Big crowd, bestselling authors turn out for Read-In at Utah State Capitol
January 26, 2023
Librarians, educators, authors, students, and community leaders came together for a Read-In at the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday, January 25th to demonstrate Utahns support of the freedom to read, and opposition to censorship.
The event was organized by Let Utah Read, a new coalition of pro-library, pro first amendment groups including EveryLibrary, PEN America - Utah Chapter, Utah Library Association, and the ACLU of Utah. The event was managed through EveryLibrary's new Fight for the First platform, which allowed the coalition to integrate a successful petition, a discussion group, shared resources, into the event promotion, adding many new members to the Let Utah Read group who will be available to take action as needed in the future.