BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3740-2d94dae41870adb7f679b024b7e22d59@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260516T233703Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221209T130000 SUMMARY:“Banding Together to Challenge Book Bans” DESCRIPTION:\nWhile book banning is hardly a new phenomenon\, the prolif eration of book bans across the United States over the past two years&md ash\;in response to the George Floyd protests\, The 1619 Project\, advan ces by the LGBTQ community\, and other developments\, including the prol iferation of the "\;young adult literature"\; genre&mdash\;is a singular movement for its scope and dimensions. Indeed\, book bans are g aining momentum rather than showing signs of receding. Promoted and coor dinated by state legislatures\, political advocacy organizations\, conse rvative parent groups\, and others\, bans of books whose plots\, themes\ , and characters intersect with race\, sex\, gender\, and other concerns are multiplying across school districts and state lines. Panelists on t his webinar will remark upon the significance of the book banning phenom enon and suggest strategies for banding together to redress the harm cau sed by it.\n\n \;\n\nPanelists:\n\nMartha Hickson\, Librarian at Nor th Hunterdon High School in Annandale\, New Jersey\n\nMartha Hickson&rsq uo\;s defense of intellectual freedom has been recognized with awards fr om the New Jersey Association of School Librarians\, the New Jersey Libr ary Association\, the American Association of School Librarians\, and th e National Council of Teachers of English. In 2022\, the National Coalit ion Against Censorship presented Hickson with the Judith Krug Outstandin g Librarian Award and the American Library Association presented her wit h the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity in recognition of her &ldquo\;energy and bravery in the face of &hellip\; p ersistent and ongoing hostility&rdquo\; while advocating for students&rs quo\; First Amendment right to read.\n\n \;\n\nRichard Price\, assoc iate professor of political science at Weber State University  \;\n\ nRichard Price&rsquo\;s research focuses on the censorship of literature in schools and libraries over the past half century with a specific foc us on attempts to censor LGBTQ-inclusive material. Price is completing a book manuscript tentatively titled The Perils of Queer Literature and i s the creator of the blog Adventures in Citizenship.\n\n \;\n\nJason Griffith\, assistant professor of education at Penn State\n\nJason Grif fith teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in children&rsquo\;s and adolescent literature. Prior to earning his doctorate in English educat ion from Arizona State University\, Griffith taught middle school and hi gh school English in Pennsylvania public schools for twelve years\, duri ng which he was awarded the Outstanding Middle Level Educator Award by t he National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in 2012. Griffith has served on a number of book prize juries including the Lee Bennett Hopkin s Poetry Award and the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize. Recently\, he part icipated in an educators pilot program for The 1619 Project: Born on the Water children&rsquo\;s book and delivered a talk at TEDxPSU titled &ld quo\;Rethinking How We Read.&rdquo\;\n\n \;\n\nModerator:\n\nSabrina Evans\, graduate student in the Departments of English and African Amer ican Studies at Penn State\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a con firmation email containing information about joining the webinar.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cals-unprecedented_book-b ans/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

While book bann ing is hardly a new phenomenon, the proliferation of book bans across th e United States over the past two years—in response to the George Floyd protests, The 1619 Project, advances by the LGBTQ community, and o ther developments, including the proliferation of the "young adult literature" genre—is a singular movement for its scope and di mensions. Indeed, book bans are gaining momentum rather than showing sig ns of receding. Promoted and coordinated by state legislatures, politica l advocacy organizations, conservative parent groups, and others, bans o f books whose plots, themes, and characters intersect with race, sex, ge nder, and other concerns are multiplying across school districts and sta te lines. Panelists on this webinar will remark upon the significance of the book banning phenomenon and suggest strategies for banding together to redress the harm caused by it.

 

Panelists:

< b>Martha Hickson, Librarian at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey

Martha Hickson’s defense of intellectual fre edom has been recognized with awards from the New Jersey Association of School Librarians, the New Jersey Library Association, the American Asso ciation of School Librarians, and the National Council of Teachers of En glish. In 2022, the National Coalition Against Censorship presented Hick son with the Judith Krug Outstanding Librarian Award and the American Li brary Association presented her with the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity in recognition of her “energy and bravery in the face of … persistent and ongoing hostility” while advocating for students’ First Amendment right to read.

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Richard Price, associate professor of political scienc e at Weber State University  

Richard Price’s resea rch focuses on the censorship of literature in schools and libraries ove r the past half century with a specific focus on attempts to censor LGBT Q-inclusive material. Price is completing a book manuscript tentatively titled The Perils of Queer Literature and is the creator of the b log Adventures in Citizenship.

 

Jason Griffith, assistant professor of education at Penn State

Jaso n Griffith teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in children’ s and adolescent literature. Prior to earning his doctorate in English e ducation from Arizona State University, Griffith taught middle school an d high school English in Pennsylvania public schools for twelve years, d uring which he was awarded the Outstanding Middle Level Educator Award b y the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in 2012. Griffith h as served on a number of book prize juries including the Lee Bennett Hop kins Poetry Award and the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize. Recently, he pa rticipated in an educators pilot program for The 1619 Project: Born on t he Water children’s book and delivered a talk at TEDxPSU titled &l dquo;Rethinking How We Read.”

 

Moderator:

Sabrina Evans, graduate student in the Departments of English and African American Studies at Penn State

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