OLLI101529 - Ban the Ban (Virtual Event)

Course Description

Date: October 20

Title: Ban the Ban (Virtual Event)

Time: 1:00PM – 2:30PM

Presented by one of our own OLLI classes, A Study Group in Staged Reading, and facilitator, Jean Haskell.

Description: Their presentation includes a series of readings from banned books---books that have been removed from school libraries, prohibited in classrooms, and/or banned from circulation. According to a report by advocacy group PEN America, at least 1586 books were banned between July, 2021 and March, 2022, with targets being 1145 unique titles by 874 different authors. Today we will hear readings from only a fraction of those books. Book bans have occurred in 86 school districts across 26 states, with petitions for banning from community members as well as directives from state officials or elected lawmakers. Reading banned books is one way of expressing resistance, or calling for “Ban the Ban”

**Event is for current OLLI Members Only**