Joslyn Diffenbaugh, 14, and her peers say banning books won't stop them from reading and learning about important issues.
prompting 7-year-old Peighton Gallagher to send her school board a letter, with the help of her mom.
Several administrative staff members wrote back to Peighton, thanking her for taking the time to send in her thoughts and applauding her for self-advocacy at such a young age. "I actually attended the school board meeting where this was discussed," Gallagher said."And we actually had a small group of high school students present... you could tell they are upset about the book being removed. They shouldn't have to be experiencing this."John Kaelin, a parent in the Wentzville school district and father of two, says he’s running for the school board in this year’s upcoming election.
Heather Fleming, a mom of three living in Missouri and founder of two non-profit community organizations, is helping to get recently banned books in the hands of students who want to read them.,” Fleming tells TODAY. “We created this program to make sure that we can send a book to anyone who requests one.”received over $12,500 in donations and over 500 requests for books.
Joslyn agrees, and believes that more books are going to be banned in the future — another reason why it's important to her that the book club continue to read and meet. Both Joslyn and Bridget say many of their LGBTQ+ peers and friends are also afraid, especially those who have not yet come out to their parents, family members and peers. Lau says she can sympathize.
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