Policy Corps Unite Against Book Bans Cadre

Jennie Pu Unite Against Book Bans Policy Corps African American Policy Forum

Kent Oliver, Erin MacFarlane, Amanda Kordeliski, and Becky Calzada pose in front of their slide show at ALA Annual Conference 2023.

Amanda Kordeliski speaking at an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Tulsa Town Hall on banned books and censorship

To combat book banning and censorship in America’s libraries, the American Library Association’s (ALA) Policy Corps Unite Against Book Bans cadre works in close coordination with the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy (PPA) Office to boost advocacy efforts across library types and states to showcase how libraries and library workers provide essential information resources to their communities while increasing awareness about the importance of intellectual freedom and its centrality to American democracy and society.

“These attacks demand active, organized support from peer professionals like this cadre of Policy Corps coordinated with cross-sector partners mobilized by ALA through the Unite Against Book Bans campaign. Together, we are an antidote to the pervasive censorship poisoning our communities.” — ALA Past President Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada

Members

Kate Alderete State Library NM	Tiffeni Fontno Academic Library TN	Qiana Johnson Academi Library NH	Jennie Pu Public Library NJ
Becky Calzada Public School District TX	Carolyn Foote School Library TX	Amanda Kordeliski Public School District OK	Hallie Rich Library Journal OH
Todd Carpenter National Information Standards Organization MD	Jamie Gregory School Library SC	Erin MacFarlane Public Library AZ	Valerie Tagoe School Library TX
Nicolle Davies State Library CO	Tyler Hahn Public Library IA	Tim Miller Public Library OK	Sarah Vantrease Public Library CA
Sonya Durney Academic Library ME	Sonnet Ireland Public Library LA	Larry Neal Public Library MI	Lisa Varga Library Association VA
Lori Fisher State Library ME	Christy James School Library SC	Mary Pellicano School Library MD

Senior Policy Fellows

Kent Oliver
TN

Chris Harris
NY

The Cadre in the News

Webinar Archive

Unite Against Book Bans and ALA's Policy Corps: Challenging Book Bans in Critic…

Kent Oliver, Senior Fellow with the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office, facilitates discussion with members of the ALA Policy Corps Unite Against Book Bans cadre.

Advocacy in the US of A(z)

Erin MacFarlane and Kent Oliver give an update on the efforts of ALA's Policy Corps in opposition to censorship activity across the country and present a broader picture on how libraries are at the center of the culture wars.

Related Resources

ALA Policy Corps

Unite Against Book Bans

Staff Contacts

Jazzy Celindro
jcelindro@ala.org

Larra Clark
lclark@ala.org