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Book bans have no place in a free society | Editorial
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel about a firefighter who burns down houses that own books. The 1953 novel, which some have tried to ban over the years, is set in an unnamed city in the distant future. In many ways, that disturbing future doesn’t feel...
Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti announces grants for Community Parks, Recreation, and Environmental Projects
Norristown, PA – Octubre 6, 2023 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-Montgomery/Delaware) announced two grants today awarded to environmental projects in District Seventeen and the surrounding region. Both grants will be administered by the Department of Conservation...
Senate, House Dems Discuss Troubling Increase in Book Bans at Capitol Hearing
HARRISBURG, PA − Octubre 6, 2023 – State Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, and state Rep. Ryan Bizarro (D-Erie), chair of the House Majority Policy Committee, joined Senator Amanda...
‘This is about censorship’: Lawmakers, experts debate the impact and consequences of book bans
Banned Book Week is an annual, week-long event to recognize intellectual freedom and draw attention to the harm — both historical and contemporary — of censorship. This year, with book bans on the rise nationally, Democratic state lawmakers from both chambers gathered...
Why Are We Not Standing Up for Books?
When state Sen. Amanda Cappelletti was growing up in Boyertown, PA, she had an elementary school librarian whose name she can only vaguely recall — “something like Mrs. LaBan, I think,” she says — but whose “fun voices she’d make during storytime” Cappelletti has...
Recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Banned Books Week
Stop PA Book Bans
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
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Feria de la Tercera Edad en el XVII 2023
POWER Public Hearing Testimony
Parents, Students and Lawmakers Rally Against Book Bans in Harrisburg
State lawmakers returned from their summer break this week and Democrats hosted a press conference speaking out against book banning. One of the speakers included Buzz Bissinger, whose book Viernes Night Lights was recently banned due to an artificial intelligence...
La Senadora Amanda M. Cappelletti anuncia una financiación de más de 8 millones de dólares del PCCD para ayudar a niños, ancianos y otros servicios a las víctimas en el Distrito Diecisiete
Norristown, PA – Septiembre 20, 2023 – Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti (D-17 Montgomery/Delaware) announced $8,318,888 in grant funding from the Pennsylvanian Commission on Crime & Delinquency (PCCD) awarded today to benefit District Seventeen. The commission...
Introducing author Buzz Bissinger
Introducing Miss Teen PA Lizzie Shacklett
PA Teachers Stand up to Book Bans
Los ciudadanos de Pensilvania luchan por el derecho a leer
Harrisburg, PA – Septiembre 19, 2023 – Lawmakers, Parents, Students, Teachers, Librarians, and Advocates today gathered in Harrisburg to discuss the concerning rise in censorship and book bans across the Commonwealth. Senator Amanda M. Cappelletti...