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RadioFreeAsiaRadio Free Asia@RadioFreeAsia·
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📣REGISTER TODAY for our 25th Anniversary event Burma: Journalism’s Power and Peril. Join us on September 29 for a timely discussion featuring @AmbDMitchell, Aye Chan Naing, Aye Aye Mon, @karinkarlekar and Nathan Maung. Follow the link below for details.👇
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ashleyhopeperezAshley Hope Pérez@ashleyhopeperez·
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THIS is what we want to see in Leander and Lake Travis--and proof that it can happen, with local partners like @CYBannedBooks and national partners like @PENamerica. And also: all of us, showing up, boosting the signal, sending books to kids. https://twitter.com/ElanaKArnold/status/1440325063178264594

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District leaders in York, PA made the right call rolling back an odious book ban that targeted authors and creators of color. #BannedBooksWeek https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2021/09/20/central-york-school-board-rescinds-banned-book-list/5784084001/

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