[ [link removed] ]CNN: Book banning hits 21-year high.
As children across the country start the new school year, many are finding
gaps and spaces on their school's bookshelves where right-wing book bans
have made their mark.
"Overwhelmingly, book banners continue to target stories by and about
people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals," according to a report by free
speech advocacy group PEN America.
This summer, 90% of PCCC survey respondents said they are very concerned
about right-wing control over school boards. 88% listed banning books as
one of the top 3 issues they are concerned about.
That's why thousands of people are helping defeat right-wing extremism in
schools by donating to the PCCC’s national Save Our School Boards campaign
to equip hundreds of low-budget school board candidates with training,
resources, and money to defeat extremists in 2024.
[ [link removed] ]Can you donate $3 or more to this important program? Click here.
ABC News reports the PCCC is leading the charge to fight back: "The
Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) launched the 'Save Our School
Boards' campaign to boost more than 200 aligned school board candidates in
the upcoming cycle."
Politico reports that the "Save Our School Boards" initiative from the
Progressive Change Campaign Committee is also intended to serve as a
liberal attempt to create a national school board slate.
The American Prospect adds that "PCCC's 'Save Our School Boards' campaign
is to give progressive candidates the tools they need to not only stand up
to right-wing extremism, but also to learn how to run successful campaigns
and implement a progressive agenda."
In recent years we've helped hundreds of local candidates -- including
school board wins like Missy Zombor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Katrina
Doughty in Multnomah County, Oregon.
Missy told ABC News why this campaign is so important: "School Board
campaigns are some of the most polarizing and difficult political
campaigns right now and they are often run by brand-new candidates with
little to no campaigning experience. Learning how to build a budget,
obtain your voter file, communicate with the media, and prepare for
everything else along the way can be daunting."
Karl Frisch is a Fairfax, Virginia school board member who is running for
re-election in November with PCCC’s support. Frisch told The American
Prospect, "[PCCC’s] candidate training really helped flesh out what to do,
and [how] to run an effective campaign that gets my message in front of
the voters I need to win."
We anticipate our program will cost $450,000. Our resources will guide
first-time school board candidates through gathering petition signatures,
creating a campaign plan, budgeting, building a grassroots army, and more.
[ [link removed] ]If turning back the tide of right-wing extremism on school boards in
2024 is important to you, please donate what you can to this important
campaign today.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Hannah Riddle, PCCC Director of Candidate Services
P.S. If you're running for school board, [ [link removed] ]apply for resources and
campaign help here.
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