Get Out! Stand Up for fREADom to Read - May 31 at 5pm at MLK Library

by Peggy Robin 

FREADOM Town Hall Rally

Saturday, May 31
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library

901 G St, NW - in the Auditorium 

Authors, Educators, Parents, and Artists including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds, will gather to stand-up for creative expression, access to all books, and the freedom to learn.

HEY. C’MON. COME OUT. WHEREVER YOU ARE. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING… Authors, Educators, Parents, and Artists including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi, Amanda Jones, Meg Medina, Jason Reynolds, and more will gather at a Town Hall Rally to stand up for creative expression, access to all books, and the freedom to learn. 

There has never been a more important time to peacefully organize, mobilize, and continue to fight against actions and policies that will have a real and lasting harm on students, libraries, schools, and our democracy. As Robert Frost wrote, Freedom lies in being bold. Let us be bold and lift our voices…Together. 

This event is part of the Zinn Education Project's Teach Truth Day of Action  and will also be streamed live on DC Public Library's YouTube Channel.

More information: https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13750113  

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The "Get Out!" event of the week is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursdays.