Join us for this open mic night to honor the 2025 Banned Books Week theme of "Censorship Is So 1984. Read For Your Rights." This event highlights the ongoing challenges to intellectual freedom and encourages everyone to defend their right to read. During National Library Week 2025 (April 6-12), the American Library Association released data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries during 2024. The data shows that the majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from organized movements. Pressure groups and government entities that include elected officials, board members, and administrators initiated 72% of demands to censor books in school and public libraries. Click here to view the most challenged books of 2024.