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LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who are facing employment difficulties based on their support for intellectual freedom or due to discrimination.

Lawyers for Libraries is an ongoing project of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, designed to create a network of attorneys around the country involved in, or committed to becoming involved in, the defense of the First Amendment freedom to read and the application of constitutional law to library policies, principles, and problems.

 

FTRF Updates 2005-2011

2011

FTRF Nominating Committee for 2012 Announced

FTRF makes $1,000 contribution to ALA Spectrum Scholarship Program

MOREnet and filtering: In July 2011, FTRF and the ACLU sent a letter to MOREnet to protest its default settings for web filters going to Missouri public schools. The settings blocked websites of pro-LGBT organizations but not anti-LGBT ones. In response, MOREnet announced it would change its default settings. Read the ACLU press release here.

FTRF announces six Judith Krug Fund grants for 2011 Banned Books Week events

FTRF welcomes Supreme Court ruling to overturn ban on selling video games to minors

Barbakoff receives 2011 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship

Christopher M. Finan receives 2011 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award

Freedom to Read Foundation announces 2011 board of trustees election winners

Applications now open for the 2011 Gordon M. Conable conference scholarship

FREE FTRF memberships to new LIS grads

2010

FTRF Nominating Committee for 2011 announced

Freedom to Read Foundation awards seven Judith Krug Fund grants for Banned Books Week events

FTRF announces competition for two Banned Books Week grants via Judith Krug Memorial Fund

Aubrey Madler named winner of 2010 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship

Robert O'Neil receives 2010 FTRF Roll of Honor Award

2010 Election results announced

Freedom to Read Foundation Vice President Burton Joseph died on March 31, 2010.  His death deeply saddens us all.  Burt will be remembered as much for his warmth and wonderful nature as for his famed career and his unswerving dedication to the protection of our most fundamental rights.  Read about his remarkable legacy in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and San Francisco Chronicle.  Also: ACLU of Illinois Executive Director Colleen K. Connell Remembers Burt Joseph.  Contributions in Burt's memory may be directed to the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU of Illinois, 180 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2300, Chicago IL 60601.

Applications now open for the 2010 Gordon M. Conable conference scholarship

Photos from 2010 Midwinter FTRF/GLBTRT event in Boston, featuring Leslea Newman and Michael Willhoite

Groundbreaking children's authors headline Jan. 17, 2010 FTRF/GLBTRT event in Boston

2009

Barbara M. Jones named new FTRF Executive Director

FTRF Nominating Committee for 2010 election announced

Robert P. Doyle receives 2009 FTRF Roll of Honor Award

Sharpe receives 2009 Gordon M. Conable Scholarship

2009 Election results announced

FTRF protest Topeka, Kans., sex ed book removals

Video of FTRF program with Lauren Myracle at 2009 Midwinter Meeting

2008

FTRF honors Carol Nemeyer with memorial fund

Burton Joseph named 2008 FTRF Roll of Honor Award recipient

FTRF Trustee 2008 Election Results Announced

Audio of FTRF program with Anthony Lewis at 2008 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA at the National Constitution Center. Moderated by FTRF Trustee Chris Finan, Lewis discusses his career as a journalist covering free speech issues and talks about his book, Freedom for the Thought We Hate: A Biography of the First Amedment.

2007

See Theresa Chmara video on FTRF cases from 2007 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The program is entitled "Status of Recent Litigation Affecting Libraries."

Lucille C. Thomas named 2007 FTRF Roll of Honor Award recipient

FTRF Trustee 2007 Election Results Announced

Enjoy the podcast from an evening with teacher, family therapist, and award-winning author Chris Crutcher at the 2007 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Sunday, January 21. Experience Crutcher at his very best as he recounts stories related to his popular novels! (See Chris Crutcher for FTRF.)

2006

Carolyn Caywood named 2006 FTRF Roll of Honor Award recipient

FTRF Trustee 2006 Election Results Announced

2005

David Cohen named 2005 FTRF Roll of Honor Award recipient

FTRF Trustee 2005 Election Results Announced