American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin
Banned Books Week Panel
Moderated by Jim Fleming, Wisconsin Public Radio host
Thursday, October 1
6:00—7:30 p.m.
SLIS Commons
4th floor Helen C. White Hall
Featuring special guests:
Bob Bocher, Library Technology Consultant, WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Two local librarians with experience working with public and youth
library collections.
The panel will discuss current issues in censorship including book
challenges, net neutrality and free access to the Internet, and youth free speech rights.
As part of the upcoming Cartonera Conference:
Cartonera Making Workshop
Oct 9
10 am -12 noon
SLIS Library
Aldo Medinaceli from Bolivian cartonera publishing house Yerba Mala Cartonera will talk with participants (translation provided). Copies of the manifesto from Yerba Mala Cartonera to be part of the conference book will be provided for the textual content—-as will cardboard, paint, etc. for the covers. Learn more about this kind of publishing industry and make a cartonera yourself!
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