Want to protect Freedom of Speech in your state? The RI AABB folks are always willing to chat with folks in your state about what we learned on the ground here about most effective strategies

2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year. Five organizations invested in the freedom to read highlight what's happened in the world of book censorship in 2025. bookriot.com/book-censors...

We fought to create a safe harbor in RI for Freedom of Speech because we knew Project 2025 laid out plans to limit First Amendment rights. Please read and be aware of federal plans that are being put into action right now, nationwide. wapo.st/3L9lpr4

We’re in @bookriot.bsky.social ! Thank you Kelly Jensen for this roundup of pending #FreedomToRead legislation nationwide, and for sharing our lessons learned here in Rhode Island

Congratulations MA! #FreedomtoRead bill with protections for authors now moves to the House! Call your MA reps! Great work @massaabb.bsky.social ! malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...

Spotted FRY BREAD in the Providence Lush Cosmetics with a #FreedomToRead sign #shelfie #corporateactivism

We are at North Kingstown Public Library for Books and Belonging - our inclusive storytime with community readers. Here Samantha Bernard, a striking Bulter healthcare worker reads YOUR ONE AND ONLY HEART by Rajani LaRocca. Come Join us until 12:30!

Great news from FL! bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

Rhode Island friends! Please come to Books and Belonging - two locations this Saturday, Aug 16 - North Kingstown 10-12:30 (10-10:45 hate speech workshop, 11-12:30 inclusive storytime) East Providence 1-2:30. BOOK GIVEAWAYS and kid activities and great books!

Thank you RI House of Represenatitives for this wonderful photo of bill sponsors @davidmoralesri.bsky.social, Sen Mark McKenney (holding the official signed bills) and Rep Jennifer Stewart, who worked so hard on this bill with the members of RI @authorsabb.bsky.social!

It was wonderful to take a moment to celebrate as Gov McKee signed the Freedom to Read Act today! Thank you everyone! Sharing some photos and nuggets of wisdom from the speakers

Join us in North Kingstown on Aug 16

facebook.com/events/s/boo... Join EPIC on Aug 16 for a special community storytime at the Weaver Library!

We are collaborating with other #FreedomToRead coalition members on this event - save the date! Saturday, Aug 16 - 10 AM Stop the hate workshop for adults, 11-12:30 storytime and activities for kids & families

Looking for a summer read that will fill you with hope and a belief that your work matters? This isn’t toxic positivity it is hope that is rooted in deep experience of and understanding of totalitarianism and the origins of evil. bookshop.org/p/books/read...

Rhode Island was founded by people censored, imprisoned & exiled by the Massachusetts Colony for their writings and speech. We are thrilled to pass the baton for the fight to protect freedom of expression to @massaabb.bsky.social & Mass #FreedomToRead coalition. Roger Williams would be proud!

Welcoming a new partner to the fight to protect freedom of speech and freedom of the press! www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com

Celebrating the good! Freedom to Read Coalition members and bill sponsors Sen Mark McKenney & Rep Jennifer Stewart gathered tonight to take a moment to celebrate the bill becoming law. Rhode Island is now a Freedom to Read state!

Today the Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act becomes law. We are so proud of the safe harbor we have created in the Ocean State for librarians, creators, students, and readers. Our Act is the first in the U.S. to encode standing for authors as parties harmed by censorship. THANK YOU ALL! ⚓️❤️📚

Deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court pen.org/press-releas...

Georgia Librarian fired for including WHEN AIDEN BECAME A BROTHER in a book display titled “Color Our World,” featuring diverse kids’ books. www.gpb.org/news/2025/06...

AABB-RI co-chair @jbradley.bsky.social was on @wgbh.org ‘s Under the Radar with Callie Crossley tonight as part of a round table discussion about the impact of censorship on authors. If you missed it live, stream it here (The whole series is great!) www.wgbh.org/culture/book...

