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DESCRIPTION:BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct 1 - 7\n\nCity Lights Bookstore San Francisco in 
 conjunction with PEN America present FROM HOWL TO NOW: BOOK BANS IN THE 
 U.S. – Moderated by Ipek Burnett with appearances by Nic Stone, Becky 
 Calzada, Leela Hensler, and Summer Lopez.\n\nTuesday, October 3, 2023, 6:00 
 pm PST\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-howl-to-now-book-bans-in-the-us-tickets-694787978547\n\n\nDuring 
 Banned Books Week, City Lights and PEN America bring together authors, 
 librarians, and student activists to discuss the alarming rise in book bans 
 across the country. They share insights, observations, and methods to 
 counter the suppression of books that address issues pertaining to race, 
 gender, and sexuality. Ever timely, their conversation is a powerful call 
 to action to stand up for the freedom to read.\n\nIpek S. Burnett, PhD, is 
 the author of A Jungian Inquiry into the American Psyche: The Violence of 
 Innocence and the editor of the upcoming volume Re-Visioning the American 
 Psyche: Jungian, Archetypal, and Mythological Reflections. She is a 
 contributing writer at CounterPunch and a Turkish novelist. Dr. Burnett is 
 the Co-Chair of Human Rights Watch Executive Committee in San Francisco and 
 serves on the board of 826 Valencia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to 
 supporting under-resourced students with their writing skills. \n\nBecky 
 Calzada is the District Library Coordinator in Leander, Texas. She is a 
 co-founding member of #FReadom Fighters, recipient of the ALA’s Robert B. 
 Downs Intellectual Freedom Award, the American Association of School 
 Librarians’ Intellectual Freedom Award, and the Texas Library 
 Association’s Libraries Change Communities Award. Becky is a member of 
 the ALA Policy Corp Proactive Advocacy on Book Banning cadre, a member of 
 the ALA Intellectual Freedom committee, on the Legislative Committee for 
 the Texas Library Association, and Past Chair for the Texas Association of 
 School Librarians. She is the 24/25 AASL President-Elect and was honored by 
 People Magazine in their 2023 Women Changing the World portfolio.\n\nLeela 
 Hensler is a teen advocate for human rights and academic freedom. As a 
 student organizer for PEN America, she has helped plan and lead the 
 Northern California summit on book bans and the freedom to learn in 
 partnership with the San Francisco Public Library, and as a student fellow 
 for Rhizome, she advocated for the inclusion of student efforts against 
 educational gag orders in the organization’s 2023-24 National Action 
 plan. She has also worked with organizations such as United 4 Iran to 
 expand solidarity efforts between teenage protesters in Iran and the United 
 States, and participated in Congressional lobbying work for Uyghur human 
 rights with the Uyghur American Association.\n\nSummer Lopez is PEN 
 America’s Chief Program Officer, Free Expression. She has been with the 
 organization since November 2017 and oversees PEN America’s advocacy, 
 research, and programming in defense of free expression in the U.S. and 
 globally. Lopez has worked to advance democracy and human rights in the 
 nonprofit and government sectors, including for eight years with the U.S. 
 Agency for International Development and three years with The AjA Project, 
 a San Diego-based nonprofit providing participatory media programming for 
 immigrant and refugee youth. She has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, Egypt, 
 Nepal, India, and Ghana, and holds a BA from Harvard University and a 
 master’s in public affairs from the Princeton School of Public and 
 International Affairs.\n\nNic Stone is the New York Times bestselling 
 author of Dear Martin, Dear Justyce, Blackout, Whiteout, and middle-grade 
 novels, Clean Getaway and How to Be a (Young) Antiracist, all New York 
 Times bestsellers, Odd One Out, Jackpot, the Shuri (Black Panther) novels 
 as well as Fast Pitch. Her most recent novel, Chaos Theory, was published 
 in February 2023. Her novels have been translated into six languages. Her 
 writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Auburn Avenue, The Writer 
 Magazine, amongst others. Nic lives in Atlanta with her family. Find her 
 online at nicstone.info or @nicstone.\n\nWhat Is PEN America?\n\nPEN 
 America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to 
 protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. They champion 
 the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the 
 world. Their mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate 
 creative expression and defend the liberties that make it 
 possible.\n\nFounded in 1922, PEN America is the largest of the more than 
 100 centers worldwide that make up the PEN International network. PEN 
 America works to ensure that people everywhere have the freedom to create 
 literature, to convey information and ideas, to express their views, and to 
 access the views, ideas, and literatures of others. Their strength is our 
 Membership—a nationwide community of more than 7,500 novelists, 
 journalists, nonfiction writers, editors, poets, essayists, playwrights, 
 publishers, translators, agents, and other writing professionals, as well 
 as devoted readers and supporters who join with them to carry out PEN 
 America’s mission.\n\nPEN America’s programs defend writers, artists, 
 and journalists and protect free expression worldwide. This work includes 
 research and reports on topical issues; advocacy on free expression 
 challenges; campaigns on policy issues and on behalf of individual writers 
 and journalists under threat; year-round festivals and events; literary 
 awards; fellowships; and more.\n\nPEN America, a registered 501(c)(3) 
 organization, is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Los 
 Angeles and Washington, D.C. and chapters in 10 regions.\n\nTo learn more 
 visit: https://pen.org/\n\nORGANIZER/HOST: City Lights Bookstore, 261 
 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/09/21/18859059.php
SUMMARY:From Howl to Now: Book Bans in the U.S.
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\n\nFREE
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/09/21/18859059.php
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