"Banned Books and Challenging Censorship"

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Presented by Mariposa Fernandez, Department of English and Magdalena Sagardia, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies with English - School of Arts and Humanities, Major students: Elisia Ayala, Chantal Jimenez, Nahomi Gonzalez, Eloise Rigaud, Natalie Rodriguez. | Conference Track III. Teaching Forward: Equity, Innovation, and Transformative Learning 

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Abstract: This presentation explores how teaching banned and challenged books safeguards First Amendment freedoms and affirms students’ right to read, explore and think independently. Focusing on I Am Alfonso Jones and selected poems by Tony Medina, Chulito: A Novel by Charles Rice-Gonzalez, and Pájaros, lesbianas y queers…¡a volar! An LGBTQ+ Anthology of Dominican Transnational Writers, edited by Yoseli Castillo Fuertes and Alicia Anabel Santos Diaz, Mariposa Fernandez examines how literature centering Black, Afro Latinx, and LGBTQ lives resists censorship. By situating these texts within ongoing national debates about book bans, the presentation argues that teaching them is both a pedagogical and civic act that defends intellectual freedom, cultural memory, and democratic discourse.

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