| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Name | Other | Name of Host: Individual/Organization | Est. # of Participants | Your Email | Add'l Information | Title of Event | Location of Activation (Name and Full Address) | Start Time (Time Zone) | End Time (Time Zone) | Day of Point of Contact | Registration Link (if any) | Flyer? (email to info@freedomtolearn.net) | | ||||||||||||
2 | Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies | Other | Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies | 1000+ | liberatedesc@gmaill.com | Online campaign leading up to Day of Action | | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Dr. Deborah Stroman | Other | Deborah Stroman - Digital Organizing of University of Virginia Black Alumni | 500+ | debby@dstroman.com | Digital campaign on May 3rd to post a script supporting truth telling and the freedom to learn on their social media platform. | | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kaye Wise Whitehead | March | Teach-In at Loyola University MD; Lesson Plan availble through NWSA; giving away banned books | sharing with our 14K member database | nwsapresident2021@gmail.com | Looking forward to sharing our Lesson Plan | | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tanya Belcheff | Banned Book Reading | Read in at the local library | 50+ | tanyabcnm@gmail.com | This is centered around students grade 5-12 but will include all who join us. | Read-In | Burton Barr Public Library 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ85004 | 3:30pm MST | 6:30 pm MST | Tanya Belcheff | Yes | ||||||||||||||
6 | Maggie Sky and Kaela Stephenson | Social Media Campaign | Social Media campaign using the platform @peaceflagmovement on IG and FB | hopefully 100s or more | learn2relax@yahoo.com human@peaceflagmovement.org | Campaign a week or so prior to lead up to 5/3. On 5/3 we'll be listing 3-5 actions that others on this list will be offering, so our audience can join in with them. | | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Ali Collins | Other | CA political education campaign to protect progress in education to highlight CA education laws that promote education justice and non-discriminatory learning environments for CA students. I am working with a coalition of nascent CA parent organizations to create a list of Student Rights based on CA Ed Code. | 10-100 | | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | SHS - Cultural Awarenss Club | Banned Book Reading | Lunchtime on the quad banned book reading, awarenss raising campaign | markgomez1@csumb.edu | Posible teach in or ban book reading at two local high schools in the Salinas Valley, through student clubs, | | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Jody Valentine | Banned Book Reading | Jody Valentine NOTE: THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT, not for website | 200 | jovalentine@gmail.com | Elementary-school read-aloud of The 1619 Project: Born on the Water | | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Janae Oliver | Other | Varioues events leading up to May 3rd | asali1407@gmail.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Ingrid Palmer | Banned Book Reading | Los Angeles African American Women PAC | 20+ | laaawpacprograms@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Sikivu Hutchinson | Freedom Circle | African American Humanism class @ Pitzer College | 20+ | shutch2396@aol.com | Discussion of national and local educational justice climate vis-a-vis culturally responsive literature and student advocacy | | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Sikivu Hutchinson | Freedom Circle | African American Humanism class @ Pitzer College | 20+ | shutch2396@aol.com | Discussion of national and local educational justice climate vis-a-vis culturally responsive literature and student advocacy | | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Mack Boyle | Teach-in | Mack Boyle (SURJ Bay Area Youth and Families Committee) | 20-30 | mackhboyle@gmail.com | We will be hosting a teach-in/banned book storytime at Lake Merritt with a resource share. We'll be centering young folks and families that will include music and art making for freedom reader bookmarks. | | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Valerie Traina | Banned Book Reading | Partnering with Mysterious Galaxy bookstore (San Diego, CA) from 7 - 8 PM. | 30+ | vtraina2002@yahoo.com | A public in-person event that will be livestreamed on IG. Reading passages fm various banned books. A giveaway of banned books. (Planning a bigger event in 2 months.) | Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore 3555 Rosecrans Street #107, San Diego, CA 92110. Tel: 619-539-7137 | 7:00 pm PDT | 8:00 pm PDT | Valerie Traina | No | |||||||||||||||
