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Featured event: UMBC BookFest '26: Freedom to Read

Libraries & Our Democracy

Thursday, April 23, 2026 · 5 - 6:30 PM
In-Person · Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn
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Maryland’s Freedom to Read Act, passed in 2024, ensures that “library materials and resources remain accessible to the public and cannot be removed solely because someone disagrees with their viewpoint alone.” Yet, book challenges and censorship efforts are still on the rise across our state and nation.

What can you do to protect the right to read and to ensure access to our nation’s library services? Join us for a panel of distinguished library professionals and advocates to learn more!

  • Morgan Miller, Maryland State Librarian
  • Stacey Nunn, Library Media Specialist, Southwest Academy Magnet School for Science and Engineering and finalist for School Library Journal’s School Librarian of the Year
  • Christine Feldmann, Anne Arundel County Public Library
  • Andrea Lewis, President of Citizens for Maryland Libraries

This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Library Agency. Refreshments will follow the program.

Black text on white background says "Freedom to Read Act" and has the image of a white woman with blond hair in the corner. The text reads "I am so proud that the Freedom to Read Act will soon because one of the first in the nation to protect literature, libraries, and librarians throughout our state. Thank you to all of the educators, librarians, parents, and library lovers who helped inspire this bill and our year-long legislative effort." Delegate Dana Jones Sponsor of HB 785

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