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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.

‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education

Feb 9, 2022 | Book Bans, Julie Collins, Julie Womack, Katie Paris

Source: The Washington Post. Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose protests over mask mandates and...

The Network of Suburban Moms Working to Stop Book Bans

Feb 4, 2022 | Book Bans

Suburban women are a force. Following the 2016 election, it became clear that the contingent of white suburban women could sway the power in the country. But in the months following, other suburban women knew it was time to step up, and in 2018, a group banded...