Comments on: Support An Uprising http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/ the neverending reference interview of life Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andy http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5320 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:05:38 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5320 I certainly hope so! I’ll keep putting out the word. Since next week is Banned Books Week, you may want to capitalize on the event to spread the word.

Good luck now! I’m pushing for you!

]]> By: The Uprise Books Project http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5312 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:52:37 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5312 [...] a recent blog post, Andy wrote about why he decided to contribute to the Uprise Books Project (and why he thinks you should, too). In that post, Andy mentioned that he didn’t come to the [...]

]]> By: Uprise Books Project (@UpriseBooks) http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5311 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:51:35 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5311 Hey, Andy!

Thanks again for your contribution and for writing about our project!

I want to write a more in depth response to some of the fantastic points you brought up in your post, but I’ll put that up on our own site just in case others have any of the same questions.

One thing I’ll say now, though, is that I love the idea of expanding the project outside of the low income demographic. We’re actually using some of the very same selling points you mentioned as we build up partnerships with other organizations that, at first glance, may not seem to have a lot in common with us. For example, we’re speaking with various LGBT groups about sponsoring books that have been banned/challenged because of homosexual content (as you mentioned, there are more than enough reasons to want to get those books into the hands of the kids who need them), but we’re still focusing on the impoverished kids for now. Here’s hoping that we’re successful enough to reach out to other marginalized groups in the future!

Thanks again!

Justin

]]> By: Radical librarians unite! | The Digital Immigrant http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5308 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:42:03 +0000 https://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/support-an-uprising/#comment-5308 [...] saw this on Andy’s blog and thought it was worth sharing here, too. You can read about the campaign at this link. The [...]

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