Freedom to Read Foundation

A #FirstAmendment legal organization affiliated with the American Library Association. #FreedomToRead

[ALA OIF @OIF]

Censorship won't end when #BannedBooksWeek does! Support the fight against book bans - and look good doing it - with apparel, totes & more. Proceeds support our work for libraries and advocates. https://t.co/Hd4mg6S8Dj

#FreePeopleReadFreely #FreedBetweenTheLines

[ALA OIF @OIF]

It's #LetFreedomReadDay! We're asking everyone to do at least one thing to fight book bans - all you need is 5 minutes to make an impact! How will you fight censorship today? https://t.co/Wo2m8GmlAo #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomReadDay

[ALA OIF @OIF]

Join @EliotSchrefer @soontornvat & Patricia McCormick for a conversation about how censorship impacts our communities w/@OIF @FTRF Joyce McIntosh & comics librarian Jack Phoenix! Free & open to all! 9/23, 1 pm CT https://t.co/vZW3kgittg #BannedBooksWeek #FreedBetweenTheLines

[Banned Books Week @BannedBooksWeek]

We are proud to announce our honorary chair, award-winning filmmaker & advocate AVA DUVERNAY! She is joined by youth honorary chair Julia Garnett. https://t.co/H6miy7Ud6n w/@ARRAYNow

[Unite Against Book Bans @UABookBans]

📣 Want to raise awareness about the unprecedented rise in book bans across the US? Host a banned book reading, teach-in, or meeting on the #FreedomToLearn National Day of Action on 5/3 & rally your community to #UniteAgainstBookBans. Info: https://t.co/usfLgoCpbl @AAPolicyForum

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

🏆 Exciting update in our fight against TX HB900 AKA the Reader Act: The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction, declaring HB900 unconstitutional! @FTRF @aasl joined an amicus brief in the case. Help support our work: https://t.co/zeMbu5k091

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Happy #GivingTuesday! We're honored to have the support of our friends at @chooseadventure - 20% of today's sales support our work defending the First Amendment & the right to read. #FreePeopleReadFreely https://t.co/yqEjXrpOwv

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

@chooseadventure @ALALibrary Thank you for supporting the right to read on #GivingTuesday, @chooseadventure - and thank you for all the amazing adventures! 😍

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Book challenges are at an all time high. Libraries are facing defunding. Library workers are being harassed. One or two people are deciding what books are available for a community. Help us defend the right to read on #GivingTuesday. #FreePeopleReadFreely https://t.co/BydXzVLTl9

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

@FTRF and @aasl filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision that struck key provisions of HB 900, Texas’s controversial book rating law. https://t.co/WzTwnDmfgD

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Our friends at @humanoidsinc & @humble Bundle have assembled amazing comics to support our work defending the First Amendment - name your price, read great books, fight censorship, & support FTRF! Ends Saturday! #FreePeopleReadFreely https://t.co/q7ZwJF01dA

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

The government has NO business interfering with the decisions of parents, families, and minors about what library books to read and how they may access them. Read the Oct. 17 letter we sent to Huntington Beach City Council with @FACoalition & @ACLU_SoCal.
https://t.co/R727Ekee6j

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

TODAY: Join @penguinrandom @booklist_ala @UABookBans for the online premiere of @ibramxk's moving #ALAAC23 Rally for the Right to Read keynote! 2pm ET w/@TracieDHall1 & @OneWorldLit's Chris Jackson. #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead https://t.co/i7ceEWnPSR

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Starting in 30 minutes: Don't miss @johngreen @MikeCurato @FReadomFighters Becky Calzada & #BannedBooksWeek Youth Honorary Chair Da'Taeveyon Daniels for Authors and Advocates on Fighting Book Bans! https://t.co/OACyKBKbuw

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Book bans are on the rise in America. We're joining @penguinrandom @LtlFreeLibrary @PENamerica for #TheBannedWagon, which is stopping in communities affected by censorship. TODAY, 3-6pm CT: Nashville TN's @thebookshopnash! https://t.co/bAmY823SBz #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Don't miss #TheBannedWagon! The tour kicks off 1pm today at Charis Books and offers 12 books that are being challenged and banned.

We're proud to co-sponsor w/@penguinrandom @LtlFreeLibrary @PENamerica

#BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead

https://t.co/p4ckYcdqqN

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

“To allow a group of people or any individual, no matter how powerful or loud, to become the decision-maker about what books we can read or whether libraries exist, is to place all of our rights and liberties in jeopardy.” FTRF Director Deborah Caldwell-Stone

[ALA OIF @OIF]

“To allow a group of people or any individual, no matter how powerful or loud, to become the decision-maker about what books we can read or whether libraries exist, is to place all of our rights and liberties in jeopardy.” OIF Director Deborah Caldwell-Stone

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

Good news from Texas! Judge grants preliminary injunction against Reader Act, finding "that this law violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.” We joined @aasl to file an amicus brief in the suit. https://t.co/WmUAl0Rqei

[Freedom to Read Foundation @FTRF]

We're delighted to sponsor an ALA eLearning webinar w/ @usedgov Office for Civil Rights about how book bans may violate federal law and violate student rights. Free for @FTRF @ALALibrary members! 9/26 2pm CDT. Limited space, sign up soon! https://t.co/UpXjHMnaHn

[American Library Association @ALALibrary]

Very good news from Texas!