14 Ways To Celebrate & Take Action For Banned Books Week
14 Ways To Celebrate & Take Action For Banned Books Week
14 Ways To Celebrate & Take Action For Banned Books Week From July 2021 to the end of the 2024 school year, PEN America recorded nearly 22,810 cases of book bans across 45 states and 451 public school districts. These numbers represent a crisis of censorship that is only growing, especially targeting historically marginalized voices that share stories and lived experiences of racism and LGBTQ+ oppression. Book bans erase history and represent the effort to silence those most underrepresented in literature. But we know that diverse stories are essential. They validate the experiences of those who can see themselves in those stories and they encourage empathy and understanding in those who don’t. Reading is a powerful act of resistance and so many are scared of that power. So, when it feels like our reality has crumbled into a dystopian nightmare, what do we do? We use the power of books, form our own team of heroes, and fight against censorship and for stories that matter! Banned Books …