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📢📢 Sen. Chris Elliott said the quiet part out loud about SB26: this bill is intended to further censor our public library collections.
‼️NOW is the time to act and let your senator know that this bill must not pass the chamber. Call your senator today:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/make_the_cal...
‼️NOW is the time to act and let your senator know that this bill must not pass the chamber. Call your senator today:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/make_the_cal...
Make the Call to Stop SB26
Supporting the Right to Read in All Alabama Libraries
www.readfreelyalabama.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
📢📢 Sen. Chris Elliott said the quiet part out loud about SB26: this bill is intended to further censor our public library collections.
‼️NOW is the time to act and let your senator know that this bill must not pass the chamber. Call your senator today:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/make_the_cal...
‼️NOW is the time to act and let your senator know that this bill must not pass the chamber. Call your senator today:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/make_the_cal...
Confused about how libraries must show compliance with the new APLS code changes in order to receive their state funding? Don't feel bad- the APLS board is too!
alabamareflector.com/2026/01/21/a...
alabamareflector.com/2026/01/21/a...
APLS is playing cat-and-mouse with Fairhope library funds | Alabama Reflector
How can a library know whether it is in compliance with state code? The question might sound like a snooze, but the underlying topic is fraught.
alabamareflector.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Confused about how libraries must show compliance with the new APLS code changes in order to receive their state funding? Don't feel bad- the APLS board is too!
alabamareflector.com/2026/01/21/a...
alabamareflector.com/2026/01/21/a...
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MLK Day is about action.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Dr. King
Book bans silence voices and deny students opportunity. Today, stand up for the freedom to read: support librarians, share challenged books, and speak out.
#MLKDay #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Dr. King
Book bans silence voices and deny students opportunity. Today, stand up for the freedom to read: support librarians, share challenged books, and speak out.
#MLKDay #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
MLK Day is about action.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Dr. King
Book bans silence voices and deny students opportunity. Today, stand up for the freedom to read: support librarians, share challenged books, and speak out.
#MLKDay #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Dr. King
Book bans silence voices and deny students opportunity. Today, stand up for the freedom to read: support librarians, share challenged books, and speak out.
#MLKDay #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
🍿Exciting news!🍿
Join us at the Civil Rights Memorial Center Feb. 18th and 19th for a very special screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary from Academy Award nominee and Peabody Award winner Kim A. Snyder. A panel discussion including Read Freely will follow the film. RSVP here:
bit.ly/4pAUy5D
Join us at the Civil Rights Memorial Center Feb. 18th and 19th for a very special screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary from Academy Award nominee and Peabody Award winner Kim A. Snyder. A panel discussion including Read Freely will follow the film. RSVP here:
bit.ly/4pAUy5D
January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🍿Exciting news!🍿
Join us at the Civil Rights Memorial Center Feb. 18th and 19th for a very special screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary from Academy Award nominee and Peabody Award winner Kim A. Snyder. A panel discussion including Read Freely will follow the film. RSVP here:
bit.ly/4pAUy5D
Join us at the Civil Rights Memorial Center Feb. 18th and 19th for a very special screening of “The Librarians,” a documentary from Academy Award nominee and Peabody Award winner Kim A. Snyder. A panel discussion including Read Freely will follow the film. RSVP here:
bit.ly/4pAUy5D
Read about the amicus brief we filed in support of the plaintiffs in Parnell v. School Board of Escambia County, Florida over the removal of "And Tango Makes Three," the true story about two male penguins who raised a baby together. www.alreporter.com/2025/12/31/r...
Read Freely files amicus brief opposing censorship in Florida
Last week, the organization filed an amicus brief supporting Florida plaintiffs who challenged the removal of books, arguing the Constitution guarantees the right to information.
www.alreporter.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Read about the amicus brief we filed in support of the plaintiffs in Parnell v. School Board of Escambia County, Florida over the removal of "And Tango Makes Three," the true story about two male penguins who raised a baby together. www.alreporter.com/2025/12/31/r...
The first anti-library bill of 2026,
SB26, would:
➡️create a mandatory reporting system for removed books.
➡️allow library board members to be dismissed for any reason, leaving them vulnerable to political pressure.
