Book Bans and Censorship: Educational Foundations Film and Speaker Series APPROVED INT 100/201

Wednesday, October 4, 2023
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

The Educational Foundations program in the College of Education and Community Innovation will host its 6th annual Film and Speaker Series on October 4, 2023. This year's focus is Book Bans and Censorship. The expert panel includes Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D., Executive director for PEN America; Deborah Mikula, the Michigan Library Association Executive Director; and Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., Executive Director for the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice. The event will examine the increase of book banning in public schools and libraries locally and across the United States. Panelists will discuss the impact of book banning and censorship on society and especially upon traditionally marginalized communities. The audience will be encouraged to ask questions of the panelists and engage in a constructive and engaging discussion about this pressing issue. The program will run from 6:00-7:30, followed by a reception in Loosemore Auditorium located on Grand Valley State University’s downtown Pew Campus, 122E DeVos Center, 401 Fulton St. W., Grand Rapids, MI, 49504.

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Location Information

Loosemore Auditorium located on Grand Valley State University’s downtown Pew Campus, 122E DeVos Center, 401 Fulton W., Grand Rapids, MI, 49504.

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Contact Information

Terry Stockton

[email protected]

616-331-2983

Educational Foundations

Literacy, Educational Foundations, and Technology Department

College of Education and Community Innovation

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Educational Foundations program: Literacy, Educational Foundations, and Technology Department

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This event was added to the calendar by David Bair (baird@gvsu.edu) on Friday, September 15, 2023 and was last updated on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 3:22 p.m.

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