In honor of Banned Books Week, Stacey is joined by two guests: Her mom and former librarian, Reverend Carolyn Abrams, and actor, director, and literacy advocate, LeVar Burton. The trio discuss the transformative power of story and strategies to combat book banning.

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Learn More:
Banned Books Week: https://bannedbooksweek.org/events/
https://twitter.com/BannedBooksWeek
https://www.instagram.com/banned_books_week/
https://www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek/

American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Banned Books Report: https://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/report

American Library Association Dear Banned Author Campaign:
https://www.ala.org/bbooks/dear-banned-author

Stacey Speaks Up: https://bookshop.org/p/books/stacey-speaks-up-stacey-abrams/21172602

LeVar Burton Reads: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/levar-burton-reads/id1244649384

If there’s power in numbers, then there are arguably few groups as powerful American tenants. Stacey is joined by founding director of the KC Tenants Union, Tara Raghuveer, to highlight the vast political potential they’re building through their organization in Kansas City and beyond.

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Learn More:

Read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond

Visit the KC Tenants website for a link to donate, an organizing toolkit, and resources on how to organize a campaign, write letters, and more.

Look up your local mutual aid groups for fund drives, food banks, and other ways to volunteer.

Stacey is joined by journalist and author, Paola Ramos, and Washington Post TikTok host and producer, Joseph Ferguson, to explore how journalists and news organizations are meeting a dramatically altered landscape and the best way to navigate new media and the information maelstrom.

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Learn More:
PBS News Hour “MisInformation Overload: Teens Reveal Perceptions and Impact of Misinformation” https://srlmisinformationoverload.tumblr.com/

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