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Press Release Archives (2005-2012)

 

2015 Press Releases

January 11: Cartoonist Jeff Smith highlights FTRF Midwinter fundraiser

 

2014 Press Releases

December 22: FTRF to hold 45th Anniversary reception in Salt Lake City - January 17, 2015

November 17: FTRF kicks off 45th Anniversary Celebration with 11/20 Google Hangout

November 3: Freedom to Read Foundation opens nominations for 2015 trustee election

July 29: FTRF to award two scholarships for "Intellectual Freedom and Censorship" LIS course

May 28: Herbert Krug wins 2014 FTRF Roll of Honor Award

May 27:  Seven win Banned Books Week grants via the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund

May 6: Five win election to Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustees

April 29: John "Mack" Freeman awarded 2014 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship 

April 15: FTRF, GSLIS at Illinois to collaborate on intellectual freedom course

March 24: Krug Fund Banned Books Week event grant applications are open through May 5

March 10: Slate for the 2014 FTRF trustee election announced

March 4:​ FTRF, ALA file ​amicus​ brief in US Supreme Court case on ability to bring First Amendment challenges

February 11: Applications open for 2014 FTRF Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship

2013 Press Releases

December 17: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor headlines FTRF fundraiser in Philadelphia

November 26: Freedom to Read Foundation files brief in lawsuit challenging Arizona's Ethnic Studies ban

November 5: Freedom to Read Foundation opens nominations for 2014 trustee election

June 17: Judith Platt, Sen. Russell Feingold win 2013 FTRF Roll of Honor Awards

May 22: Amanda Meeks wins 2013 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship 

May 21: FTRF announces seven recipients of 2013 Banned Books Week event grants

May 8: Results of 2013 FTRF Board of Trustees election

March 26: Applications for 2013 Judith Krug Fund Banned Books Week event grants now open

March 4:  Slate announced for 2013 FTRF trustee election

February 12: Applications open for 2013 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship

 

2012 Press Releases

December 20: Jamaica Kincaid to headline January FTRF fundraiser in Seattle

October 17: Freedom to Read Foundation announces nominating committee for 2013 election

June 11: Michael A. Bamberger named 2012 FTRF Roll of Honor Award recipient

June 5: FTRF's Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund announces eight Banned Books Week recipients

May 15, 2012: Freedom to Read Foundation announces 2012 board of trustees election winners

May 9, 2012: Booth receives 2012 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship