Check out this article excerpt about Grace Lim – our hero who stands up to the small-minded dingdongs who want to ban books. Check out that quilt!!
“Grace Linn is a 100-year-old widow of a WWII veteran, a grandmother, and a craftivist. On Tuesday, she spoke at a Martin County, Florida school board meeting to protest the removal of 80+ books from the school library. Her statement has gotten a lot of media coverage, and she was later interviewed on MSNBC, Fox 35, and more. That’s for good reason, because in a speech that lasted only a few minutes, she’s effectively demonstrated what’s needed to fight back against censorship.
“The Censorship Round Up archive is filled with so many ways to help, from voting to calling your representative to speaking up in school board and library board meetings and more. We also have an anticensorship tool lit. We even compiled and updated resources into an ebook: How to Fight Book Bans and Censorship. The resources are there. But it’s up to you to act, and Grace Linn shows exactly how to do that. Here are some of the lessons she provides, from easiest to the more challenging!
- 1) Show Up To School Board and Library Board Meetings
- 2) Speak Up
- 3) Use Your Passions
- 4) Have it Filmed and Spread the Word
- 5) Tell a Story and Evoke Emotion
- 6) Bring a Visual