the american booksellers for free expression. the american library association. the association of american university presses. the authors guild, combat book legal defense fund whom are represented here. the freedom to read foundation, the national conference of teachers of english and people for the american foundation. another thing i'm sure you're all aware but sometimes we need to point out that it's not about books. in 1982 was about books. now we have e-books. we have movies in the library. we had dvds. we have a variety of different things and we include those and all of what we are talking about when we are talking about challenges. one of the things to remember -- i should say if you are library that participates and celebrates the freedom to read and oregon, the little buttons that say i agreed band books. if you happen to be in the school library, not a school libraries do. but if you're ever in a location import than he does to those buttons, you should tell them to contact the aclu of oregon will add them to the list. the aclu of oregon pays for thos

it also won the american library association stonewall award in 2013. at dartmouth and hard word, -- harvard, he attended school with president barack obama. he was once he highest ranked openly gay person in the white house. he participated in the first ever meeting between a sitting president and members of the lgbt community. onhas been involved progressive causes. he is a veteran of six political campaigns including two presidential campaigns and was named one of the top instructors when he worked at american university. he is currently a cnbc columnist. and b et there is a lot here. one more thing. i think it is important. firsta founder and president of the national black justice coalition. he has spoke to audiences large and small. he delivered a landmark speech to 200,000 people. on the eighthech epidemic -- aids epidemic. : thank you, i was definitely not expecting that. we are going to discuss race in after obama for the final panel discussion. we are blessed do this a little differently. i think you had a chance to meet almost all of the pane

of the graphic novels that have been on the american library association's list of most frequently banned and challenged, there were 10 of those books , six featured a female central character and four were cocreated by a woman so this isn't just fact, the statistics show there is a disproportionate emphasis on diverse content in band and challenged . >> there was actually a panel called library yesterday that was specifically about banned books and diversity in banned books and something all of the panelists agree on is that it really is about out of people's comfort zone and if it isn't that in that comfort zone, that bubble you live in, it's a lot easier for you to not read persepolis because you might empathize with a muslim or an iranian family and what they went through and how their lives are if you don't create that empathy, you can paint them as the villain and not understand them so that's what a lot of that is is not trying to understand what someone is so you can villain ice them . >> i think another thing that's interesting that's going on and corey can probably talk about th

won the american library association stonewall award in 2013. educated at dartmouth and harvard, he attended school with president barack obama. he served in the white house as a special assistant to bill clinton where he was once he highest ranked openly gay person in the white house. he participated in the first ever meeting between a sitting president and members of the lgbt community. he has been involved on progressive causes. on involved progressive causes. he is a veteran of six political campaigns including two presidential campaigns and was named one of the top instructors when he worked at american university. he is currently a cnbc columnist. and b et there is a lot here. one more thing. i think it is important. firsta founder and president of the national black justice coalition. he has spoke to audiences large and small. he delivered a landmark speech to 200,000 people. on the eighthech epidemic -- aids epidemic. : thank you, i was definitely not expecting that. we are going to discuss race in after obama for the final panel discussi

i'm the director of government relations for the american library association. s the foundation of democracy essentially. if you have the chilling effect, you don't have the intellectual freedom. against that back drop, i've been very interested in the natural tendency of the discussion to dichotomy a little bit. saying on behalf of the public, show us. becky not unreasonably, and you, with respect to the analysts say trust us. so how do we bridge that gap? so we have a perspective. and i'm asking this question. as someone who has been around washington a long time and run all kinds of issue campaigns and done a little guerrilla fighting, you want to figure out what the other side is saying and how you undercut their arguments. if i were you, i would say, what maximizes trust? well, what is the other side saying? warrants. so my question is, why isn't the intelligence community, maybe it is, sitting around saying how do we absolutely maximize the use of warrants in the process so people trust us more so we won't to have get a warrant every time we want to query i

i'm the director of government relations with the american library association. for those -- what do they care about privacy and for 140 years is the foundation of democracy, essentially, if you have a chilling effect, you don't have intellectual freedom. i've been given in the natural t tendency of the discussion, on the one hand, we have nima who i am proud to work with, in support of reform, of 702 and other traditions, saying, on behalf of the public, becky not unreasonably and with respect to the analysts say trust us. so how do we bridge that gap is the question that's going to pose. we certainly have a perspective and i'm asking this question from that perspective, which is as somebody who has been around washington for a long time and run all kind of issue campaigns and done a little gorilla fighting, what you want to do is figure out what the other side is saying and how do you under cut their argue ms. becky, if i were you and i was thinking, well, we want to maximize, what maximizes trust, well what's the other side saying, warrants, so why isn't, my qu

the american humanist association, a local councilwoman and her husband, all sued roselle park over it. they say by placing it in front of public buildings like this library here, it implies that that government endorses that religion. roselle park's mayor bought this with his own money but now it is coming down, but not without controversy. >>> if you need a moment of peace, people all over the world are having a zen moment watching the incredibly beautiful mesmerizing art of calligraphy. good handwriting is not dead, people. it is the thing. she says it takes her away from computer screens, it creates a sense of calm and it helps her connect in a special ancient way with clients looking for an elegant and lavish touch to their event. her videos are wildly viral on instagram with chan making calligraphy super hip again. and hello, thank you for being a friend and for celebrating the world's continued obsession with "the golden girls." they're back as action figures. yes, you will soon be able to bring rose, dorothy, blanch and sofia handbag home with you. these are the true super heros. and i'm thinking stocking stuffer. >> it was a funny show. >> it sti

of the increase of those that were in challenged so the american library association in for them to have this with the american booksellers from free expression the association of american publishers fear an american university press , legal defense fund the freedom to read foundation the national conference and people for the american foundation. so this is not just about books. so now we have movie is and we have spee3 books and dvd is and a variety of different things that we include those from what we talk about challenges . one of the things to remember if your library participates and they have led all buttons that say i read books not all school libraries do if you're ever in the location tell them to contact the aclu we will add them to the list. >> introduce yourself. i am the author of lowrider is in space probes and also a time about giant prehistoric insects that have worked well life as a librarian but i am not here to represent any particular library but i may have some information for discussion. >> writing science fiction novels eye and a recovering library reader and kel