ASLABBW24

Celebrate your right to read with the fifth annual Alabama School Library Association Banned Books Week Webinar!

Have a question about materials challenges? Sign up for the Alabama School Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Q&A event below or at https://tinyurl.com/ASLABBW2024

This year, ASLA will welcome Becky Calzada, 2024-2025 President of the American Association of School Librarians.

Becky is a District Library Coordinator in Leander, Texas, and a co-founding member of Texas #FReadom Fighters. She was selected for the 4th ALA Policy Corp Cohort, works as a member of the ALA Policy Corp Proactive Advocacy on Book Banning cadre and is a member of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee.

Becky is actively involved in the Texas Library Association and serves on the legislative committee and served as Past-Chair for the Texas Association of School Librarians division in 2016-2017. She is the recipient of several intellectual freedom awards and was honored by People Magazine in their 2023 Women Changing the World portfolio.

Becky is the co-author of Prepared Libraries, Empowered Teams: A Workbook for Navigating Intellectual Freedom Challenges Together which was published by ALA Editions in June 2024.

We will meet synchronously at 4:00 p.m. (Central) on Monday, September 23, 2024. This event will not be recorded.

Questions? Contact ASLA Intellectual Freedom Chair Wendy Stephens at stephenswendy@hotmail.com

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