Event Program
UToledo Banned Books Coalition Website
26th Annual UT Banned Books Week Vigil Speakers
Thursday (October 5) Room 1711 A-B in Health and Human Services
9:00 “Welcome,” Ben Myers, Chair of the Communication Department
9:30 “A Voice Released from the Cupboard: The Curious Story of Margery Kempe,” Jodi Jameson, Mulford Library, University Libraries
10:00 Dr. Linda Smith Lecture: “The Great Banned Books Bake Sale: The Personal Experiences with Banning of a Local Award-Winning Children’s Book Author, Aya Khalil”
11:00 “See-No Black, Speak-No Black, Hear-No Black,” Angela Siner, Director of Africana Studies and Director of Anthropology Program
11:30 “Banning the Woke—Bad for America,” Warren Woodberry, Toledo Author and Educator
12 p.m. “To Read or Not to Read: American Freedom is in Question,“ Monita Mungo, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
12:30 “Lying by Omission” Barbara Mann, Professor Emerita, Jessup Scott Honors College
1:00 “On Drowning Rats: How Two Women Took Down a Sexual Harasser and How You Can Too,” coauthors: Rachel Richardson and Cami Roth Szirotnyak
1:30 “The Weaponization of the First Amendment,” Sam Nelson, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
2:00 “We have a choice between two Bs that is Ban or Burn!” Asma Abdel Halim, Women’s and Gender Studies
3:00 Banned Books Jeopardy!
3:30 “Book Banning in the News, 2022-23.” Paulette D. Kilmer, Department of Communication
4:00 “Beyond Books: Banning Trans,” Sharon Barnes, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
4:30 “Banned Rainbow Songs” Risa Cohen, Ms. Ed., Director of Sing Into Music, with Christopher Antalek, Musician
Presentation recordings on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzCGlWGF7cK_6ilaF0mSJpn6uOi2hG-y