16 | Milton Reynolds/Stacey Kertsman | Teach in Virtual | Milton Reynolds Consulting/P-Cubed | 20+ | piscator.reynolds@gmail.com, staceykertsman@gmail.com | Announcement of the Neurodiversity Discussion Group's "Contexts of Neurodiversity" virtual symposium to be held October 2023 that aligns with the spirit of the Freedom to Learn movement | | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath | Banned Book Reading | University of San Francisco Teacher Education Department | 120 | rarangnath@gmail.com | Hiphop Freedom School: Teach In, Think Through & Talk Back about African American Studies (Virtual) | | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Jennifer Elemen | Teach-in | California Council for the Social Studies: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Committee | 20+ | jenniferelemen@gmail.com | https://tinyurl.com/SJPLACES | | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Sharon Chia Claros | Op-Ed/ Blog | Sharon Chia Claros/Mabuhay with Love | schiaclaros@gmail.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Devorah Hill | Other | Varioues events leading up to May 3rd | digitaldevah@gmail.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Rachael Lehman | Banned Book Reading | Community College of Denver | lehman.rachael@gmail.com | I serve as the Sociology and Women's Studies Discipline Chair for Colorado Community College System. I plan to send information to our faculty in Colorado about doing a banned book reading on their respective campuses. | | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Lisa Monroe and Susan Monroe | Banned Book Reading | Social Justice CALL, hosting an initial meeting on May 3, to launch a series of teach-ins during summer 2023. Aim is to widely promote the Freedom to Learn, by building coalitions of readers to study truthful accounts of racism in U.S. history, in defiance of the many book bans and various laws designed to eliminate this historical knowledge from being taught to students in U.S. schools and being disseminated in public libraries. Aim is also to build coalitions among activists, both individual and civic groups. (Planning reading at historic Black Women's Club from 1900, Ida B. Wells in attendance at club discovered in meeting notes (historical connection) | 20 | readstudyresist@gmail.com | "We the People" Freedom to Learn - Unbanned Book Pushback! | 7pm (EST) | 8:15 pm (EST) | Lisa Monroe | | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Christine Japely | banned bk display/teach-in | Norwalk Community College | 40-50 | cjapely@norwalk.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Arlene King-Berry | Banned Book Reading/ Distribution | Capital (DC) Chaper of the Links | 40 | akingberry@yahoo.com | TBD | | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | Kirsten Ivey-Colson | Teach-in | The AntiRacist Table | Kirsten@TheAntiRacistTable.com | Virtual | | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Kisha Barnes | Banned Book Reading | The KC Barnes Group | 20 | barneskisha1@gmail.com | Meeting ID: 827 1615 8079 | | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | Christian Miskell | Other | Christian Miskell, Black Lives Matter at Schools, East City Bookshop; Banned Book Display; social media campaign, and book distribution in DC | 50 | cmiskell@chds.org | If interested in collaborating, reach out! Cmiskell@chds.org | located on the mid-atlantic slide | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | Bernadine Stallings | Rally & After-event reception | National Council of Negro Women + many co-sponsors | 200 | stallings.bernadine@yahoo.com | Join us for a Rally to Fight for the Freedom to Learn at the College Board national headquarters | Freedom to Learn DC Rally | Convening point: 1351 19th St. NW; Rally: 1919 M. St. NW | 9a Convene; 9:45 Walk to 1919 M. St., 10a Rally | 11a ET | Bernadine Stallings, stallings.bernadine@yahoo.com | bit.ly/F2LDCRally | Yes | |||||||||||||