‼️TELL YOUR SENATOR NO ON SB26 HERE‼️
www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026
SB26, would:
➡️create a mandatory reporting system for removed books.
➡️allow library board members to be dismissed for any reason, leaving them vulnerable to political pressure.
‼️TELL YOUR SENATOR NO ON SB26 HERE‼️
www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026
Stop SB26: Protect Independent Library Boards in Alabama
Supporting the Right to Read in All Alabama Libraries
www.readfreelyalabama.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The first anti-library bill of 2026,
SB26, would:
➡️create a mandatory reporting system for removed books.
➡️allow library board members to be dismissed for any reason, leaving them vulnerable to political pressure.
‼️TELL YOUR SENATOR NO ON SB26 HERE‼️
www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026
SB26, would:
➡️create a mandatory reporting system for removed books.
➡️allow library board members to be dismissed for any reason, leaving them vulnerable to political pressure.
‼️TELL YOUR SENATOR NO ON SB26 HERE‼️
www.readfreelyalabama.org/stop_sb26_2026
🎙️ "This is the people in the state of Alabama around that area saying 'Enough.'" 🎙️
Susan Britt perfectly sums up the Fairhope Public Library fundraiser. 🎯
(Link to full episode in comments. Library discussion begins at 10:00.)
Susan Britt perfectly sums up the Fairhope Public Library fundraiser. 🎯
(Link to full episode in comments. Library discussion begins at 10:00.)
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🎙️ "This is the people in the state of Alabama around that area saying 'Enough.'" 🎙️
Susan Britt perfectly sums up the Fairhope Public Library fundraiser. 🎯
(Link to full episode in comments. Library discussion begins at 10:00.)
Susan Britt perfectly sums up the Fairhope Public Library fundraiser. 🎯
(Link to full episode in comments. Library discussion begins at 10:00.)
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The second issue of My Alabama Library is all about the Fairhope Public Library. See a glimpse of our interviews with Fairhope residents about why the library is “the beating heart” of this beautiful coastal town. See the full intro video and first article at myalabamalibrary.org/fairhope-pub...
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The second issue of My Alabama Library is all about the Fairhope Public Library. See a glimpse of our interviews with Fairhope residents about why the library is “the beating heart” of this beautiful coastal town. See the full intro video and first article at myalabamalibrary.org/fairhope-pub...
"It's incredibly unfortunate to see that the APLS board that is supposed to be supporting libraries is instead attacking them."
Fairhope received its $42K check Monday. The private donations will help replenish the lost state funding from the placement of books. Next year could mean another private fundraising effort - here's what is at stake: www.al.com/news/2025/12...
Will Fairhope library lose funding again in 2026? Donation replaces state cuts
Fairhope Public Library officially received $42,230 in donations to replace state funding cut by APLS board over dispute about youth section books.
www.al.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"It's incredibly unfortunate to see that the APLS board that is supposed to be supporting libraries is instead attacking them."
It was our honor to present a check for $42,280 for the Fairhope Public Library last night. Thank you to all of you who stepped up to do what APLS would not.
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/02/r...
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/02/r...
Read Freely donates $40K check to Fairhope Library in lieu of state funds
The Fairhope library has already lost more than $20,000 in state aid.
www.alreporter.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It was our honor to present a check for $42,280 for the Fairhope Public Library last night. Thank you to all of you who stepped up to do what APLS would not.
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/02/r...
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/02/r...
📢 This week the APLS board added yet another amendment to the state code to further restrict access for minors. 📢
➡️ The board will now force libraries to limit access for those under 18 via default restricted minor cards.
www.alreporter.com/2025/11/21/a...
➡️ The board will now force libraries to limit access for those under 18 via default restricted minor cards.
www.alreporter.com/2025/11/21/a...
APLS bans transgender depictions in youth books, delays Fairhope funding
The board also voted to require all libraries to offer youth library cards with restricted access.
www.alreporter.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📢 This week the APLS board added yet another amendment to the state code to further restrict access for minors. 📢
➡️ The board will now force libraries to limit access for those under 18 via default restricted minor cards.
www.alreporter.com/2025/11/21/a...
➡️ The board will now force libraries to limit access for those under 18 via default restricted minor cards.
www.alreporter.com/2025/11/21/a...
