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LeVar Burton LIVE on Facebook in Conversation with Da’Taeveyon Daniels

October 4 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm CDT

Free

Actor, director, literacy advocate—and Banned Books Week 2023 Honorary Chair—LeVar Burton will discuss his anti-censorship work with Banned Books Week Youth Honorary Chair Da’Taeveyon Daniels during this rare live event, which will stream on Facebook.

Follow @BannedBooksWeek, and join us October 4, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. CDT.

Details

Date:: October 4
Time:: 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm CDT
Cost:: Free
Event Categories:: Author Visit / Reading, Honorary Chair, Instagram Live, Live Event, Virtual Event
Event Tags:: advocacy, book bans, da'taeveyon daniels, levar burton, reading rainbow, star trek
Website:: https://www.instagram.com/banned_books_week/?hl=en

Organizer

: Banned Books Week Coalition
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Venue

: Virtual Event

Banned Books Week is an annual event that highlights the value of free and open access to information. The event is supported by a coalition of organizations dedicated to free expression, including American Booksellers for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Amnesty International USA, Association of University Presses, Authors Guild, Banned Books Week Sweden, Children’s Book Council, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Freedom to Read Foundation, GLAAD, Index on Censorship, Little Free Library, National Book Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN America, People For the American Way Foundation, PFLAG, and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Banned Books Week also receives generous support from HarperCollins Publishers and Penguin Random House.