29 | Chantelle Wilkinson | Op-Ed/Blog | Center for Urban and Racial Equity | cwilkinson@urbanandracialequity.org | https://urbanandracialequity.org/ | | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Chantelle Wilkinson | Social Media Campaign | Center for Urban and Racial Equity | cwilkinson@urbanandracialequity.org | https://urbanandracialequity.org/ | | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Gerri Madrid-Davis | Band Book Reading | working with in house Library and our ERGs to currate a collection of band books to raise awareness with employees | 30 | gmadrid14@aarp.org | | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Ali Tal-mason | Banned Book Reading | Social media banned book readathon | alitalmason@gmail.com | Graduate student association is hosting a banned book readathon collecting and posting video clips on social media. | | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Kestrel Ward (they/them) | Op-Ed/ Blog | Writing an op-ed for the college newspaper and a blog post | kestrel.s.ward@gmail.com | Op-ed in https://www.alligator.org/ and blog post at www.onequeerlibrarian.com | NA | https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2023/05/01/freedom-to-learn-day-of-action/(opens in a new tab) | NA | NA | Kestrel Ward | NA | No | ||||||||||||||
34 | Dr. Maribel Morey | Freedom Circle | Miami Institute for the Social Sciences | 10+ | miamisocialsciences@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shan-Estelle Brown and Nikki Fragala Barnes | Teach-in | Audubon Park Community Library (grassroots banned books) at Audubon Park Covenant Church | 50+ | nikkifragalabarnes@gmail.com, sbrown279@gmail.com | will invite antiracism facebook group to share excerpts from banned books;administrators of group will post info from # | Teach-In and Banned Books Reading | Audubon Community Church 3219 Chelsea St, Orlando, FL 32803 | 6;30pm EDT | 8pm EDT | Nikki Fragala Barnes, 321.303.0031 | zoom: www.tinyurl.com/5akwau3y | Yes | |||||||||||||
36 | Jessica Estévez | Teach-in | Online Chercha to increase visibility, healing and advocacy | 40 registered | hola@migentemipueblo.com | www.migentemipueblo.com advancing equity by centering latinx and bipoc narrative, healing and advocacy | | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | Lori Kelly | Other | Begining to explore ways to support students | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Cassandra Brown | Banned Book Reading | Local mayor owns a bookstore and they are planning a Bans off our Books event | 35 - 50 | Cassieb@allabouttheballots.org | | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Melba V. Pearson, Esq | Social Media Campaign | The Resident Legal Diva - social media campaign | 100+ | melbapearsonesq@gmail.com | Read excerpts from Toni Morrison's Bluest Eye and/or Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi and share resource list of banned books to read | Facebook/IGTV/YouTube/LinkedIn/TikTok @ResidentLegalDiva | 6pm EST | 6:30pm EST | Me | Yes | |||||||||||||||
40 | Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans | Teach-in | Writing workshop for faculty writing book/ proposals | 25? | sevans62@gsu.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Lynne Washington | Other | Pulpit Awareness with various black chuches and Banned Book club | Dont Know het | revlynnewincarnation@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Deidra Wright | Banned Book Reading | Black Teachers Literary Society: Freedom Circle Activity & Banned Book Read for Primary, Middle School and High School Students in Georgia | 10-21 | direct: deidrawrightnow@gmail.com | We provided lesson plans and presentations to teachers and parents. We will also host a banned book reading in collaboration with TFC. Teachers will gather after school for a freedom circle dialogue and dish @3:45pm | Can't Ban Us GA | Online: various cities in the metro area, North Georgia, and South Georgia | 6:30 | 9:00 | | |||||||||||||||
