Columbia cancelled Karen Attiah’s class on Race, Media, and Worldwide Affairs—however she’s going to show it anyway. I like seeing these types of resistance, the dedication to sharing information in accessible methods as establishments are dismantling their DEI departments.
A brand new documentary checks out the various methods libraries are a ‘Free For All’ (NPR)
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With Trump’s administration attempting to defund the Institute for Museum and Library Providers (IMLS), libraries want our help greater than ever. Lately, NPR highlighted Free for All, a brand new documentary on the historical past of public libraries in America and the way they’ve been so necessary to our communities and tradition.
I don’t find out about you, however this documentary is leaping straight to the highest of my watchlist. It’s obtainable to stream on PBS.
Learn Your Resistance: Guide Bans and Bravery: A Dialog with Samira Ahmed (Chicago Assessment of Books)
Over on the Chicago Assessment of Books, Gregg Zimmerman interviews Samira Ahmed, one of many leaders of the group, Authors In opposition to Guide Banning, which has over 5,000 members. I actually appreciated that alongside describing how dire the state of e book banning is, she additionally describes among the latest wins for people combating for the liberty to learn.
Glad studying, Associates!
~ Kendra
