BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Pickerington Library X-WR-CALNAME:Pickerington Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c9782a37-4d8b-452e-879d-7d7b3d162b35 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260723T232532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T193000 SUMMARY:"The Librarians" Movie Screening LOCATION:Pickerington Main\nPickerington Main X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pickerington Main;X-APPLE- RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Pickerington Main:geo:39.8749493,-82.7585646 GEO:39.8749493;-82.7585646 DESCRIPTION:From Academy Award nominee and Peabody winner KA Snyder Films. As book banning sweeps across the U.S.\, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for our First Amendment Rights. .\nhttps://picker ingtonlibrary.libnet.info/event/16182047 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

If you love libraries\, this documentary i s essential viewing. It reveals the real-world challenges librarians face\ , celebrates their commitment to intellectual freedom\, and shows why prot ecting open access to information matters now more than ever.

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Libr arians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights. As they well know\, controlling the flow of ideas means control over communities. In Texas\, the Krause List targets 850 books fo cused on race and LGBTQIA+ stories &ndash\; triggering sweeping book bans across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate. As tensions escalate\, librarian s connect the dots from heated school and library board meetings nationwid e to lay bare the underpinnings of extremism fueling the censorship effort s. Despite facing harassment\, threats\, and laws aimed at criminalizing t heir work &ndash\; the librarians&rsquo\; rallying cry for freedom to read is a chilling cautionary tale.

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