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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 Registration Open for “Intellectual Freedom In Libraries” A Course Collaboration of FTRF and Emporia » Registration Open for “Intellectual Freedom In Libraries” A Course Collaboration of FTRF and Emporia State U...
Thursday, June 27, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) FTRF Announces 2024 Roll of Honor Recipients » Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2024 Roll of Honor Recipients For Immediate Release Chicago, IL June 3, 2024...
Monday, June 24, 2024 Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2024 Conable Conference Scholarship Recipients » June 21, 2024 Chicago, IL Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2024 Conable Conference Scholarship Recipients...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Freedom to Read Foundation Awards Citation Honoring Girl Scout Kate Lindley » June 20, 2024 Chicago, IL Freedom to Read Foundation Awards Citation Honoring Girl Scout Kate Lindley Tod...
Thursday, May 9, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) 2024 FTRF Trustee Election Announcement » For immediate release Chicago, IL May 9, 2024 Freedom to Read Foundation 2024 Election Results The Freed...
Friday, March 29, 2024 Applications Open for Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Programming Grants » March 29, 2024 Applications Open for Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Programming Grants Each year the Free...
Thursday, March 28, 2024 2024 Conable Conference Scholarship Applications Open » March 28, 2024 The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) offers an annual scholarship for library school students and new...
Friday, February 9, 2024 FTRF Virtual President's Program » Freedom to Read Foundation Virtual President’s Program: Continuing the Conversation: Intellectual Freedom and Soc...
Friday, October 20, 2023 FTRF Opposes City Council Decision to Censor Books in Huntington Beach, CA » The Freedom to Read Foundation joined the First Amendment Coalition and ACLU of Southern California to protect First Amend...
Saturday, June 17, 2023 FTRF Announces Conable Conference Scholarship Recipients » Freedom to Read Foundation Announces Two Conable Conference Scholarship Recipients Chicago, IL June 17, 2023...
Thursday, May 18, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Freedom to Read Foundation Celebrates 2023 Roll of Honor Recipient Pat Scales » Freedom to Read Foundation Celebrates 2023 Roll of Honor Recipient Pat Scales The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF)...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Conable Conference Scholarship Applications Open » Conable Conference Scholarship Applications Open The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) offers an annual scholarship f...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Applications Open for Banned Books Week Grants » April 5, 2023 Applications Open for Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Banned Books Week P...
Friday, February 24, 2023 The Freedom to Read Foundation Awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Festival’s Innovator’s Award » February 23, 2023 Chicago, IL The Freedom to Read Foundation Awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Festival’s Innovato...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 FTRF Sponsoring Webinar Series with ALA eLearning » Webinar Series Defending Intellectual Freedom: Facing Challenges and Fighting Back...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 FTRF Announces 2022 Banned Books Week Grant Recipients » Chicago, IL August 16, 2022 Freedom to Read Foundation Announces Grant Recipients for Projects Reflect...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2022 - 2023 Executive Committee » For Immediate Release Wed, July 20, 2022 Chicago, Illinois Contact: Joyce McIntosh Assistant Program Direct...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Freedom to Read Foundation Celebrates 2022 Roll of Honor Recipient Eldon Ray James » Freedom to Read Foundation Celebrates 2022 Roll of Honor Recipient Eldon Ray James For Eldon Ray James, the 2022 reci...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Freedom to Read Foundation 2022 Election Results » For immediate release Chicago, IL May 10, 2022 Contact: Joyce McIntosh Freedom to Read Foundation 2022...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Applications Open for Judith F. Krug Fund Programming Grants » Applications Open for Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Programming Grants Books Unite Us: Censorship Divides Us Each yea...
Monday, April 4, 2022 Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2022 Slate for Board of Trustees Election » The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is led by a board of fifteen trustees, eleven elected and four ex officio. The term...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Students from Granbury ISD in Granbury, Texas Speak Out Against Censorship » Students from Granbury ISD in Granbury, Texas are speaking out against a decision by their school board to remove 130 titl...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Freedom to Read Foundation Seeks Nominations for Board of Trustees » Freedom to Read Foundation Seeks Nominations for Board of Trustees Chicago, IL January 11, 2022...
Thursday, October 21, 2021 Freedom to Read Foundation Offers Scholarship for Course on Intellectual Freedom and Young Adults » Chicago, IL October 21, 2021 The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), is excited to announce a s...
Friday, August 13, 2021 Freedom to Read Foundation Awards Grants for Banned Books Week Celebrations » The Freedom to Read Foundation has awarded four public libraries and one school library with grants for Banned Books Week...
Friday, June 11, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) FTRF Announces Results of 2021 Board of Trustees Election » For Immediate Release June 30, 2021 Contact: Joyce McIntosh Freedom to Read Foundation 312-280-4226 jmcintosh@ala....
Monday, May 24, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Freedom to Read Foundation Announces 2021 Roll of Honor Award » Chicago, IL May 18, 2021 The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Committee is excited to announce author R...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) FTRF 2021 Election Open Now » The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) election for Board of Trustees is taking place now through May 18, 2021. Twe...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Merritt Fund Trustees Announced » The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund elections have taken place and the 2021 trustees are Sara Dallas, Robert P. Holley...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Jason Reynolds Named Inaugural Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week » The Freedom to Read Foundation and the Banned Books Week Coalition are excited to announce that banned author Jason...
Friday, February 19, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Roll of Honor Nominations are now being accepted » The Freedom to Read Foundation seeks nominations for the 2021 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor. This award was est...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) ALA partners with Humble Bundle to support ALA and the Freedom to Read Foundation » The American Library Association (ALA) and Humble Bundle are teaming up to offer library supporters and advoca...
Friday, September 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Freedom to Read Foundation announces six recipients of 2020 Banned Books Week event grants » The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) awarded six $1,000 grants to nonprofit institutions in support of the 2020 Banned...
Thursday, June 25, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) FTRF 2020 Roll of Honor Recipient Kelley L. Allen » The FTRF Roll of Honor Committee is excited to announce Kelley L. Allen as the 2020 Roll of Honor recipient. Kelley is the...
Thursday, June 11, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Freedom to Read Foundation Announces Recipients of Fall 2020 Intellectual Freedom Course Scholarship » Amanda Barnhart, chair of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Education Committee, announced four scholarship recipients...
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