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Banned Books Week was created in 1982 to put a spotlight on a controversy, one that continues even today. The goal is really to highlight free and open access to information, said Kasey Meehan, theFreedom to Rea
stanley cup dprogram director atPEN America.PEN America says that last school year from July 2022 to June 2023, there were more than 3,300 individual book bans in U.S. public school libraries and classrooms. The bans removed access to more than 1,550 unique book titles, a 33% increase compared to the previous school year. Often we see books being banned that are memoirs or semi-autobiographical texts, that authors felt like when they were coming up, they didn t have that book, said Meehan. They didn t, they couldn t see themselves reflected in a given book. The group s research found that Florida had the most instances of books banned, followed by Texas, Missouri, Utah and Pennsylvania. The organization is actually announcing the opening of a new office in Miami, supported by big name authors like Jodi Picoult, James Patterson and Amanda Gorman to help fight book censorship. Our hope
stanley cup is that by bringing attention and further investment into what s happening in Florida, we can resist what s happening within the state, but also use that to prevent censorship from continuing to expand across other states
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KENOSHA 鈥?As Jacob Blake remains hospitalized, his family
stanley tazas collaborated with community organizations to host an event centered on support and healing. We come from a family of ministries and social workers so we wanted to come back to the neighborhoo
stanley cup d today and help the community heal as well. This happened in their community. How do you think they feel, said Justin Blake, Jacob Blake s uncle.Tuesday s event came as President Donald Trump made a controversial visit to Kenosha.Justin said he had no words for the president.Jacob s uncle joined civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, and other community leaders to push a message of peace and justice.The Blake family worked with the Urban League of Racine and Kenosha and several other organizations, to bring some relief to the area where Jacob was shot in the back. Relief came in the form of music, food, health resources, voter registrations, hair cuts, and activities for the kids.Justin Blake reiterated they will not sit still until the officer who shot Jacob is indicted and ultimately convicted. He also encouraged meaningful change to end systemic racism. Were no longer going to tolerate this. As a community we are going to work together were going to put aside our differences were
stanley cup going to agree to disagree and were going to rebuild our community. Justin mentioned Jacob s kids are with family members getting therapy and the help they need. He also said his brother had a conversation with democratic
