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Banned Books Week begins today! Help us celebrate the fundamental freedom to read for Banned Books Week, Oct. 4 to 10. “Free to Read” is a campuswide celebration featuring events and activities hosted by departments and programs across Fresno State.
Throughout the week, our campus community is invited to explore the importance of intellectual freedom — the principle that everyone should be able to seek out, access and engage with a wide range of ideas and perspectives, whether in the classroom, in the library or in their personal reading.
Sponsored by the Fresno State Library and the Student Success and Belonging Center, “Free to Read” offers opportunities to celebrate the freedom to choose what we read.
Events open to staff and faculty include:
Monday, Oct. 5
Silent Book Club
Host: Human Resources Organizational Development
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Library 2124 Philip Levine Reading Room, 2nd Floor North
Tuesday, Oct. 6
[BANNED] Stories, [CENSORED] Lives: A panel on harm and resiliency in queer erasure
Host: Library
Time: 1 – 2 p.m.
Location: Library Table Mountain Rancheria Reading Room, 3rd Floor North
Pride for All! Storytime with The Diva Dollz and The Sociology Department at Fresno State
Host: Library, Department of Sociology, The Diva Dollz
Sponsors: LGBTQ+ Allies, Department of Sociology
Time: 6 – 7 p.m.
Location: Library Table Mountain Rancheria Reading Room, 3rd Floor North
Wednesday, Oct. 7
What about the First Amendment? A Banned Books, Free Speech, and Civil Discourse Panel Discussion
Host: Department of Political Science
Time: Noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Library 3212, 3nd Floor South
Thursday, Oct. 8
The Book Was Banned… So We Read It! This Place 150 Years Retold, book discussion
Host: Student Success and Belonging Center
Time: 11 a.m. – noon
Location: Library 2206, 2nd Floor North
Free to Read Fest
Host: Library
Time: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Speaker’s Platform
Friday, Oct. 9
CineCulture: Free for All, film screening and panel discussion
Host: CineCulture, Library
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Peters Educational Center Auditorium (in Student Recreation Center)
Visit Fresno State Library News for more information on the Free to Read events.
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