Join the Manasota Anti-Racism Coalition and a number of community businesses and non-profit organizations for a Banned Book Fair and Read-In Wednesday, May 3 from 5-7:30 p.m. at Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court.
The family-friendly event is a celebration of literacy and educational freedom.
Sign up to read an excerpt from a banned book and take home a free book for the K-12 kid in your life!
Participating organizations/businesses include:
- ANSWER Suncoast
- Support Our Schools
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- African American Cultural Resource Center
- ALSO Youth
- Sarasota League of Women Voters
- Bookstore1Sarasota
- Shelf Indulgence’s Banned Book Bus
- Families for Strong Public Schools
- Nonpartisan Voter Registration
- American Federation of Teachers (Literacy resources)
The Kumquat Kitchen will be open for dinner.
For more information and to sign up to read, visit the Collective Light Project.