43 | Jilian Ford | Banned Book Reading | Student led Banned Book read along | jford43@kennesaw.edu | | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Anthony Downer | Banned Book Reading | Virtual read-in coordinated with in-person events across Georgia | 50-100 | adowneraday@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Emily Cook | Rally | Various student groups @ SIUC | 20+ | emily.cook@siu.edu | Rally to demand staffing of Student Multicultural Resource Center (LGBTQ+, Black, and Women's resource centers all currently unstaffed) | | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | Emily Cook | Other | Grassroots Literary Magazine & Writers Block in association with The Rainbow Cafe | 10+ | emily.cook@siu.edu | Quill & Ink Literary Festival | | |||||||||||||||||||
47 | Dr. Jesú Estrada (they/them) | Other | YouTube interview and writing an article. | 20? | drmariajestrada@gmail.com | I would be honored to have guests. I'm flexible. Email me. :) | | |||||||||||||||||||
48 | Michelle Agnew | Banned Book Reading | Literary Divas of Chicago Book Club | 8 | aggball66@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | C. Viggy Alexandersson | Other | As the faculty representative, infusing logic and activism from this Freedom to Learn series into the Illinois Community College Board Program Review Advisory Council meeting we have May 3rd, especially as it relates to early college/dual enrollment/dual credit between high schools and community colleges. | 20+ | viggysson@gmail.com | (Other email, if needed: calexandersson@ccc.edu) I will request a revamp to the equity resources developed over the last couple of years (e.g., the latest resource being the equity rubric for career and technical education programs). One of the specific requests will be about CRT inclusion as a category, not an optional response. In turn, that might safeguard CRT at the community college level in Illinois by way of program review compliance. | | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Lisa Clanton | Rally | lending support to student groups at SIUC | 20+ | lclanton@siu.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Rachel Pate | Banned Book Reading | beginning a Banned Book Club, figuring out how we can contact our elected officials and viewing a teach-in virutally | 8 | rachel@chicagounitedforequity.org | Not an open event | N/A | Chicago United for Equity, 17 N Wabash | 5 | 7 | N/A | N/A | No | |||||||||||||
52 | Dr. Jackie Samuel, Dr. Geri Palmer, L.R. Snead | Banned Book Reading | Community Wellness Institute, National Louis University and The Village Collaborative | 20+ | gpalmer@adler.edu | Offering attendees an opportunity to read an excerpt from a banned book, engage in short discussion and end with why these books must remain in schools and libraries. | | |||||||||||||||||||
53 | Marie Adrienne Robles Manalili, MSc, RSLP | Freedom Circle | Cognitive Science Society's Neurodiversity Discussion Group (NDG) | 10-30 | marie.manalili@gmail.com | A/synchronous Discord discussion of "Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed the Movement" (Introduction chapter); planning/announcement of the Neurodiversity Discussion Group's "Contexts of Neurodiversity" virtual symposium to be held in October 2023 | #FTL Critical Race Theory & Contexts of Neurodiversity | Discord | 7:00 pm Philippine Standard Time | 10:00 pm Philippine Standard Time | May 3, 2023 | Join us on NDG Discord: https://discord.gg/w4jujpRUeF | No | |||||||||||||
54 | Toni King | Banned Book Reading | ARK Book Study Group- vrtual read-in. | 10+ | thrrive@gmail.com / ARKBookStudyGroup@gmail.com | Attendees will read a banned book via Zoom | Freedom to Learn #F2L Read Out Loud | Zoom | 7:00 p.m. ET | 8:00 p.m. ET | May 3, 2023 | The Zoom link will be provided upon request. Email: ARKBookStudyGroup@gmail.com | Yes | |||||||||||||
55 | Toni King | Banned Book Reading | ARK Book Study Group- vrtual read-in. | 10+ | thrrive@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Toni Wiley | Other | National Urban League (President Marc Morial) | 90 | awiley@nul.org | Speakers will include Marc Morial, Barbara Arnwine, local HBCU Presidents/ Administrators, and Urban League affiliate CEOs | Freedom to Learn Day of Action Media Briefing | Hotel Monteleone | 12:00 pm CT | 12:40 pm CT | Kimani K. Hamilton (504) 881-4960 | | ||||||||||||||
