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<div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><span><span><span><span><b>The Institute for Ethics in Public Life invites you to join us for </b></span></span></span></span>
<span><b>"Banned Books Week 2025," on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 3:30pm (in-person or on Zoom) with special guests Ms.
Sarah Jennette, Head of Library Services at Clinton Community College,
and Dr. Tracie Church Guzzio, Director of the Honors Program and
Professor of English at SUNY</b></span> <b>Plattsburgh,</b></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default">
<span>Attempts to have books removed from American public and
school libraries are nothing new, but from 2001 to 2020 the number of
titles challenged nation-wide averaged only 273 (<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ala.org/bbooks/censorship-numbers&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1759504681873232&usg=AOvVaw1H--dE_3ha0Sebu9K0Dmf8" target="_blank">"Censorship by the Numbers"</a>).
In 2021 a surge in efforts to ban books began that peaked at 4240
unique titles in 2023, a 15-fold increase. Most of the books targeted
face (false) accusations of obscenity, have LGBTQ+ themes or characters,
or cover topics involving race, racism, equity, and social justice.</span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span>What
is driving this recent surge in book banning activity? How does this
compare to previous waves of book banning, and what impact does it have
on librarians, students, and teachers/faculty at affected institutions?
We will discuss these topics and more in this open discussion of book
bans in observance of Banned Books Week 2025.</span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><br>About Banned Books Week: "Banned
Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the
number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools.
Held in the last week of September or first week of October, the annual
event highlights the value of free and open access to information and
brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators,
authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types — in shared
support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas. " <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bannedbooksweek.org/about/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1759504681873232&usg=AOvVaw0YgpLiGWG2NUMycAnzIjaA" target="_blank">Banned Books Week Coalition</a><br><p><span>Ms.
Sarah Jennette is Head of Library Services and teaches library research
skills at Clinton Community College. She earned her MLS from Simmons
University in Boston, MA in 2014 and graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh
with degrees in History and Gender and Women's Studies in 2010.</span><span>As a North Country native, she moved back home to work for CCC in 2018. </span><span>Her
background in libraries and all things books includes work in special
collections and art museum librarianship, but her work at CCC in the
last several years has focused on connecting with students and her
fellow faculty, making sure everyone feels as welcome as possible in
libraries. </span></p>Dr. Tracie Church Guzzio is Professor of English and the Director of the Honors Program at SUNY Plattsburgh. </span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default">
<span>Please join us in person in the Thomas Moran Seminar
Room of the Institute for Ethics in Public Life (Hawkins 233) or on Zoom
(see below). <br> <br>Topic: "Banned Books Week 2025"<br>Time: Oct 8, 2025 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/86351512620&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1760016307388841&usg=AOvVaw1vTHnHD2RN76QW-wn5VxWV" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/86351512620</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 863 5151 2620</span>
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