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MoveOn.org Banned Bookmobile Event (10/18/23)

October 18, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Graphic showing to the right a picture of a bus labeled Reid band books and bearing the moveon.org logo. To the left is text "Ron DeSantis, and Maga Republicans have banned hundreds of books… So we are giving them out for free from our Banned Bookmobile"

Come Get Free Banned Books from MoveOn.org!

Flyer for the MoveOn.org Banned Bookmobile visit to Charlottesville. The top half of the flyer reads "A public event to decry the Banning of Books in Schools and Libraries Wednesday, October 18 4:30-6:30" and shows a photo of the blue Banned Bookmobile bus with drawings of pink, purple, and orange raised fists coming out of the bus. The bottom half gives the event URL https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/event/586465/ and then reads "On the Downtown Mall near the Free Speech Wall next to City Hall" and then lists the speakers: "Judy LE, Katrina Callsen, Dan Alexander, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Allison Spillman, Rebecca Berlin, Lloyd Snook, Creigh Deeds and other local officials and candidates will testify why it is a BAD idea to ban books"Join us on Wednesday, October 18, from 4:00-6:30pm, at the Free Speech Wall (605 E Main Street on the Downtown Mall) to meet up with (and get free banned books from!!) the MoveOn Banned Bookmobile and hear from featured speakers including award-winning local author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (“My Monticello”) and a variety of officeholders and candidates.

It’s fine to drop by to catch the event, but helpful to sign up here with MoveOn.A photo of actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton wearing a black T-shirt that has two pictures of him, one current and one from his "Reading Rainbow" PBS TV show days (with rainbow graphic) sitting near two stacks of books. The shirt reads "LeVar Burton says read banned books."

The Banned Bookmobile is on a national tour to highlight the terribly frightening and undemocratic attempts by extremist Republicans to ban books in schools and libraries nationwide; per WVTF and the Virginia Education Association, there have been 400 attempted book bans in Virginia this year as of September, and one public library almost closed due to efforts to ban LGBTQ content (but they fought and won that battle!).

Not available for sale at the event, but Actor Levar Burton and MoveOn Political Action collaboratively released in early October a new original “Read Banned Books” T-shirt for National Banned Book Week in support of this campaign,. The limited-edition shirt features the likeness of the lifetime literacy champion LeVar Burton (long-time host of the PBS “Reading Rainbow” show) and can be purchased here.

Nancy Damon is organizing the event (thank you Nancy!). If you’d like to be a speaker, please contact her at nancycdamon@gmail.com.

Details

  • Date: October 18, 2023
  • Time:
    4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Organizer

Venue

  • Charlottesville Free Speech Wall
  • 605 E. Main St.
    Charlottesville, VA 22902     + Google Map