https://bookriot.com/how-to-fight-book-bans-and-challenges/
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Show Up to Meetings. Open comments from the public are given space at civic meetings. This is crucial because people who have a problem are the ones who always show up. People who are happy or unaware of how things are going do not show up. Your comments do not need to be scripted or deep.
Write Letters. Can’t show up to meetings? That’s fine — email. Tell them you love what they’re doing and why. These letters matter, and even if your letter is handed to the library worker shelving books because you don’t know who best to direct it to, the letter will show up in board packets and reports, as proof of the vitality of the organization and how it serves its community.
boardofeducation@elmhurst205.org
https://ncac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/KRRP-Action-Kit-2022.pdf
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Schedule a meeting with your child’s teacher, principal, and in the case of library challenges, your school librarian, to discuss the book challenge. Expressing your views on the book and why students should be allowed to read it would help to balance the objecting parents’ perspectives, mak- ing it more likely for school officials to take an objective decision, rather than pressured one.
Mobilize friends to attend your local school board meetings and express your support for the book during the public comments section, where you and other advocates for the right to read can make your voices heard. Curriculum book challenges are often lodged during school board meetings, which are open to the public.
Organize a letter-writing campaign with friends, fellow parents, stu- dents, and community members. Write to the school principal, superin- tendent, and/or school board, urging them to follow a thorough review process to deal with a complaint, and to retain the book. Emphasize the importance of protecting the freedom to read and the educational value of the book as a whole.
https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Teach-In-Student-Tip-Sheet-1.pdf
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Let the NCAC and the American Library Association know when a book is challenged at your school. This data will help advocacy organizations fight book bans in the future.