Alabama library event teaching kids about consent canceled due to threats, organizers say

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Alabama library event teaching kids about consent canceled due to threats, organizers say
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'Emails were followed by numerous phone calls personally attacking and threatening library staff. Callers also implied that the event would be disrupted.'

A planned weekend event at a Birmingham library focused on teaching children about sexual consent was canceled due to threats, the event’s organizers said.

The event is being rescheduled for this summer “once there are systems in place to ensure no one is harassed or otherwise harmed.” It was intended “to make sex education less scary and more fun,” said executive director of the Alabama Campaign, Christina Clark Okarmus.

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