Emails show the 32 book challenges at Board of Ed weren’t the first, more were filed in May. 📚
Board member Katie Allen has always pushed book bans: speaking at a rally, pressing Supt. Flynt, and pushing policy so any resident can censor books.
Kids deserve freedom to read!
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Imagine calling yourself a “Patriot” while actively fighting against the First Amendment. Make it make sense.
18.07.2025 12:05 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of The Rainbow Parade by Emily Neilson. Illustration of a smiling blond girl with her two Moms. They are all holding hands. One Mom is holding a rainbow flag. Colorful confetti falls around them against a white background.
Just checked out The Rainbow Parade by Emily Neilson from the Evans branch - banned in 2023 at that branch but now back on the shelves thanks to community demand. A win for the Freedom to Read!
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Contact Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Board Members Ahead of June 19th Meeting
For background information and other action steps, read https://substack.com/inbox/post/165308487. Note that emails sent to board members are public records and subject to Open Records Requests.
FTRCCC has launched an email campaign urging the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Board to rescind Columbia County’s harmful book placement guidelines at their special called 6/19 meeting.
📧 Take action now: Fill out our quick form to send a message to the board
👉 bit.ly/gchrl0619
06.06.2025 18:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📣 The Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Board is holding a Special Called Meeting on June 19th at 10:30 AM (Columbia County Library, Evans).
No public comment is allowed, but they may still vote on the guidelines.
📍 Show up if you can. Our presence matters. #FreedomToRead #FTRCCC #Censorship
05.06.2025 18:25 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This is a list of books that have been banned since 2022. The pink highlighted titles have LGBTQ+ content.
An easy way to help fight, is to check the books out! If it is unavailable at a CC Library, ask for staff to put an “item hold” on the title so our book gets the circulation number.
#FTRCCC
02.06.2025 15:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Books in the background with FTRCCC logo and the quote, “In the midst of censorship, resistance emerges as a quilt of shared voices, weaving together a tapestry of unyielding hope.” - Fireside Poets
The 5th Circuit’s book-ban ruling threatens decades of First Amendment precedent. We can’t count on the courts to save us. In CC, we’re fighting back - locally and loudly. Join us!
freedomtoreadcoalition.org
#FTRCCC #FreedomToRead #UniteAgainstBookBans #columbiacountyga
29.05.2025 20:32 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Reminder! Meetings tomorrow at the Columbia County Library (Evans) in Classroom A.
5:30pm Newcomers Info Meeting
6:00pm Regular Meeting
#FreedomToRead #FTRCCC #UniteAgainstBookBans
28.05.2025 00:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Request to Speak at the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library Board Meeting
This form will be closed 48 hours before the meeting.
Reminder! If you want to make a public comment at the Greater Clark’s Hill Regional Library Board meeting on 6/3 at 10:30AM, you’ll need to fill out this request to speak form before the end of the day tomorrow.
docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
27.05.2025 01:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This book used to be in the Easy section but now it’s in the Adult section.
#FreedomToRead #UniteAgainstBookBans #censorship
20.05.2025 18:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’ve never hidden my role with CC Dems - it’s public and in the FTRCCC website. Claims that were pushing a radical agenda are false. FTRCCC is non-partisan, opposes censorship from any side, and supports parents guiding their own kids’ reading
~ Karin Parham
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Despite the rain, it was a great turnout yesterday.
11.05.2025 18:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bring a sign and some wet weather gear! ☔️🌧️💧
10.05.2025 01:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I didn’t include this email in the original Substack article that I wrote. However this shows the level of inquiry. I have another Open Records Request with the Board of Regents that I will hopefully get back either today or tomorrow.
06.05.2025 12:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
IMLS Staffers Cry Foul as New Leadership Continues to ‘Slash and Burn’
As lawsuits over the fate of the Institute of Museum and Library Services drag on and the likelihood that forced paid leave mandates will turn into permanent cuts, worries grow among staffers over the...
Furloughed IMLS staff say only 2 of 12 still there are managing ops specific to library services. Among them is Lisa Solomson, newly appointed acting dep director of library services, a significant promotion from a project specialist role. Her spouse: Matthew Solomson, a Trump-appointed fed judge
16.04.2025 19:40 — 👍 12 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1
We will be there too!
18.04.2025 14:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This image lists the 9 books that I mentioned during my comments that have been pulled from circulation, held in a back office since January. I am asking Columbia County Library to stop blocking patrons from accessing this information and place all 9 of these books back into circulation this week.
16.04.2025 00:51 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This.
So many people kept “correcting” me yesterday about the “administrative leave” of IMLS staff, insisting they weren’t fired.
The language technicality is meaningless when all email and access to one’s work is purged during said “leave.” They’re fired from their jobs, as those jobs are GONE.
01.04.2025 20:02 — 👍 44 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Every Commissioner present raised their hand in support of criminalizing librarians for doing their job. Districts 1, 4 and the Chair are for election in 2026z
#VoteThemOut #gapol #columbiacountyga #FreedomToRead #SB74 #f2rccc #UniteAgainstBookBans
01.04.2025 20:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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