Mother. Texas A&M and Alabama Grad. Hufflepuff. Reader.
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Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
#BannedBooksWeek is here! Our Honorary Chair, the inimitable @levarburton, is ready to take action - are you? Join us in supporting library workers, educators, authors, and readers everywhere on Let Freedom Read Day, October 7! #LetFreedomRead
bannedbooksweek.org/let-free…
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Yesterday we logged almost 200 challenges- about 150 of those resulted in immediate removals.
This is a picture of all the books removed from one HS library, in one day, in one District, due to the objections of one man.
This is not freedom. #FreeTheBooks
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Wow! Here is Granbury ISD again showing up in the news. Yet another story that should make everyone question the leadership of the district. And this seems like a doozy.
Guess I’m tuning in to channel 8 at 10pm tonight.
TONIGHT AT 10 on @wfaa:
Granbury ISD says it bought a private plane to teach students about aviation.
We discovered an Assistant Superintendent used the plane for a family trip and an education expert says his use of the plane could violate the state’s ethics code.
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
PEN America has compiled a report on book bans in the US—including where it's happening and which books and authors are getting banned the most. It finds a "profound increase... [in bans on] books that relate to communities of color and LGBTQ+ subjects." pen.org/banned-in-the-usa/
ALT Graphic featuring the PEN America logo and text that reads, "Which stories have been banned?" followed by a chart of statistics, including: 467 books on protagonists of color, 379 books on LGBTQ+ characters and topics, 247 books addressing race or racism, 84 books about trans characters and topics.
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
The library, and we cannot stress this enough, is a place of voluntary inquiry; students are not required to read books from the library. Additionally, no book is right for everyone, but one book can make a significant difference in one life. 🙄 #RightToReadTX
In a leaked recording, a North Texas superintendent explicitly targeted books with LGBTQ themes to be removed from Granbury ISD schools. bit.ly/3tDPoMa
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Yes! I will say it again, a book is the SAFEST place to experience ANYTHING…drugs, sex, marriage, travel, LGBTQ+, hungry caterpillars, etc. #fREADom #FreedomToRead #IReadBannedBooks #BooksAreNOTGatewayDrugs
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
When you attend #NTTBF22 then have to add all the authors on social media you heard on panels so you keep up to date with their future books…it’s like making new friends #booknerd #webereading
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Thank you Coach Blair for being our legend. You elevated women’s basketball and A&M to new heights. We love you so much ❤️
#GigEm
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
It's #WomensHistoryMonth! Day 1 of influential Native women: Tulalip activist Janet McCloud (1934-2003), a key figure in the 1960s "fish-ins" in the Pacific Northwest that led to the monumental 1974 Boldt Decision.
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Texas A&M honors legendary @AggieWBB coach Gary Blair before his final home game 👏
📍 Gary Blair Court
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
“I did it the right way. I did it the Aggie way.”
Thank you, Gary Blair.
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Kharkiv Subway tonight. Like something from the Blitz in London during WW2. Shocking. Where on earth will this all end?
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
Couldnt have been said any better nor differently #Ukraine #UkraineInvasion #UkraineRussiaConflict #StandWithUkraine #Russia #Putin
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
No words for how distressing this is. If you are not worried, GET WORRIED. Even if you don't care about these stories, please know that books being banned, burned, are proxies for the people these groups wish didn't exist.
I went on FB and indeed you can watch the book burning from last night in TN yourself. See below. xitter.cf/shmoore75/status/14890…
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
14 hours to go to order a Radical Gaslighter shirt, all to encourage the high school kids pushing back on their district removing books, and support the @FTRF. They have raised over $2,000. Can you help them raise even more?
Click here: customink.com/fundraising/im…
#FReadom
Mrs_Coach Callihan retweeted
If you're looking for YA & middle grade books written by Black authors & about Black kids & teens for #BlackHistoryMonth (also great to enjoy during all other months of the year), check out our ginormous thread(s)!
