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Show Your Support
Voting: Reader. Voter. Ready. was created by the ALA to help people stay informed during elections.
Library Trustees: Write a letter to the editor to your local paper to show your support for the right to read! Ex. Kingston Community Library
Community Members: Consider attending a library or school board meetings. Prepare with this guide.
<<< PRINT THIS POSTER FOR FREE AND POST IT IN YOUR LIBRARY!
Advocacy Materials for Outreach:
- Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read brochure
Recommended for libraries to have available at the desk. - Library Bill of Rights poster
Recommended for libraries to post this next to the service desk. - RIGHT TO READ kit - Free from Penguin Random House
- Create a poster featuring community members to show their support for the right to read. This can be your staff, trustees, or town officials - be creative. Similar to the READ poster campaign through ALA, NHLA IFC has created a "Live Free and Read" banner to add to a photo to show support for intellectual freedom. Find the banner and instructions on the READS REPOSITORY. See examples by the Peterborough Town Library: PTL staff and PTL Trustees
Advocacy Organizations:
- American Library Association (ALA)
- ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (ALA-OIFC)
- National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE)
- New Hampshire Library Association (NHLA)
- New Hampshire School Library Media Association (NHSLMA)
- New Hampshire Education Association (NEA-NH)
Advocacy Statements:
- Calling for Actions to End Racism (New Hampshire Library Association)
- Freedom to Read (American Library Association)
- Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)