Sine die! SB 26 is dead! Thank you for every phone call and email you sent to help us defeat this anti-library bill. 🥳

3️⃣ days left in the legislative session! SB 26 could still make its way to the floor-we can't let that happen! 🚨 Even if you've already emailed or called your representative, it's time to do it again! 🚨 ☎️ Call your representative here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/makethecall_...

‼️ We can’t let up now ‼️ There are only 6️⃣ days left in the legislative session! We cannot forget that SB 26 can still go on the calendar for a floor vote, even at the last minute. 🎬 ACTION ITEM: 📨 Email your representative and tell them NO on SB26! www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026

Read this important story showing how Alabama’s librarians are navigating the confusing and financially burdensome administrative code changes enacted by the APLS board under John Wahl’s leadership.

Exactly what we see happening here in Alabama: the bypassing of nuanced local governance in favor of a small group of ideological extremists. This astroturf censorship movement has created chaos for our libraries and unnecessary division in our communities. www.texasobserver.org/abilene-isd-...

‼️ 11 days left in the Alabama Legislative session ‼️ ⬇️ We have made it easy to get connected to your state Representative. ☎️Call your Rep today and urge them to vote NO on SB26 here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/makethecall_... 📨Send your email here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026

Please join us in signing this petition to defend the right to read today:

‼️Senator Elliott’s anti-library, pro-censorship SB26 is one step away from a full floor vote in the Alabama House of Representatives.‼️ SB26 is designed to make them susceptible to political pressure to censor materials. 📨 Email your representative HERE: www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026

When parents can set reading limits for their own child, fewer than 10% choose to restrict access. Most families trust guidance and conversation, not bans. You can guide your child without deciding for mine. Protect choice. Trust librarians. Keep libraries open. #FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans

‼️SB26 is one step away from the House floor!‼️ By allowing library board members to be removed without cause, SB26 opens the door for political pressure to remove library materials. 🎬 Email your representative today and tell them NO on SB26: www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026

‼️SB26 is one step away from the House floor!‼️ By allowing library board members to be removed without cause, SB26 opens the door for political pressure to remove library materials. 🎬 Email your representative today and tell them NO on SB26: www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026

UPDATE: SB26 is scheduled for a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 18 in room 418. ☎️ It’s time your state Representative hears your voice! We have made it easy to get connected to your state Representative here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/makethecall_...

Censorship is NOT a winning issue at the polls, and thanks to resources like the documentary “The Librarians,” voters are seeing through the disinformation being spread by political actors and extremists that libraries are supplying “pornography” to children. www.salon.com/2026/02/06/s...

☎️It’s time your state Representative hears your voice! We have made it easy to get connected to your state Representative and urge them to vote NO on SB26: www.readfreelyalabama.org/makethecall_...

📢📢 Sen. Chris Elliott said the quiet part out loud about SB26: this bill is intended to further censor our public library collections. ‼️NOW is the time to act and let your senator know that this bill must not pass the chamber. Call your senator today: www.readfreelyalabama.org/make_the_cal...

Confused about how libraries must show compliance with the new APLS code changes in order to receive their state funding? Don't feel bad- the APLS board is too! alabamareflector.com/2026/01/21/a...

MLK Day is about action. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Dr. King Book bans silence voices and deny students opportunity. Today, stand up for the freedom to read: support librarians, share challenged books, and speak out. #MLKDay #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans

🍿Exciting news!🍿 Join us at the Civil Rights Memorial Center Feb. 18th and 19th for a very special screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary from Academy Award nominee and Peabody Award winner Kim A. Snyder. A panel discussion including Read Freely will follow the film. RSVP here: bit.ly/4pAUy5D

Read about the amicus brief we filed in support of the plaintiffs in Parnell v. School Board of Escambia County, Florida over the removal of "And Tango Makes Three," the true story about two male penguins who raised a baby together. www.alreporter.com/2025/12/31/r...

The first anti-library bill of 2026, SB26, would: ➡️create a mandatory reporting system for removed books. ➡️allow library board members to be dismissed for any reason, leaving them vulnerable to political pressure. ‼️TELL YOUR SENATOR NO ON SB26 HERE‼️ www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026

🎙️ "This is the people in the state of Alabama around that area saying 'Enough.'" 🎙️ Susan Britt perfectly sums up the Fairhope Public Library fundraiser. 🎯 (Link to full episode in comments. Library discussion begins at 10:00.)

The second issue of My Alabama Library is all about the Fairhope Public Library. See a glimpse of our interviews with Fairhope residents about why the library is “the beating heart” of this beautiful coastal town. See the full intro video and first article at myalabamalibrary.org/fairhope-pub...

"It's incredibly unfortunate to see that the APLS board that is supposed to be supporting libraries is instead attacking them."

It was our honor to present a check for $42,280 for the Fairhope Public Library last night. Thank you to all of you who stepped up to do what APLS would not. www.alreporter.com/2025/12/02/r...

