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SUMMARY:Banned Together Documentary Screening at the Drexel
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Drexel Theatre for a screening of Banned Togeth
 er followed by a facilitated community conversation exploring the rise of 
 book challenges and what we can do to stand up to censorship..\nhttps://be
 xley.libnet.info/event/14281596
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Celebrate Banned Books Week at the Drexel 
 Theatre (2254 E Main St\, Bexley\, OH 43209) with a screening of the award
 -winning documentary&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.bannedtogetherdoc.com/" ta
 rget="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Banned Together</em></a>. The screening w
 ill be followed by a facilitated community conversation with local library
  professionals exploring the rise of book challenges and what we can do to
  stand up to censorship.</p>\n<p><em>This program is presented in partners
 hip with <a href="https://www.drexel.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
 The Drexel Theatre</a>.</em></p>\n<p><strong>About the Film:</strong></p>\
 n<p>A diverse cast of visionary teenagers\, stirring public protests\, pri
 vate threats\, criminal charges\, and drama-filled school board meetings: 
 this is the explosive world of BANNED TOGETHER. The film pulls back the cu
 rtain on two of the most controversial issues in America today: book bans 
 and curriculum censorship in public schools.</p>\n<p><em>BANNED TOGETHER</
 em> follows three students as they fight to reinstate 97 books suddenly pu
 lled from their school libraries. As they evolve from local to national ac
 tivists\, they meet with banned authors\, politicians\, and the major play
 ers protecting the First Amendment of our Constitution. Woven throughout t
 he story about the student activists include Congressman Jamie Raskin\; be
 stselling and banned authors like Juno Dawson\, Jodi Picoult\, Dr. Ibram X
 . Kendi\, Erika L. S&aacute\;nchez\, and Ellen Hopkins\; First Amendment w
 arriors like Jonathan Friedman from PEN America and Deborah Caldwell-Stone
  from the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom\; Prof. Justin Hansford\, 
 the Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at How
 ard University School of Law\; Olivia Little\, a senior investigative rese
 archer from Media Matters for America who's done in-depth reporting about 
 Moms for Liberty since early 2021\; organizations fighting on the front li
 nes in Florida\; Maurice Cunningham\, author of "Dark Money and the Politi
 cs of School Privatization"\; and IL Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias 
 who wrote the first anti-book-ban legislation in the country&hellip\; to n
 ame just a few!</p>\n<p><strong>About the Panelists:</strong></p>\n<p><str
 ong>Ben Heckman</strong> - Director of Bexley Public Library</p>\n<p><stro
 ng>Matina Bliss&nbsp\;</strong>(she/they) - Communications and Programs Di
 rector of <a href="https://www.honestyforohioeducation.org/" target="_blan
 k" rel="noopener">Honesty for Ohio Education</a></p>\n<p><strong>Zach Pari
 sh&nbsp\;</strong>(he/him) - moderator - Programming &amp\; Partnership Co
 ordinator of Bexley Public Library</p>\nhttps://bexley.libnet.info/event/1
 4281596
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