Drag Story Hours<\/strong> on Sept. 22 and 23 at 7 pm, in the Providence campus library, will feature drag queens and kings, reading from currently banned children\u2019s books. The drag performers scheduled to appear are: Siobhan LaPorte-Cauley, Ottavia De Luca, Marc Tiberiis, and Patricia Tulli-Hawkridge from OutLoud Theatre, and the Trailer Park Girls ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Banned Books Week Schedule of Events<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, Sept. 19 – Tiffany D. Jackson<\/strong> Wednesday, Sept. 21 \u2013 Open Forum and Panel Discussion Thursday, Sept. 22 – BANNED: It\u2019s a Drag! reading hour<\/em><\/strong> Friday, Sept. 23 – BANNED: It\u2019s a Drag! reading hour<\/em><\/strong> Book banning, particularly children\u2019s books, is one of the most widespread forms of censorship, claiming that readers will be swayed by the book\u2019s content, or the material is considered to be sexually explicit, contain offensive language, or unsuitable for a particular age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each year, the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association, compiles a list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books to inform the public about censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBanned Books Week celebrates our right to read. Censorship has devastating consequences. Reading allows us a glimpse into others’ worlds. We experience perspectives vicariously through submerging ourselves in topics with which we have little experience. Who should dictate those topics? Ask yourself, \u2018who is the arbiter?\u2019 When a small group becomes the arbiter for the rest, we lose our freedom to make decisions for ourselves. I’m thrilled that 溏心vlog免费B站 is standing up for our right to read,\u201d said Theresa Deeney, professor of reading, language, and learning disabilities in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s School of Education, and one of the event organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Launched in 1982, Banned Books Week was a response to a sudden surge in the number of challenged books in schools, bookstores, and libraries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Typically held in September, Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and informs current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools, while supporting the value of free and open access to information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The banned book lists are based on information from media stories and voluntary challenge reports from communities across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PROVIDENCE, R.I., \u2014 August 31, 2022 \u2014 To celebrate and encourage the freedom to read, the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies will hold a series of events during Banned Books Week, Sept. 19-23, to bring awareness to censored and challenged books. Tiffany D. Jackson, filmmaker and New York Times […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":80566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80562"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80574,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80562\/revisions\/80574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2022\/08\/Papa-Marc.jpg\")
New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction; author of 2021 banned book, Monday\u2019s Not Coming<\/em><\/strong>
4 p.m. – Paff Auditorium. Providence Campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Censorship\u00a0and navigating the challenges of contested books and topics.<\/strong>
Panel of teachers, school librarians and information specialists.
7 pm \u2013Center for Biological and Life\u00a0Sciences (CBLS), Room 010
Kingston Campus (Parking available\u00a0in the Chafee Lot)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 p.m. – Providence Campus library\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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