Dear MoveOn member,

Greetings from the MoveOn member-supported Banned Bookmobile Tour!

We just finished a series of stops in Nashville and Atlanta and are
heading to Virginia and Washington, D.C. next week, then onward to South
Carolina and Ohio.

Traveling around the country on the Banned Bookmobile, I've had the
incredible pleasure of meeting thousands of MoveOn members—you're
librarians, parents, students, educators, authors, and, above all,
readers.

It's been heartwarming to be in community with other book lovers.
Something special happens when we come together in support of our freedom
to learn and to read. We've bonded over our shared love of books and our
resolve to defend our educators and parents and to protect our communities
from MAGA book bans.

[ [link removed] ]You can get a sense of how magical it is to come together against book
bans by watching this short video recap. Take a look!

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If you watch the video, you'll get to see some of my absolute favorite
moments from the tour so far, like hearing from:

* Katie Rinderle, the Georgia teacher who was fired for reading "My
Shadow Is Purple," a book she purchased at her school's book fair, and
whose class voted for her to read it.
* Becky Albertalli, author of "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda," which
was adapted into the film "Love, Simon," who showed up with high
school students fighting local school bans.
* Lindsey Patrick-Wright, an activist and mother who advocated against
book bans and for her child who was bullied at school for being gay.
* Tennessee State Representative Aftyn Behn, who addressed MoveOn
members mere hours after she took her oath of office!
* Ravanna-Michelle Menendez, a trans rights activist and powerhouse
advocate based in Nashville. 
* Shivi, a high school student who fought against book bans in Forsyth
County, Georgia and leads with the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition.
* Ms. Georgia, niece of American Nobel Prize laureate and frequently
banned author Toni Morrison.

These speakers exemplify the power of our movement. In every community
where MAGA Republicans are trying to impose their will on the rest of us,
trying to erase anyone's history or experience that doesn't match theirs,
there are people coming together for our freedoms and winning. The reality
is that when we oppose book bans in our communities, we win. We are the
majority, and our communities are the stronger for it.

We've had stops at local bookstores and on state capitol grounds, because
this issue is both about books and about politics. And we're not the only
ones making that connection: The bus has attracted tons of interest from
local news outlets, bringing our response to this repressive MAGA book ban
strategy into people's living rooms.

Here are a few of my favorite press hits about our Banned Bookmobile, and
our broader defense of the freedom to read.

* [ [link removed] ]GQ's feature on our partnership with LeVar Burton during Banned
Books Week
* [ [link removed] ]Atlanta Journal Constitution article about the event featuring
Katie Rinderle in Atlanta

I can't wait to bring this to a town near you someday.

One thing's for sure—the bus that we've been riding across the country
wouldn't exist without the generous support of MoveOn members just like
you, whose donations have funded the whole thing.

So as always: Thanks for all you do. We recognize y'all at each of our
events, and hopefully will get to thank you in person too. 

–Mana, for the whole MoveOn team

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Want to support MoveOn's work? Book bans have skyrocketed thanks to
right-wing state laws which have forced teachers to remove books from
their classrooms. In response, MoveOn is launching a "Banned Bookmobile,"
filling it with books that the far right has banned, and driving it around
to hand out those books, for free, in highly trafficked areas that will
attract media attention. To keep the Banned Bookmobile up and running into
2024, we need your help.

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