57 | Kristi "Kaj" Brian | Social Media Campaign | Univ New Orleans --Students sharing important racial justice and feminist lessons they've learned in class | 20 | kbrian1@uno.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Lindsey Alvarezzo | Op-Ed/ Blog | Feminist Bubble writer; UCLA Alumni | network of 400+ | feministbubble@gmail.com | The Feminist Bubble network regularly shares content on our social media platforms, advocates for CRT, reproductive justice, and voter participation through extended advocacy network with USOW & Supermajority. | | |||||||||||||||||||
59 | Tia Perkins | Banned Book Reading | Banned book reading on my social medias @tiaxsky on Instagram and TikTok | 1000 | tiaperkins8@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Anoushka Chander | Teach-in | Harvard College Student Organizations: Black Students Association, Black Arts Collective, Black Men's Forum, Affirmative Action Coalition | 100 | anoushkachander@college.harvard.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Dr. Shamell Bell | Virtual Teach In | Virtual Teach In: "The Freedom to Dream, Learn, and Love" https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpcuyvqD0pGdXbfBYqmlYCzPHBbhhwZe1H | 111 | shamellbell@gmail.com | Virtual teach in Harvard University Theater Dance & Media classes, co-sponsored with community organizations Until Freedom, the Debt Collective and Street Dance Activism | | |||||||||||||||||||
62 | Nicole J. Hendricks, Camille Close, Adina Giannelli | Banned Book Reading | Holyoke Community College / Western Mass CORE | 40+ | nhendricks@hcc.edu | Banned book readings in multiple locations on campus, including the CORE student lounge (an area serving formerly incarcerated students), the college library, and the faculty Center for Excellence. | Holyoke Community College 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke MA. 01040 | 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | Nicole Hendricks | Yes | |||||||||||||||
63 | Lynn Ditchfield | Banned Book Reading | Lynn Ditchfield for Borders to Bridges: Arts-Based Curriculum for Social Justice–Belonging, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Sovereignty, Reciprocity | 125 + | lynnditchfield@gmail.com | offering free digital copies of Borders to Bridges and Visionary Voices to educators to coinside with activities | MVYPS educators | 4/24 | all day May 3rd | Dr. Lynn Ditchfield | ldborderstobridges@gmail.com | Yes | ||||||||||||||
64 | Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal | Banned Book Reading | Virtual Teach-in & Banned Books Reading (students & faculty from public health, library sciences, DEI) | 50 | vermam@simmons.edu | Virtual event across departments at Simmons University. We will do a brief teach-in, call to action, and sign ups for folks to read from their favorite banned books | | |||||||||||||||||||
65 | Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal | Banned Book Reading | Virtual Teach-in & Banned Books Reading (students & teachers from parent organizing group, teachers, parents, students) | 25-30 | mverma.agrawal@gmail.com | Framingham Families for Racial Equity in Education in collaborations with Framingham State University, Boston University CAR, Framingham Public Schools | | |||||||||||||||||||
66 | Sheila Lloyd | Teach-in | At Hampshire College, we will hold an in-person teach-in to focus on the fascist underpinnings against Black feminists scholarship and use the teach-in as an opportunity to promote intersectional antiracist activism and curriculum. | 50-60 | srlPR@hampshire.edu | We will also give away banned books. | | |||||||||||||||||||
