CBLDF has joined the National Coalition Against Censorship on a letter to the board of education in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, reminding administrators that a conservative group’s threat to sue the school over a reading of the children’s book I Am…
Author: Betsy Gomez
VICTORY in Idaho: The Namesake Approved for Classrooms
In a victory for the freedom to read, the school board in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, has voted 5-0 to adopt a proposed curriculum that includes Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake. High school teacher Kirsten Pomerantz had requested approval to use Lahiri’s…
LAST DAY for Personalized Graphic Novels from CBLDF’s Spirit of Giving Holiday Fundraiser!
CBLDF has the best holiday gifts for the fan in your life in our Spirit of Giving holiday fundraiser, but now’s the time to act — the campaign ends TODAY at midnight PST! You can get outstanding graphic novels personalized…
VICTORY: Review Committee Votes to Keep Book in MN School District
In a victory for the freedom to read, a review committee in Rosemount, Minnesota, has voted 7-4 to keep Gayle Forman’s Just One Day in district libraries. Ben and Kandi Lovin, parents of a sixth grader in Rosemount, Minnesota, demanded the…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Defending Challenged Book in MN School District
CBLDF has joined the Kids’ Right to Read Project and other freedom to read advocates to defend Gayle Forman’s Just One Day in a Minnesota school district. CBLDF joins coalition efforts like these to protect the freedom to read comics.…
Humble Book Bundle: Prime Sci-Fantasy Expands to Benefit CBLDF and Other Worthy Causes!
What better way to escape the holidays than with the Humble Book Bundle: Prime Sci-Fantasy, a stack of digital books that explores entirely different worlds and benefits charity?! As of today, you get even more adventure for your pay-what-you-want dollar!…
ComicLink and Creators Give Back to Industry with Fall Auction!
ComicLink, one of the industry’s premiere comics and art auction houses, hosts art to help raise money for both the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization. Proceeds go to both the industry’s vanguard of free speech,…
Leading the Fight for Free Expression: CBLDF Annual Report 2015
We’re Thankful for the Freedom the Read!
Introducing the Humble Book Bundle: Prime Sci-Fantasy, Benefiting CBLDF and Other Worthy Causes!
Let’s face it: sometimes the holidays make us wish we were somewhere else. What better way to escape reality than with the Humble Book Bundle: Prime Sci-Fantasy, a stack of digital books that explores entirely different worlds and benefits charity?!…