The Uprise Books Project

02/29/2016

It's been a great run, but...

Well, folks. This is it. Time to close up shop. It's been nearly four and a half years since we began our mission to encouraging underprivileged teens to

11/15/2015

My booth, including my book nook corner which features a new poster of my book cover illustrated by the incredible Jessie J Inspirations! 10% of the proceeds of Society's Foundlings goes to The Uprise Books Project!

10/21/2015

When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate to Uprise Books Project. Support us every time you shop.

10/09/2015

A grand night out for pirates, buccaneers and nautical miscreants of all stripes!

10/02/2015

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10/02/2015

This banned books display by Rachel Moani is fantastic!

This amazing library display features a line-up of literary characters from books that have been banned at one point in time. Created by Rachel Moani of the Lacey Timberland Library in Washington state for Banned Book Week, it highlights a few of the reasons the books have been banned by either a school or community library, such as "The Wizard of Oz" for depicting women in strong leadership roles and "The Diary of Anne Frank" for being too depressing.

Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign sponsored by the American Library Association and others in the book community every September to celebrate the freedom to read and expose the dangers of restricting access to books. The banning of books in the US -- unlike many other countries which restrict specific books nationally -- occurs on a local level, generally by local school districts which decide to pull a book from school libraries or classrooms. Often a book that is banned in one school district is a core part of the curriculum in many others.

As the American Library Association observes, it is a testament to “the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read" that the majority of the books that have been challenged are still available on shelves. And, while our post below highlights challenges and bans in the US, book censorship remains a problem throughout the world. It is through the tremendous work of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, who have diligently tracked such censorship efforts for many years, that we have such detailed information available about attempted or instituted bans in the US.

To learn about a selection of Mighty Girl books that have been challenged or banned, check out our blog post, "Dangerous Words: Challenged and Banned Mighty Girl Books" at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=4611

You can also read our tribute to Judy Blume -- an outspoken advocate against censorship -- "Protecting 'The Books That Will Never Be Written'": Judy Blume's Fight Against Censorship" at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog/?p=7425

For stories starring Mighty Girls for children and teens that encourage acceptance of differences, be they due to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, class, sexual orientation, appearance, or ability, visit our "Tolerance & Acceptance" book section at http://www.amightygirl.com/books/personal-development/values?cat=216

And, you can check out more of Rachel's fantastic library displays on Pinterest at http://bit.ly/1nKGMHP

09/29/2015

Ahoy! Who better to help us corrupt young minds with books than a bunch of pirates?

A grand night out for pirates, buccaneers and nautical miscreants of all stripes!

09/28/2015

Our amazing friends over at Out of Print are doing it again, donating 10% of your -related purchase to help us corrupt more young minds with books! Head over to http://goo.gl/YKH0Vu and get yourself somethin' awesome now!

Celebrating great stories through fashion. Books on shirts and other literary accessories. For each product sold, one book is donated to a community in need.

09/17/2015

Thanks, Awesome Portland, for selecting us as one of your September finalists!

Award-winning literacy non-profit organization that encourages underprivileged teens to read by enticing them with banned and challenged books.

09/11/2015

is in just a few weeks. What have you read this summer?

08/14/2015

The Portland Beardsmen were very proud to donate over $3000 to The Uprise Books Project this week. The Uprise Books Project is dedicated to ending the cycle of poverty through literacy, providing new banned and challenged books to underprivileged teens free of charge. Many of our members work in education so we're excited to support this charity. For more information about Uprise check out: http://uprisebooks.org/

07/30/2015

Shhhh!

(Source: http://bit.ly/1h63I8j.)