67 | Liz Phipps Soeiro | Banned Book Reading | Boston Public School Libraries; Liz Phipps Soeiro is Director of Boston Public School Libraries & Organizer for My Brother's Keeper Cambridge | liz.phipps.soeiro@gmail.com | Community reading of banned children's books as after school event for children & their families at My Brother's Keeper Cambridge followed by a teach-in/panel featuring Donald Yacovone in the evening. Individual BPS librarians will also focus their lessons on banned books on 5/3. Event website: https://sites.google.com/view/mbkfreedomtolearn/home | | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Dr. Carmen P. Thompson | Teach-in | Class at Harvard University (virtual) co-sponsored with Harvard Theater Dance & Media, Until Freedom, The Debt Collective, and Street Dance Activism | shamellbell@gmail.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Dr. Shaeeda Mensah | Virtual Read-A-Loud | Shaeeda Mensah | shaeeda.mensah@gmail.com | I am seeking volunteers who will submit videos of themselves reading a banned book. The selected texts are Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, and The Stars and the Darkness Between Them by Junauda Petrus. I will then post the readings to my ig page on May 3rd. | 12:00 AM | 11:59 PM | Shaeeda Mensah | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0X4niYK1jXqloBOxci1YIe7l-xhwBQB0SdNma-ekoNuqw6w/viewform?usp=sf_link | No | ||||||||||||||||
70 | Heather Wyatt-Nichol | Banned Book Reading | Donated 4 banned books to Ubalt RB Library for raffle next week. Submit 60 sec. video to Freedom to Learn, possibly post short blog; Listen in on Dr. Whitehead's radio event | hwyatt-nichol@ubalt.edu | | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Ashley Daniels | Teach-in | Social Media campaign on Black Girls Vote sites and creating a resource guide; supporting Teach In at Loyola University in Baltimore | 1000+ | adaniels@blackgirlsvote.com | We will have a video featuring words from Black women political scientists of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Will also provide a resource guide to be posted on the Black Girls Vote website. | | |||||||||||||||||||
72 | Ben Blake | Other | Ben Blake, University of Maryland, Information table and postering on campus. | 50 | bblake12@umd.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Ann Kennedy | Open Mic Reading | Ripple Feminist Social Justice Zine (undergrad pub) | 15-20 | tanya.kennedy@maine.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
74 | KimberlySimmons | Teach-in | Feminist Activism Workshop | 5-10 | kcs@maine.rr.com | In advance of public hearing on LD123 and LD 618 in Maine - see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bb0jrfxsIXrd3uDPuLLLd4H9IjMGbKA7hfrlU8VKitc/edit for testimony tips | Freedom To Learn, Maine edition | Online | 12pmEST | 1pmEST | Kim Simmons kcs@maine.rr.com | https://www.facebook.com/events/1924338574592998 | | |||||||||||||
75 | Gwendlyn DeYoung-Reynolds | Banned Book Reading | Gwen DeYoung-Reynolds, Human Rights Campaign. | 10 - 20 | gedyr.01@gmail.com | Bring your favorite banned book and something to sit on. | Freedom To Learn Banned Book Reading | Cistern Clearing, Avery Road, Waterboro, ME 04087 | 6:00:00 PM ET | 7:00:00 PM ET | Gwendlyn DeYoung-Reynolds | C1V1L.R1GHT5.2.8.AND.BEYOND@gmsil.com | | |||||||||||||
76 | Dr. Tonya Kneff-Chang | Banned Book Reading | University of Michigan | 1-5 | tkneff@umich.edu | I plan to gather a few folks together to write. To help us write, we will have a conversation to discuss what it means to teach truth, grounding our conversation in history. We'll also encourage folks to tune into "Today with Dr. Kaye" to hear Dr. Whitehead's discussion with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. From there, we will draw on the conversations, our own experiences, and our professional expertise to write op-eds we can share as widely as possible. | Agitators, race-mixers, and truth-tellers: The history of teaching truth and our contemporary role as educators | Virtual | 12 pm est | 6 pm est | Tonya Kneff-Chang | No | ||||||||||||||
77 | Andrea Hill | Instructor African American students | African American Empowerment Falculty Mentor | 6 | hill_andi@comcast.net | | ||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Dionne Ferguson | Banned Book Reading | Good Journey Development Foundation | 40 | dionne.ferguson@goodjourney.org | At Good Journey's youth community garden, Bustani Ya Upenda (Garden of Love): reading excerpts of banned books around garden firepit, burning words of oppression in firepit, creating words of liberation with youth poet, placing banned books in garden little free library | WE'LL READ & LEARN WHATEVER WE WANT - Freedom 2 Learn National Day of Action | Bustani Ya Upenda (Garden of Love) 5059 Vernon Ave St. Louis MO 63113 | 6pm CT | 8pm CT | Dionne Ferguson | Yes | ||||||||||||||
