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We're proud to support dozens of campaigns to fight for Americans' access to school and public libraries and your right to read in states across the country.
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Alabama
Oppose HB4 - Criminalizing Librarianship
Alabama HB4 proposes drastic and unconstitutional changes to how public and school libraries operate, threatening the rights of librarians and the access to diverse materials for our communities. This bill undermines our libraries' mission to educate and inform and violates basic principles of free speech and due process.
Oppose HB4 Sign-On Letter (Organizations)
We invite organizations that share our commitment to the fundamental right to read and who stand in support of libraries to sign onto this letter and join us in this critical advocacy opposing HB4. Together, we can ensure that our libraries remain open to all and that our librarians are able to work without harassment or fear.
Oppose SB6 - Library Independence
SB 6 is a direct attack on the independence of Alabama’s public libraries and hands over control of library boards to local politicians. Contact your legislators and urge them to vote no:
Arkansas
Oppose SB181 - Don't Politicize Library Management
SB181 would remove educational requirements for library directors in Arkansas, allow for the installation of political agents in library management positions, and dramatically decrease funding for Arkansas's libraries. Send a message opposing SB181 today!
Support HB1028 - Support the Right to Read!
HB1028 is a critical step in defending free expression and ensuring Arkansas libraries remain places of learning and exploration. This proposed legislation will repeal a harmful law SB81 (2023) and replace it with meaningful protections for free expression.
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California
Support school librarians and fully fund school libraries in California!
Many California schools don't have school libraries. In fact, California Schools have the worst score in the nation for the quality of their public school libraries. California schools are also facing drastic cuts from state and local funding and many schools are choosing to make more cuts in school libraries and lay off school librarians. This crisis comes at a critical time for our children and education as a whole. Our children deserve a better education! Sign the petition today!
Save Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) Librarians
The Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) Governing Board is eliminating all highly qualified, credentialed Teacher Librarians from EVERY SCHOOL SITE: Grossmont, El Cajon Valley, Mount Miguel, El Capitan, Granite Hills, Monte Vista, Santana, Valhalla, and West Hills.
Colorado
Support SB63 - Support the Right To Read in School Libraries!
Protect the freedom to read in Colorado school libraries. Contact your state legislators to ask them to prioritize this important legislation.
Support SB63 Sign-On (Organizations)
The undersigned organizations representing Colorado's library, education, civil rights, and civil liberties communities write to express our strong support for SB 25-63, the Colorado School Library Right to Read Bill. We urge the General Assembly to prioritize this critical legislation in the 2025 legislative session to protect the freedom to read, uphold the First Amendment, and ensure that school library collections reflect the diverse needs and perspectives of Colorado students and their families.
Oppose HB1158 - Database and Research access in schools and school libraries
Protect access to research in Colorado schools and school libraries. Contact your legislators to vote No on HB25-1158 and stop unhelpful and harmful restrictions on school library databases.
Connecticut
Support SB1271 - Protect the Freedom to Read
“B1271 is important new legislation that protects the freedom to read in Connecticut school and public libraries and provides necessary legal safeguards for librarians and library staff across the state. Contact your state legislators and ask them to pass SB1271 this session
Georgia
Sign the Pledge for Georgia Libraries
Join thousands of your neighbors to take the Pledge to Support Georgia Libraries. Everyone in Georgia deserves opportunities. That's why we are asking you to Pledge your support locally, at the state house, and in Congress to support our libraries and the people who make them work.
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Florida
Sign the petition against banned books
Florida Parents have the right to screen what their own children read, but it stops there. No one parent or government entity should be able to prevent all students from accessing information at the library.
Louisiana
Take action to support their work!
Public libraries and the First Amendment are under attack in Louisiana. In the last few years the number of book challenges at our public libraries have increased exponentially, fueled by a small minority of individuals spreading misinformation about the amazing work our librarians do and the vital role libraries play in our communities.
Michigan
Take action to support their work
MI Right to Read is an initiative of the Michigan Library Association (MLA), coordinated through the leadership of the Intellectual Freedom Task Force. MLA leads the advancement of all Michigan libraries through advocacy, education and engagement.
New Mexico
Sign the general petition to support the right to read in New Mexico
Everyone deserves to share their culture through books. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to read. Book bans limit reading choice by removing or hiding books. A few people shouldn't decide what everyone else can read. Book bans are often prejudiced too.
Schools and libraries are for learning. Our world is both great and difficult. We can all learn so much about it through the safety of the pages of a book.
North Dakota
Oppose SB2307 - Don't criminalize libraries in North Dakota
Arresting librarians and teachers has never led to more liberty and freedom. SB2307 puts North Dakota librarians and teachers at risk of being arrested for doing their jobs. It could also lead to a loss of state funding for libraries, forcing local communities to pick up the tab. Ask your legislators to oppose SB 2307.
New Hampshire
Oppose HB324 - Don't Criminalize Librarianship
HB 324 is a proposed bill that threatens the integrity of New Hampshire’s school libraries and labels K-12 educators and school boards as criminals. It places unnecessary barriers between students and the resources they need to thrive academically and personally.
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New Jersey
Every Student in New Jersey Needs a School Librarian
The New Jersey Association of School Librarians is supporting to bills in Trenton to ensure that certified school librarians are teaching in every school and district across the state. The research is clear in linking student academic achievement to the presence of school librarians. However, too many NJ students do not have a school librarian.
Ohio
Right to Read Ohio recently launched to raise awareness and to support libraries as vital institutions and librarians as essential facilitators of knowledge.
South Carolina
Stop the Purge of Library Books in South Carolina
Texas
Oppose Criminalization of Librarians and Educators
Send an email to your Texas state legislators asking them to block all bills that would criminalize librarians, education, and your right to read. This includes bills: HB267, HB947, HB995, HB1012, HB1025, HB1434, HB2030, SB89, SB242, and SB412
Oppose HB183 and protect local control of library collections
Texas must protect the local rights of its citizens and taxpayers by ensuring that books are reviewed at the local level rather than the state level.
Don't criminalize books on display!
Texas SB88 poses a significant threat to the freedom to read. It would expose booksellers, librarians, and educators to criminal liability simply for selling, distributing, or displaying everyday books.
Stop Book Bans in Texas Public Schools
Stop Book Bans in Texas Public Schools - Send an email to your state legislators asking them to block Senate Bill 13 in Texas, a bill that makes it easier to ban books by creating a School Library Advisory Council (SLAC). https://www.txftrp.org/oppose_sb13”
Utah
Fix the Sensitive Materials Law
HB29 is forcing the statewide removal of books by Nobel laureates & beloved authors like Toni Morrison, Judy Blume & Sherman Alexie. Criminalizing educators & purging literature is NOT the Utah way. Email Gov. Cox & your legislators NOW: Stop banning books, fix the law, and restore local control!
Overturn statewide book bans and restore local control
Tell USBE Board members to vote at their next meeting to preserve local control of our schools so that the overreach of state politicians doesn’t force local communities to purge books from their school libraries.