What Margaret Mead failed to note: (1) change making is hard work, (2) no one person (or small group) can do this work alone very long, & (3) the effectiveness of your small group lies in connecting with a larger coalition of people who have done this work before and know what they are doing ⚓️🩷📚

Rhode Island #FreedomToRead has been passed by both chambers of the General Assembly and is on its way to the Governor’s desk for signing! Just in case you aren’t spending your Friday night glued to Capitol TV, here’s the moment:

Rhode Island is poised to become a #FreedomToRead state! Our bill is headed to Governor McKee’s desk to be signed into law! Thank you yo our many FTR coalition volunteers and to the RI General Assembly & bill sponsors @davidmoralesri.bsky.social & Sen Mark McKenney!!

The @risenate.bsky.social is now voting 6/20/25 (Friday) on the House revision of the Freedom to Read Act #FreedomToRead

Getting the Freedom to Read Bill to this point took countless effort, energy, willpower, courage, resourcefulness and spirit, volunteered by so many amazing volunteers & members. We're waiting eagerly for the legislation to get through one final step before going to @govdanmckee.bsky.social!

NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions. This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.

The RI House Freedom to Read Bill is scheduled for a Senate vote Thursday #FreedomtoRead

Thanking the 85% of the @rihouseofreps.bsky.social who voted yes on #FreedomToRead !

Thank you everyone! Bill sposors @davidmoralesri.bsky.social & Sen Mark McKenney, the many, many volunteers who gave time to the RI #FreedomToRead Coalition, and all of the voters and young people who wrote postcards, emailed, and called their reps! Your voices matter, and they were heard!

Our legacy as a state is a commitment to freedom of expression and freedom of religion. Calling on our general assembly to pass #FreedomToRead before the end of the 2025 session! Let’s make RI a safe harbor for free speech!

The Freedom to Read bill has passed out of committee & is on its way to a House floor vote!

The RI Freedom to Read Act (H5726A) is scheduled for a committee vote Thursday, June 12!! ⚓️🩷📚

We will be at the Teach Truth Day of Action this Saturday, June 7, 2-4 PM at Knight Memorial Library in Providence. See you there! #FreedomToRead

Providence area folks: tonight at 7:00! @padmatv.bsky.social at Rochambeau library about the rising tide of censorship and #FreedomToRead in RI - our bill has passed in the Senate & is awaiting a vote in the House. #RhodeIsland @davidmoralesri.bsky.social

North Kingstown Pride knows how to throw a party! Thank you everyone who stopped by our table & wrote a postcard!

Stop by our table at the North Kingstown Pride event June 1st! Let’s get RI #FreedomToRead passed in 2025!

@thepvdeye.bsky.social takes a look at RI’s #FreedomToRead bill. Thanking bill sponsor @davidmoralesri.bsky.social and the many supporters of H5726 in the House, (75% of our Reps!) we just need it to get to a vote! pvdeye.org/the-freedom-...

Rhode Island friends: stop by the Warwick Central Library Saturday, May 24, from 10-2 and tell us about your favorite banned book! RI #FreedomToRead coalition members will be there to answer your questions and help you find your state reps and write postcards!

Rhode Island voters: the #FreedomToRead needs you! Lawmakers need to hear from citizens that this bill needs to keep its protections for creators! Stop by Warwick Central Library 10-2 Saturday May 24 & write a postcard! (Thank you if you’ve written/called in the past - we need you again!)

Firing of librarians who promote freedom to read is a censorship tactic. Thank you Jon Scieszka, Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Gene Luen Yang, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds & Meg Medina for making this statement in support of Dr Carla Hayden

This Saturday, May 24, 10-2: stop by the Warwick Central Library and write a postcard in support of RI #FreedomToRead

Rhode Island Center for the Book does so much for literature & literacy in our state! Kickoff the KRARI summer reading with @ogemora.bsky.social June 14, 2-4pm at William Hall Library

It’s time to fight against book bans - www.bookbanpetition.us

Warwick Post reporting on #FreedomToRead Act warwickpost.com/senate-oks-m...

WPRI has a nice article about the Senate bill passage, quoting some of our RI #FreedomToRead coaliton members: www.wpri.com/news/politic...

Projo on Senate bill passage: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The RI #FreedomtoRead Act has passed the Senate!! Onward to the @rihouseofreps.bsky.social !