![]() Florida Freedom to Read Project obtained records of the committee’s decision and shared them with the Herald. Representatives from PEN America, a writers group that recently sued one Florida district over its removal of books O, Miami, a non-profit organization that builds community through poetry the Florida Freedom to Read Project and Karla Hernandez-Mats, president of United Teachers of Dade, called on audience members to become involved in book discussions and to challenge the growing efforts of censorship. The event drew in about 300 community members, teachers and young children. The event, hosted at the Sanctuary for Banned Books at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, gave away three recently challenged books to attendees.Ī celebration and book giveaway of the recently challenged books in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools was held on Tuesday, Jat the Sanctuary for Banned Books at Coral Gables Congregational Church. The other reason, he told the Herald after the event, “is to celebrate books.” The event - which drew a crowd of about 300 community members, teachers and young children - was to highlight the “irrationality and vagueness” of recent laws targeting what can or can’t be taught in public school classrooms, said Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books and organizer of Tuesday’s event. ![]() Prominent Miami educators and literary and civil rights organizations came together Tuesday night to raise awareness about censorship and to offer a stark rebuttal to the recent decision to restrict four titles from elementary students in one Miami-Dade County school. That is Carole’s enduring pleasure – anonymous gifting.The Sanctuary for Banned Books at Coral Gables Congregational Church hosted a celebration and book giveaway of the recently challenged books in the Miami-Dade County Public School on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. It is hard not to be curious when visiting the Post Office in anticipation of what unexpected little treasures may be found there, waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. But she really enjoys the anonymous gifting at the Post Office.īut the gifting is more than just giving to her, she was single, with no family, so she had the ability to buy things she liked, and when she’s done with something she gives it away. ![]() And she gifted to her school kids as rewards when she was still teaching, and she still gifts to friends. Before she gives something away she decides where or to whom would be the best way to gift it.Ĭarole has been anonymously gifting for many years to Goodwill and our public libraries. She buys something because she likes it, and when she eventually tires of something or hasn’t used for a while, she gives it away. Carole especially likes puzzles and games, plus books, clothes, toys, DVDs and CDs. We finally met in the Barnes and Nobles book store, her name is Carole Stone, and she is a retired local Miami high school English teacher.Ĭarole explained how she selects the gifts. As I was typing the phone rang, and it was her. Instead she required giving my phone number to the staff and they would pass it along, and if she wanted to speak, she would contact me.Īfter carrying around the outline notes for this article on a slip of paper in my pocket for over three weeks, while waiting in hopes of speaking with her, I decided to type up the notes in hopes that I got a chance to speak with her. She would not let the Postal staff give this reporter her contact information. ![]()
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