⚠️This investigative piece out of Maine shows a very familiar playbook from the same national, billionaire-backed organizations.⚠️
➡️A mirror what is happening in our public libraries.
➡️ A preview of what has already begun in our public school boards. www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/19/p...
➡️A mirror what is happening in our public libraries.
➡️ A preview of what has already begun in our public school boards. www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/19/p...
Parents’ rights groups, backed by conservative funders, bring fight to Maine school boards
The Gardiner-area school board is one of many across the state being confronted with organized, sometimes disruptive, efforts to remake education.
www.centralmaine.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
⚠️This investigative piece out of Maine shows a very familiar playbook from the same national, billionaire-backed organizations.⚠️
➡️A mirror what is happening in our public libraries.
➡️ A preview of what has already begun in our public school boards. www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/19/p...
➡️A mirror what is happening in our public libraries.
➡️ A preview of what has already begun in our public school boards. www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/19/p...
Despite his claims to be in favor of keeping control of library collections with local library boards and parents, APLS/ALGOP Chairman John Wahl intends to read each of the ten books in question at the center of the fight over Fairhope Public Library's state funding.
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
Alabama library board finalizes transgender book restrictions, delays Fairhope funding
With restrictions in place will the state fund the Fairhope library?
www.al.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Despite his claims to be in favor of keeping control of library collections with local library boards and parents, APLS/ALGOP Chairman John Wahl intends to read each of the ten books in question at the center of the fight over Fairhope Public Library's state funding.
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
www.al.com/news/2025/11...
After referring to the Fairhope Public Library as a "bad apple," "bad actors" and "acting in bad faith," APLS/ALGOP Chairman John Wahl said he plans to personally read and review all ten books in question and report back to the APLS board with his findings.
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/21/a...
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/21/a...
Alabama library board bans 'gender ideology;' punts on Fairhope funding | Alabama Reflector
The administrative code changes go beyond the original proposal, and not only deal with gender ideology but also library cards for minors.
alabamareflector.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
After referring to the Fairhope Public Library as a "bad apple," "bad actors" and "acting in bad faith," APLS/ALGOP Chairman John Wahl said he plans to personally read and review all ten books in question and report back to the APLS board with his findings.
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/21/a...
alabamareflector.com/2025/11/21/a...
Yesterday the APLS voted to restrict materials with transgender characters from minors sections of Alabama libraries, as well as prevent their purchase going forward.
See Read Freely Alabama's joint statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/statement_ap...
See Read Freely Alabama's joint statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/statement_ap...
Statement on Discriminatory APLS Code Change
Supporting the Right to Read in All Alabama Libraries
www.readfreelyalabama.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yesterday the APLS voted to restrict materials with transgender characters from minors sections of Alabama libraries, as well as prevent their purchase going forward.
See Read Freely Alabama's joint statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/statement_ap...
See Read Freely Alabama's joint statement here: www.readfreelyalabama.org/statement_ap...
‼️After months of denying due process to the Fairhope Public Library's funding, we are shocked to hear that Wahl and the stacked APLS board have already spent half of those funds elsewhere.‼️
Via Ralph Chapoco: Fairhope Public Library has permanently lost over $20,000 in state funding that the Alabama Public Library Service Board had withheld since March amid disputes over library materials found in the teen section. https://ow.ly/poz150Xs1KJ
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
‼️After months of denying due process to the Fairhope Public Library's funding, we are shocked to hear that Wahl and the stacked APLS board have already spent half of those funds elsewhere.‼️
📢 Mark your calendar! 🗓️
Join us Nov. 20th for this critical APLS Executive Board meeting at 6030 Monticello Drive in Montgomery.
👉🏼Sign up to speak with the link in the comments!
👉🏼Help us pack the room to support Alabama libraries and the freedom to read!
👉🏼Spread the word!
Join us Nov. 20th for this critical APLS Executive Board meeting at 6030 Monticello Drive in Montgomery.
👉🏼Sign up to speak with the link in the comments!
👉🏼Help us pack the room to support Alabama libraries and the freedom to read!
👉🏼Spread the word!
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📢 Mark your calendar! 🗓️
Join us Nov. 20th for this critical APLS Executive Board meeting at 6030 Monticello Drive in Montgomery.
👉🏼Sign up to speak with the link in the comments!
