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Advocacy Hour: An Update from ALA on the Right to Read in America
Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Category: MLA Connect Advocacy Hour

MLA Connect Advocacy Hour: An Update from ALA on the Right to Read in America

Thursday, January 19
10:00 - 11:00 AM

Join MLA on Zoom next Thursday, January 19 at 10:00 AM for an update from the American Library Association (ALA) on national efforts to protect the right to read. Jon Martin from the ALA Chapter Relations Office and Joyce McIntosh from the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Office of Intellectual Freedom will join us to talk about activities of ALA to combat the censorship crisis and protect intellectual freedom.

Advocacy Hour conversations are always free to attend but registration is required.

View Recording at
MLA Connect On Demand

 Guest Speakers

Jon Martin

Jon Martin is the program manager for the Chapter Relations Office of ALA. He supports ALA’s 57 state and territorial associations and over 60 student chapters. He also administers advocacy platforms used by state chapters. New to ALA with about a year of service, his background is in membership-based nonprofits with a focus on membership and funding growth.

 

 

 

Jon McIntoshJoyce McIntosh is the Assistant Program Director for the Freedom to Read Foundation. She has worked at the intersection of intellectual freedom, communication, and the First Amendment for three decades. Her degrees in journalism (Michigan State University) and library and information science (Wayne State University) have led her to work for newspapers, non-profits, and for the last two decades in libraries. She worked in a public library before joining FTRF.

 

 

 

MLA Connect Advocacy Hours are an opportunity for the library community to learn more about MLA's advocacy and legislative priorities including funding, elections, property taxes, literacy, internet access, privacy, intellectual freedom, and more. Each month, we will address a new topic and share any pending legislation introduced in the House or Senate that could impact the Michigan library community. Open discussion and Q & A will follow the interview-style agenda.

Monthly sessions will take place generally on the third Thursday of the month at 10:00 am. Advocacy Hours are free to attend to anyone interested in joining the conversation! A maximum of 500 attendees can join each live event. Registered attendees will receive information and a link to access the meetings on the Zoom platform. 

Please note recordings of all MLA Advocacy Hours are available to watch for free and on-demand at MLA Connect On-Demand.




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