79 | Robyn Browning | Banned Book Reading | rbrowning20@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Natasha Wilkins | Engage Political or Educational Leaders | Voices for Honest Education (National Center for Youth Law/ National Network of State Teacher of the Year) | 40 | nwilkins@youthlaw.org | A letter writing session for educators to write letters to their represenatives including school board members to request elected and appointed represenatives to speak out against anti-crt bills and speak up for student affirming education policies and legislation | Letter Writing Campaign for Educators | Virtual | 7pm ET | 8pm ET | Natasha Wilkins (nwilkins@youthlaw.org) | https://bit.ly/VHEMAY3 | Yes | |||||||||||||
81 | Dr. Ronda Taylor Bullock | Op-Ed/ Blog | we are (working to extend anti-racist education, Inc) | N/A | ronda@weare-nc.org | | ||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Elika Dadsetan-Foley (they/she) | Other | VISIONS, Inc.: Film Viewing of film created about life of our founder, Dr. Valerie Batts (and why we have to do the work we do today) | 40 in person (+ virtual option) | elika@visions-inc.org | We will watch the film AND have a discussion after regarding why we are still doing the work we are doing today (truth-telling, etc.) | | |||||||||||||||||||
83 | Greta de Jong | Teach-in | University of Nevada, Reno / College of Liberal Arts / Department of History / Department of English / Department of Gender, Race and Identity | 50–100 | gretadejong@unr.edu | We are planning a mix of panel discussions with audience Q&A, readings from banned books, open mic spots, and action activities (e.g., postcards to legislators). | Freedom to Learn Teach-In | JCSU Theater (Joe Crowley Student Union, 3rd Floor), University of Nevada, Reno 1664 N. Virginia St, Reno NV 89557 | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM | Greta de Jong (gdejong@unr.edu) or Daniel Enrique Perez (dperez@unr.edu) | Yes | ||||||||||||||
84 | Teach-in | International Literacy Organization | 10 | dubyahh@yahoo.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Lindsey Swindall/Smaran Dayal | Teach in | Stevens Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Letters | 20 | lswindal@stevens.edu | We're going to have film screenings, discussions with librarians and faculty. Hoping to get article in student newspaper about national movement. | Freedom to Learn Teach-In | Stevens Institute of Technology, 1 Castle Point, Hoboken, NJ 07030 | 2:30 | 4:30 | lswindal@stevens.edu or sdayal@stevens.edu | Yes | ||||||||||||||
86 | Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad | Rally | SOMA Action in conjunction with SOMA Justice and the Community Coalition on Race | 50-100 | lawsost@gmail.com | We are planning multiple events: Op-Ed, Teach-In, Banned Book Reading in both Libraries and a Rally. Goal is to to organize around pushing NJ (Murphy and DOE) beyond just accepting the AA Studies Curriculm as is and instead commit to expand to the initial intent of the course and the banned authors. We will partner with local libraries, high school and other local groups for our event. | | |||||||||||||||||||
87 | Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad | Banned Book Reading | SOMA Action in conjunction with SOMA Justice and the Community Coalition on Race | 20-40 | lawsost@gmail.com | We are planning multiple events: Op-Ed, Teach-In, Banned Book Reading in both Libraries and a Rally. Goal is to to organize around pushing NJ (Murphy and DOE) beyond just accepting the AA Studies Curriculm as is and instead commit to expand to the initial intent of the course and the banned authors. We will partner with local libraries, high school and other local groups for our event. | | |||||||||||||||||||
88 | Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad | Op-Ed/ Blog | SOMA Action in conjunction with SOMA Justice and the Community Coalition on Race | N/A | lawsost@gmail.com | We are planning multiple events: Op-Ed, Teach-In, Banned Book Reading in both Libraries and a Rally. Goal is to to organize around pushing NJ (Murphy and DOE) beyond just accepting the AA Studies Curriculm as is and instead commit to expand to the initial intent of the course and the banned authors. We will partner with local libraries, high school and other local groups for our event. | | |||||||||||||||||||
