League of Women Voters of Lexington – First Friday (January 5, 2024)

League of Women Voters of Lexington
First Friday January 5, 2024
Cary Memorial Library
Book Banning in Lexington, Massachusetts: Can It Happen Here?

Across the country and locally, there are concerns about book banning as members of local groups, school boards, and libraries seek to limit access to books in classrooms and libraries. Can It Happen Here? That is the topic for the LWV First Friday on January 5, 2024.

The program takes place from 9:30 to 11:00 AM at the Cary Memorial Library located at 1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA 02420. This program has been developed in response to the national and local controversy. Please note that this program will take place in the large meeting room at the Cary Library, not at the Community Center.

These concerns in Lexington are not new. In 2005 a Lexington parent staged a campaign about a related issue. A group, Lexington CARES, Lexington Community Action for Responsible Education, was formed at the time. More recently the Serious Talk curriculum conversation has been introduced in the Lexington schools.

Our program will include several speakers led by library director Koren Stembridge and Lexington School Committee member Kathleen M Lenihan.

This program is the fourth in the 2023-2024 LWV First Friday Forum series hosted by the League of Women Voters to promote awareness and understanding of public policy issues. There will be time for Q&A after the program.

For more information about the League and this program go to https://my.lwv.org/massachusetts/lexington. The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization dedicated to the principles of self-government as established in the Constitution of the United States. The League works to promote political responsibility through the informed and active participation of citizens in government. For more information, contact the League convener Margaret Coppe at mecoppe@gmail.com

All Lexington League forums are free and open to the public.