Program Description
Central Illinois Reads
The Freedom to Read is essential to our democracy, but also under attack.
Central Illinois libraries are joining together to encourage you to exercise your intellectual freedom.
- Get a library card.
- Read outside your comfort zone.
- Unite against book bans.
Central Illinois Reads: Freedom to Read is a community partnership of libraries, organizations, and institutions committed to preserving everyone's Freedom to Read.
- Bradley University
- Chillicothe Public Library
- Dunlap Public Library District
- Fondulac Library District
- Illinois Prairie District Public Library
- Methodist College
- Morton Public Library
- Neighborhood House.
- Pekin Public Library
- Peoria Public Library
Event Details
Join us for an evening with Dr. Emily Knox, author of Book Banning in 21st-Century America (2015) and Foundations of Intellectual Freedom (2022).
Dr. Knox, an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, serves on the board of the National Coalition Against Censorship. She is also the editor of the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy.
Please join us for this important discussion about the rise in book bannings across the country as part of Central Illinois Reads: Freedom to Read. Dr. Knox will present, followed by a Q&A session.
Free and open to the public.
Registration for this program is requested, but not required. Please register by visiting https://forms.gle/mXeKcfYDUbfr3MY79
Please note: This program is being hosted at the Peoria Public Library's downtown Main Library.
