Are you hosting an event around banned books week? Does your organization want to hold a postcard writing party? Mass Freedom to Read is offering physical postcards you can fill out and address to your Massachusetts representatives in support of An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594/S.2328). Please fill out this form with some details about your event and someone will be in touch to coordinate.
Events
Boston Book Festival 2025
Mass Freedom To Read will be at the Boston Book Festival! Come see us at the Beacon Press Booth #55 and write postcards to your legislators urging them to support An Act Regarding Free Expression.
Banned Books Week 2025
During Banned Books Week 2025, take action to support the freedom to read by joining your community at one of these events! Click through for more details.
Be the Change Workshop (Cambridge, MA)
Book bans and censorship are not only a red state phenomenon; they happen in Massachusetts too. A 2024 Boston Globe investigation revealed that Massachusetts school districts received challenges to at least 70 different books since 2019, and ten school districts removed or restricted access to books. But in Massachusetts, we have a chance to do something about this. Currently, the Massachusetts legislature is considering An Act Regarding Free Expression, which would prevent time-consuming and unconstitutional book bans, and would protect both libraries and creators from the harm this censorship causes.
Join members of the Mass Freedom to Read Coalition, including Authors Against Book Bans and Beacon Press to learn about this new legislation, and take action during the workshop by writing postcards to legislators to encourage them to pass this law.