Impressed by the Hanover County Faculty Board’s determination to ban 19 books from the libraries within the colleges they oversee; on June 2023 Kate Lindley began Free to Learn, her challenge for the Lady Scout Gold Award.
She created a Free to Learn app with info on every ebook, together with why it was banned and entry copies of the books. After the board banned an additional 75 books in November of 2023 Kate went a step additional and arrange ebook nooks in two native companies.
I believe that everybody who has noticed the nationwide mania for book-banning that has been rising over the previous few years agrees that it’s positively Orwellian; however that is the place issues begin taking a flip for the Kafkaesque. On April 10, the Hanover County supervisors met to approve language honoring the Lady Scouts that had accomplished their Gold Award initiatives. In the course of the assembly the supervisor for the Chilly Harbor District Michael Herzberg pulled Lindley’s proclamation and submitted a movement for amending it, eradicating language that recognized areas the place the books have been obtainable in addition to any mentions of censorship or banned books.
The Board of Supervisors has bestowed upon me the best honor anybody preventing censorship and banning may obtain by censoring me and my challenge ~ Kate Lindley
When the younger adults of our society act with extra maturity and decorum than the precise adults which might be operating issues, I get a hankering for generational change in management. Then I really feel responsible for desirous to dump the issues created by my technology and those which have come earlier than us onto the subsequent technology which might be nonetheless rising and studying.
We have to tackle these points and let our youngsters be children. Taking a look at them, and the work they’re already shouldering to make the world they’re on the cusp of inheriting a greater place I do know that they will be alright!
Hyperlinks for extra info
Hanover lady scout creates ‘banned ebook nook’ after new coverage takes 19 books off college cabinets: https://www.wric.com/information/local-news/hanover-county/hanover-girl-scout-creates-banned-book-nook-after-new-policy/
Hanover Lady Scout fights censorship with ‘Banned Ebook Nooks’ https://www.wvtf.org/information/2023-10-12/hanover-girl-scout-fights-censorship-with-banned-book-nooks
Hanover County college students battle the ebook ban https://www.vpm.org/2024-02-22/hanover-county-students-fight-the-book-ban
Hanover County supervisors censor commendation for Lady Scout who fought censorship https://www.wvtf.org/information/2024-04-11/hanover-county-supervisors-censor-commendation-for-girl-scout-who-fought-censorship
Free to Learn app: https://studio.code.org/initiatives/applab/GTpC1hoILFC2YN0ej-pIhcq3vV-8WlJ8hef1d1sRV-o
Free to Learn Instagram web page: https://www.instagram.com/free_to_read/
Authentic draft of the proclamation celebrating Kate Lindley: https://hanovercova.portal.civicclerk.com/occasion/1134/information/attachment/4131
Amended proclamation: https://hanovercova.portal.civicclerk.com/occasion/1130/information/attachment/4310
Lady Scouts of the USA Gold Award: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/badges-journeys-awards/highest-awards/gold-award.html
