Policy Corps Unite Against Book Bans Cadre

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To combat book banning and censorship in America’s libraries, the 91´«Ã½’s (91´«Ã½) Policy Corps Unite Against Book Bans cadre works in close coordination with the 91´«Ã½ Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and the 91´«Ã½ Public Policy and Advocacy (PPA) Office to boost advocacy efforts across library types and states to showcase how libraries and library workers provide essential information resources to their communities while increasing awareness about the importance of intellectual freedom and its centrality to American democracy and society.

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“These attacks demand active, organized support from peer professionals like this cadre of Policy Corps coordinated with cross-sector mobilized by 91´«Ã½ through the campaign. Together, we are an antidote to the pervasive censorship poisoning our communities.” — 91´«Ã½ Past President Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada

Members

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Kate Alderete
State Library
NM

Tiffeni Fontno
Academic Library
TN

Qiana Johnson
Academi Library
NH

Jennie Pu
Public Library
NJ

Becky Calzada
Public School District
TX

Carolyn Foote
School Library
TX

Amanda Kordeliski
Public School District
OK

Hallie Rich
Library Journal
OH

Todd Carpenter
National Information Standards Organization
MD

Jamie Gregory
School Library
SC

Erin MacFarlane
Public Library
AZ

Valerie Tagoe
School Library
TX

Nicolle Davies
State Library
CO

Tyler Hahn
Public Library
IA

Tim Miller
Public Library
OK

Sarah Vantrease
Public Library
CA

Sonya Durney
Academic Library
ME

Sonnet Ireland
Public Library
LA

Larry Neal
Public Library
MI

Lisa Varga
Library Association
VA

Lori Fisher
State Library
ME

Christy James
School Library
SC

Mary Pellicano
School Library
MD

Senior Policy Fellows

Kent Oliver
TN

Chris Harris
NY

The Cadre in the News

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Staff Contacts

Jazzy Celindro
jcelindro@ala.org

Larra Clark
lclark@ala.org