Local Groups
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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Organizers
BR
![Bonnie Russell Bonnie Russell](/assets/green_member-a7acafe468949b35ba019bf2c14b83452fa675d76d3874702fc9f1d0f30a481d.png)
Hamilton Township NJ First Amendment Defense Group
Our group is dedicated to defending libraries from book-banning efforts. Hamilton Township public schools are under attack. Age-appropriate books about LBGTQ and race topics are being challenged by extremist groups, whose members don't even attend our public schools. We are determined to fight this censorship and the efforts of this group to push their political agendas into our diversity community.
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Organizers
MD
![Melissa DeFelice Melissa DeFelice](/assets/light_blue_member-5634a677d133dffa3a6675cd8317198d61a7b2e5e0ee72516b92cda4b9ac9fb4.png)
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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Organizers
JT
![Jeremy Thompson Jeremy Thompson](/assets/green_member-a7acafe468949b35ba019bf2c14b83452fa675d76d3874702fc9f1d0f30a481d.png)