89 | Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad | Teach-in | SOMA Action in conjunction with SOMA Justice and the Community Coalition on Race | 20-50 | lawsost@gmail.com | We are planning multiple events: Op-Ed, Teach-In, Banned Book Reading in both Libraries and a Rally. Goal is to to organize around pushing NJ (Murphy and DOE) beyond just accepting the AA Studies Curriculm as is and instead commit to expand to the initial intent of the course and the banned authors. We will partner with local libraries, high school and other local groups for our event. | | |||||||||||||||||||
90 | Trenesa Danuser | Other | Frank McGehee for Assembly Campaign /vote redistricting | 10+ | trenesad@gmail.com | | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Dr. Danielle Wallace | Banned Book Reading | Teach-In sponsored by the Dept of Community & Social Justice Studies at William Paterson University | 20 | wallaced12@wpunj.edu | We have gathered a group of faulty and students to record themselves reading excerpts of banned books that will be posted on social media accounts for the Africana Studies, Women's and Gender studies and Community and Social Justice Studies programs' social media accounts. | CSJS F2L Virtual Banned Book Reading | Virtual/Social Media | Danielle Wallace | | ||||||||||||||||
92 | Nancy Tomes | Banned Book Reading | National Humanties Center fellows and staff doing banned book read in | 20? | nancy.tomes@stonybrook.edu | | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Dani Parker -Moore | Banned Book Reading | Wake Forest University; work with Wake Forest Librarians to have a banned books table during final exam week+ cards to give to students to write to legislatures | parkerld@wfu.edu | | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Sarah York | Op-ed/Blog | Campus Newspaper (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) | sarahe.york@yahoo.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Diane Hewitt | Type of Event | PS MS 42 Q R. VERNAM SCHOOL | 20-30 | dhewitt2@schools.nyc.gov | We will watch a video on banned books before read aloud/ follow up with book discussion | | |||||||||||||||||||
96 | Nyia Eady | Docent at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Disseminate information regarding the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action to the public visiting the Schomburg Library | artnia2003@yahoo.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Anthony Arnove | Type of Event | Voices of a People's History of the United States | 1,000-1,500 | voices@peopleshistory.us | At the Town Hall NYC, I am directing a reading and performance with actors and musicians giving voices to primary sources in people's history. This is based on a show Howard Zinn and I developd and our book Voices of a Poeple's History of the United States, which, with Haley Pessin, I have now created a new version of that is focused on the 21st century. We are speaking to AAPF about highlighting May 3 from stage and will inclue readings and songs that speak to the Freedom to Learn. | | |||||||||||||||||||
98 | Sonya Posmentier | Teach-in | Graduate seminar on Black Poetry and Social Movements, in English dept. at NYU (possibly in collaboration with other local groups) | 20-50 | sp141@nyu.edu | Teach in will involve speakers, a student-curated exhibit, readings/performances, activities on abolition and literature | Nothing New: Black Poetry and the Freedom to Learn | 244 Greene St, Event Space, Dept. Of English, New York University | 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM | sp141@nyu.edu | Yes | ||||||||||||||
99 | Gerry Johnson | Other | Media outreach | gerrycj@gmail.com | | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Gwen D'Arcangelis | Town Hall | Gwen D'Arcangelis, Winston Grady-Willis (Skidmore College Gender Studies & Black Studies) | 20-50 | gdarcang@skidmore.edu | panel of activists and educators in K-12 | Freedom To Learn National Day of Action | Frederick Allen Lodge #608/69 Beekman St, Saratoga Springs, NY | 5:30 PM EST | 6:30 PM EST | Gwen gdarcang@skidmore.edu | Yes |