Banned Books Week is being celebrated this year from Sept. 21-27. Yes its time for the annual celebration of the Freedom to Read, sponsored by the
American Library Association and the
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression as well as American Booksellers Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Freedom to Read Foundation, National Association of College Stores, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN American Center, and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
Click here to learn about ways to participate.
National Voter Registration Day is Tuesday, September 23. It is being organized by more than 1,900 groups in a coordinated field, technology and media effort to increase voter registration. Participants include the AFL-CIO, NAACP, National Organization for Women, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Rock the Vote and the YWCA. See this report on Daily Kos for details and a useful list of ways to participate. For even more info, see this report from Best of the Left.