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.
1 Members
Organizers
SH
Sharon Hawkes

First City Freedom to Read Team

Our group is dedicated to defending libraries and schools from book-banning efforts.
1 Members
Organizers
CJ
Caitlin Jacobson

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.
1 Members
Organizers
MG
Micheal Garza

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.
1 Members
Organizers
NG
Niki Guinan

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.
1 Members
Organizers
TB
Theresa Birkett

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.
1 Members
Organizers
NM
Nancy Matthews

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.
1 Members
Organizers
BR
Bonnie Russell

Guilford County, North Carolina

Our group is dedicated to defending libraries from book-banning efforts in Guilford County.
1 Members
Organizers
MM
Martha McGehee

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.
1 Members
Organizers
JT
Jeremy Thompson