📢 This week the APLS board added yet another amendment to the state code to further restrict access for minors. 📢 ➡️ The board will now force libraries to limit access for those under 18 via default restricted minor cards. www.alreporter.com/2025/11/21/a...

⚠️This investigative piece out of Maine shows a very familiar playbook from the same national, billionaire-backed organizations.⚠️ ➡️A mirror what is happening in our public libraries. ➡️ A preview of what has already begun in our public school boards. www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/19/p...

Despite his claims to be in favor of keeping control of library collections with local library boards and parents, APLS/ALGOP Chairman John Wahl intends to read each of the ten books in question at the center of the fight over Fairhope Public Library's state funding. www.al.com/news/2025/11...

After referring to the Fairhope Public Library as a "bad apple," "bad actors" and "acting in bad faith," APLS/ALGOP Chairman John Wahl said he plans to personally read and review all ten books in question and report back to the APLS board with his findings. alabamareflector.com/2025/11/21/a...

Yesterday the APLS voted to restrict materials with transgender characters from minors sections of Alabama libraries, as well as prevent their purchase going forward. See Read Freely Alabama's joint statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/statement_ap...

‼️After months of denying due process to the Fairhope Public Library's funding, we are shocked to hear that Wahl and the stacked APLS board have already spent half of those funds elsewhere.‼️

📢 Mark your calendar! 🗓️ Join us Nov. 20th for this critical APLS Executive Board meeting at 6030 Monticello Drive in Montgomery. 👉🏼Sign up to speak with the link in the comments! 👉🏼Help us pack the room to support Alabama libraries and the freedom to read! 👉🏼Spread the word!

Chairman Wahl's use of the ALGOP, of which he is also the chair, to push his agenda against libraries is a conflict of interest and an abuse of authority. Read more here:

🚨 In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama❓RSVP to join our discussion on threats to our libraries tomorrow: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g What you'll take away ⬇️ Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 www.alreporter.com/2025/10/06/s...

Only 8 DAYS remain to send your letter to the Alabama Public Library Service to oppose the amendment to ban positive depictions of transgender people in Alabama libraries. Use our online letter here and share with friends! www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...

Extremists are now demanding that books discussing sexual orientation be banned from Alabama libraries.‼️This would mean books such as “Heather Has Two Mommies,”would be BANNED by forbidding their purchase.‼️ Send your letter to APLS today w this link: www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...

‼️ACT NOW! Tell the extremist Alabama Public Library Service executive board not to ban LGBTQ materials from public libraries ‼️ Don’t let this unconstitutional censorship stand. Send your letter here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...

Notice anything new? 😏 RFA has a fresh new logo! And that means NEW MERCH 👕🧢🥤🛍️ ‼️in honor of Banned Books Week we are offering 10% with the code BANNEDBOOKS10 ‼️ www.bonfire.com/store/read-f...

It's clear that extremism and book banning are not a winning platform in the eyes of Alabama voters. 🎉 www.alreporter.com/2025/08/27/f...

"A belief system that cannot withstand questions, that must silence difficult stories rather than engage with them, is a belief system built on fear. If faith is real—if it is strong—then it should be able to hold its own in conversation with literature." nonprofitquarterly.org/madeleine-le...

‼️A huge win for the freedom to read!‼️ bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

📢We’ve shared before that Moms for Liberty, Eagle Forum, and Alabama Policy Institute are all official 2025 Coalition Partners. 📢 ‼️Now, a leaked database shows how prominent leaders in these organization strongly encouraged supporters to apply to be a part of Project 2025. ‼️https://bit.ly/4l2bL5o

Today we remember those who fought to hold the United States accountable to the ideals laid out in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Happy Fourth of July. #constitutionalrights #readfreelyalabama #july4th

#facts #readfreelyalabama

Last night, the Fairhope Public Library Board met to discuss their decision on the books challenged by local Moms for Liberty extremists that resulted in the library being stripped of its state funding. www.al.com/news/2025/06...

The Fifth Circuit Court’s recent ruling regarding the removal of books in Llano, Texas has made its rounds in Alabama. Read Freely Alabama wanted to clear up misinformation we’ve seen circulating among our anti-library extremists. While such radical rulings are concerning, context is important. 1/x

For the past 3 months, thousands of Alabamians have joined Read Freely Alabama to work tirelessly to ensure that two bills that would have had devastating effects on libraries, HB4 and SB6, did not pass. Read our post-legislative session statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/2025_legisla...

We all want to protect children from inappropriate and sexually explicit material but it isn’t illegal for minors to read books on puberty, sex education, consent, or other complex topics. But that’s exactly what APLS Chair John Wahl is trying to do. Read our op-ed: www.al.com/news/2025/05...

Last week the state library board decided to accelerate their censorship efforts by expanding the definition of “inappropriate for children” to possibly include books with excessive violence, excessive drug use, things that are inappropriate for children that society recognizes on a daily basis.”