfash@milibraries.org</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Follow MLA on </span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#058689"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MichiganLibraryAssociation" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#058689">Facebook</span></b></a><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">and </span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#058689"><a href="https://twitter.com/mlaoffice" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#058689">Twitter</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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