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Libraries, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought<p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> A free society begins with freedom of thought. The American Library Association and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions support intellectual freedom as defined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Within US libraries, freedom of thought is protected by ethical guidelines, the First Amendment, and the Fourth Amendment. By supporting access to information and creative, intellectual pursuits, libraries can be central community institutions and resources for civic engagement.<p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Join us for an evening of reflection, history, and dialogue on how the Constitution continues to shape America&rsquo;s future.<p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <h3 fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(113, 122, 128); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(113, 122, 128); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;">About the Speaker</h3><p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> Lisa Rand is a reference and instruction Librarian at Penn State Lehigh Valley and has worked in public libraries in southeast Pennsylvania. Lisa is the 2026 chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Pennsylvania Library Association. She serves as a volunteer Law for Librarians trainer through the&nbsp;Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association.<p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">This event is co-hosted by&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://mediafellowshiphouse.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit;" target="_blank">Media Fellowship House</a><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" style="color: rgb(7, 7, 7); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://naacpmediabranch.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit;" target="_blank">Media Area NAACP.</a> &nbsp;

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for our upcoming event: Libraries, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought. We&rsquo;re excited to have you join us for this important conversation. Wednesday, May 20, 20266:00 PM &ndash; 7:30 PM Location: Media Fellowship House 302 S Jackson St Media, PA 19063 If you&rsquo;d like to get more involved, there are many ways to connect&mdash;becoming a member, volunteering your time, or spreading the word to friends and neighbors. Every effort helps strengthen our impact. With gratitude,Makeda RedmondProgram and Outreach Managermakeda@mediafellowshiphouse.org

Libraries, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> A free society begins with freedom of thought. The American Library Association and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions support intellectual freedom as defined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Within US libraries, freedom of thought is protected by ethical guidelines, the First Amendment, and the Fourth Amendment. By supporting access to information and creative, intellectual pursuits, libraries can be central community institutions and resources for civic engagement.<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Join us for an evening of reflection, history, and dialogue on how the Constitution continues to shape America’s future.<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0px;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">About the Speaker<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> Lisa Rand is a reference and instruction Librarian at Penn State Lehigh Valley and has worked in public libraries in southeast Pennsylvania. Lisa is the 2026 chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Pennsylvania Library Association. She serves as a volunteer Law for Librarians trainer through the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association.<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;widows:2;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;width:100%;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">This event is co-hosted by <a href="https://mediafellowshiphouse.org" target="_blank">Media Fellowship House</a> and <a href="https://naacpmediabranch.org" target="_blank">Media Area NAACP.</a>

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