👉🏼Help us pack the room to support Alabama libraries and the freedom to read!
👉🏼Spread the word!
Join us Nov. 20th for this critical APLS Executive Board meeting at 6030 Monticello Drive in Montgomery.
👉🏼Sign up to speak with the link in the comments!
👉🏼Help us pack the room to support Alabama libraries and the freedom to read!
👉🏼Spread the word!
Chairman Wahl's use of the ALGOP, of which he is also the chair, to push his agenda against libraries is a conflict of interest and an abuse of authority. Read more here:
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Chairman Wahl's use of the ALGOP, of which he is also the chair, to push his agenda against libraries is a conflict of interest and an abuse of authority. Read more here:
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🚨 In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama❓RSVP to join our discussion on threats to our libraries tomorrow: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
October 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🚨 In or near #Huntsville, #Alabama❓RSVP to join our discussion on threats to our libraries tomorrow: https://bit.ly/4pXqP8g
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
What you'll take away ⬇️
Info about the divisive topics surrounding libraries & how we can stand together to protect them.
Only 8 DAYS remain to send your letter to the Alabama Public Library Service to oppose the amendment to ban positive depictions of transgender people in Alabama libraries.
Use our online letter here and share with friends!
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Use our online letter here and share with friends!
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Tell the Alabama Public Library Services Board: Reject the Proposed Administrative Code Amendment
Supporting the Right to Read in All Alabama Libraries
www.readfreelyalabama.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Only 8 DAYS remain to send your letter to the Alabama Public Library Service to oppose the amendment to ban positive depictions of transgender people in Alabama libraries.
Use our online letter here and share with friends!
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Use our online letter here and share with friends!
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Extremists are now demanding that books discussing sexual orientation be banned from Alabama libraries.‼️This would mean books such as “Heather Has Two Mommies,”would be BANNED by forbidding their purchase.‼️
Send your letter to APLS today w this link:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Send your letter to APLS today w this link:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
September 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Extremists are now demanding that books discussing sexual orientation be banned from Alabama libraries.‼️This would mean books such as “Heather Has Two Mommies,”would be BANNED by forbidding their purchase.‼️
Send your letter to APLS today w this link:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Send your letter to APLS today w this link:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
‼️ACT NOW! Tell the extremist Alabama Public Library Service executive board not to ban LGBTQ materials from public libraries ‼️
Don’t let this unconstitutional censorship stand.
Send your letter here:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Don’t let this unconstitutional censorship stand.
Send your letter here:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Tell the Alabama Public Library Services Board: Reject the Proposed Administrative Code Amendment
Supporting the Right to Read in All Alabama Libraries
www.readfreelyalabama.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
‼️ACT NOW! Tell the extremist Alabama Public Library Service executive board not to ban LGBTQ materials from public libraries ‼️
Don’t let this unconstitutional censorship stand.
Send your letter here:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Don’t let this unconstitutional censorship stand.
Send your letter here:
www.readfreelyalabama.org/apls_oct2025...
Notice anything new? 😏 RFA has a fresh new logo! And that means NEW MERCH 👕🧢🥤🛍️
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Read Freely Alabama | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Read Freely Alabama is a volunteer group of concerned citizens who oppose censorship in our local libraries. As the scale of censorship efforts
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September 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Notice anything new? 😏 RFA has a fresh new logo! And that means NEW MERCH 👕🧢🥤🛍️
‼️in honor of Banned Books Week we are offering 10% with the code BANNEDBOOKS10 ‼️
www.bonfire.com/store/read-f...
‼️in honor of Banned Books Week we are offering 10% with the code BANNEDBOOKS10 ‼️
www.bonfire.com/store/read-f...
It's clear that extremism and book banning are not a winning platform in the eyes of Alabama voters. 🎉
www.alreporter.com/2025/08/27/f...
www.alreporter.com/2025/08/27/f...
Fairhope council candidates backed by book banners go 1 for 5
Candidates backed by groups supporting book relocation at Fairhope Public Library faced election, with only one securing a victory.
www.alreporter.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's clear that extremism and book banning are not a winning platform in the eyes of Alabama voters. 🎉
www.alreporter.com/2025/08/27/f...
www.alreporter.com/2025/08/27/f...