The Next Generation of Activists
A National Coalition Against Censorship and Brooklyn Public Library workshop helps young people become intellectual freedom advocates.
Conversations about censorship and book bans tend to exclude the voices of the very population they claim to protect: young people. Now a rising generation is seeking a more active role in advocating for their own freedom to read.
“A core front in the culture wars is: What does it mean to be a full human being under the age of 18?”
says Emily Knox, interim dean and professor at the School of Information Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a board member of the nonprofit National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC).
“We’re in a moment where parents are claiming a kind of sweeping control over their kids, but kids have agency. The more we can educate young people about their rights, the better off we are as a country.”
This summer, NCAC and Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library hosted a workshop to help young people become intellectual freedom advocates.
Author's summary: Young people advocate for freedom to read.
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