Banned Books 2013 and Beyond

Banned Books 2013 and Beyond
Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28

Annual Meeting
Academic Freedom Coalition of Nebraska
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013
10:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M.
Courtyard by Marriott
808 R Street
Lincoln (Haymarket)

Keynote Speaker
ReLeah Lent
Co-Sponsored by The Nebraska English Language Arts Council and ACLU Nebraska with support from the National Council of Teachers of English

Lent has written extensively about literacy, adolescents, and secondary education, including the crucial role of academic freedom for teachers and students. She is the co-author, with Gloria Pipkin, of At the Schoolhouse Gate: Lessons in Intellectual Freedom (Heinemann, 2002) and Keep Them Reading: An Anti-Censorship Handbook for Educators (Teachers College Press, 2013).

Academic freedom awards will be presented to recognize
Peggy Adair, AFCON secretary, legislative coordinator, and past president
and the late James McShane, academic freedom activist extraordinaire at UNL and beyond.

12:15 Lunch buffet (including vegetarian choices)
1:15 Brief business meeting for AFCON members (open to all)

For further information email David Moshman at dmoshman1@unl.edu.
For more about AFCON: http://www.academicfreedomnebraska.org/
For more about ReLeah Lent: http://releahlent.com/
For a review of Keep Them Reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moshman/an-anticensorship-handboo_b_2594136.html

Register by September 24: Just send your name, address (including city and zip), phone number, and email address with a check for $35 per person ($15 for students) payable to AFCON to Treasurer Cathi McMurtry at 515 N. Thomas Avenue, Oakland, NE 68045.