Local Groups
Geauga-Cuyahoga First Amendment Defense Group
Our group is dedicated to defending libraries from book-banning efforts in suburban Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties, and includes training and support for engaging on social media.
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First City Freedom to Read Team
Our group is dedicated to defending libraries and schools from book-banning efforts.
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Cobb United Against Book Bans
We are a group of parents, educators, and community members dedicated to preserving the right of our children and young adults to read challenging, diverse literature as part of a well-rounded education. We trust our educators to foster a love of reading in our students and challenge them to develop critical thinking skills that will prepare them for the world around them.
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Carroll County First Amendment Defense Group
Our group is dedicated to defending libraries from book-banning efforts and increasing access to a variety of literature to students and young adults by removing social and economic barriers.
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Community Library Network Alliance
Community Library Network Alliance (CLNA) advocates for and supports CLN governance through community outreach and education, library advocacy, voter education, and supporting non-partisan trustees who commit to avoid personal biases and remain free from a political agenda. Trustees should defend the right to read for all, the right to access for all, and the tenets and ethics of professional librarianship for our entire community.
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Example: (Broward County) Save Our Books
Our group's focus is two-fold. (1) Actively fighting book bans by speaking up and contacting local representatives and (2) Reclaiming the books that have already been banned so that history and free-thinking are preserved.
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Downriver First Amendment Defense Group
Our group is dedicated to defending libraries from book-banning efforts and educating the public on the need for free and unhindered access to information.
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Guilford County, North Carolina
Our group is dedicated to defending libraries from book-banning efforts in Guilford County.
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St Tammany Library Alliance
The St. Tammany Parish Library Alliance is a grassroots group of people and organizations defending our parish libraries so they may continue to provide a public, neutral space with accessibility to a wide spectrum of materials for all citizens without censorship or interference by political groups, according to our First Amendment Rights.
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