Book Bans Archives - Red Wine and Blue

Red Wine & Blue on Good Morning America

Jul 26, 2022 | Book Bans, Katie Paris

Look who was featured on Good Morning America. Are you ready to be a #Troublemaker with us?

Parents push for parental rights when it comes to school books

Apr 14, 2022 | Book Bans, Katie Paris, Ohio

“When our children don’t get to see people who look like them in the stories they are reading at school then they have to think well, maybe I’m not a part of this society. Maybe I’m not a part of this world.” Proud of our very own Julie...

Book bans and the threat of censorship rev up political activism in the suburbs

Mar 21, 2022 | Book Bans

On a school night in late January, Stephana Ferrell, a 39-year-old mother of two elementary school children in Orange County, Fla., logged onto a virtual meeting with more than 200 other parents around the country who, like her, have been alarmed to see books pulled...

Suburban moms push back against book bans in schools

Feb 17, 2022 | Beverly Batte, Book Bans

Typically quiet school board meetings have turned hostile across in many communities, with heated debates over hot-button political issues like critical race theory, book bans and mask mandates. A nationwide group of women called “Red Wine and Blue” is...

Suburban moms call on groups espousing parental rights to condemn death threats

Feb 17, 2022 | Book Bans, School Boards

Source: Reuters Investigates. “School officials and their families should never be subject to death threats and harassment. Full stop. No matter where you stand on specific books or school policies, violence and intimidation are never the answer.” Suburbs Across...

Janice Robinson, NC program director for Red, Wine and Blue, on efforts by parents to push back against recent book banning

Feb 14, 2022 | Book Bans, Janice Robinson

Radio Interview with Rob Schofield at NC Policy Watch. Listen here.