The Book Smugglers Panel Discussion Oct. 18
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Thursday, October 18, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The Book Smugglers Panel Discussion Oct. 18
Ethnic Studies Under Attack, Civil Rights, Free Speech, etc.
2 p.m., Palmetto Center
for the Arts Theater
Author Tony Diaz launched a small caravan to bring carloads of banned books into Arizona that were recently banned by public school officials in Tuscon after the city suspended its Mexican-American Studies due to a state ban on the teaching of ethnic studies.
“We’ve unleashed this informal network that’s galvanized into a national movement. People are forming groups to read the books that have been confiscated,” says Tony.
Panelists are:
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Author Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
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Dr. Carmen Tafolla, Poet Laureate of San Antonio
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Diana Lopez, Southwest Workers’ Union, Underground Library
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Dr. June Pedraza, Assistant Professor, Northwest Vista College English
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Natalia Treviño, Associate Professor, Northwest Vista College English
Come visit the mobile library of banned books!
To learn more about the movement, go here: http://www.librotraficante.com/