'An Act Regarding Free Expression' passed in the MA Senate!

(this is copied from my email; I'm writing my postcard right now, and I hope Masshole readers will too, because this is the stuff that I need if I want to keep selling my darn books)

Hi, local authors!

 

A project we've been dedicating a lot of our time to this fall at BCAF [Boston Comics Arts Foundation] is working with the Mass Freedom to Read coalition to strengthen the protections that the state of Massachusetts has for books (including comics and graphic novels) and protect them from book bans and challenges, while supporting teachers and librarians in their work.

 

I'm delighted to say that the law we've been supporting, 'An Act Regarding Free Expression,' came to a vote and passed in the MA Senate last week.

 

Yay! (And it only took three years!)

 

Now it's on to the House -- so this is a great time to email, call, or send a postcard to your local house reps to tell them to vote for 'An Act Regarding Free Expression' when it's on the docket.

 

Here's some info on writing a great postcard or email, from us and Mass Freedom to Read: https://www.massfreedomtoread.org/act

 

Thanks everyone!

 

Gina Gagliano

Boston Comic Arts Foundation

Here's what I wrote on my postcard:

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