For background information and other action steps, read https://open.substack.com/pub/f2rccc/p/appeals-update-two-books-one-board. Note that emails sent to board members are public records and subject...

Public libraries and public schools are cornerstones of democracy. They exist to provide access to information, not to enforce political ideology. If states are allowed to ban books based on vague cla...

November 26, 2025 Newsletter

Since 2021, a small group of individuals have been challenging books at the Columbia County Libraries. Over 90% of book challenges have targeted LGBTQ+ content. At least four challenges were from a ri...

For background information and other action steps, read https://substack.com/inbox/post/165308487. Note that emails sent to board members are public records and subject to Open Records Requests.

This form will be closed 48 hours before the meeting.

During the February Columbia County Library Advisory Board meeting, it was announced that most of the human body books moved back upstairs.

A grassroots organization formed to protect Columbia County (GA) citizens' right to read freely at public institutions. Click to read Freedom To Read CCC, a Substack publication. Launched 25 days ago.

ALT: a group of people are standing next to each other in a hallway and one of them is wearing a tank top .

Keep Columbia County Libraries in the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS)

I began hearing rumblings Columbia County is considering opting out of State funding and pulling out of the State Library System.

ALT: a couple of minions standing next to each other with their mouths open .

A grassroots organization formed to protect Columbia County (GA) citizens' right to read freely at public institutions.

As lawsuits over the fate of the Institute of Museum and Library Services drag on and the likelihood that forced paid leave mandates will turn into permanent cuts, worries grow among staffers over the...

There were nine individuals that spoke at the April 15 Columbia County Library Advisory Board meeting.

I sent this email this morning to the DA's office. I copied Sheriff Whittle. If they are going to threaten to jail librarians for Gender Queer, then I should be arrested today. Recently I attended a ...