What banned book changed your life? #BannedBooksWeek

#BannedBooksWeek displays at the coolest library you know 😎

#LetBooksBe #UniteAgainstBookBans #Oaklibrary #PublicLibraries

Limited quantity ‼️ We're releasing a small batch of our 2024 limited-edition #BlackPanther library cards for the Black Panther's 60th anniversary! Pick them up at either the Main Library, West Oakland Branch, or African American Museum and Library at Oakland while supplies last.

The iconic #BlackPantherParty was founded 60 years ago in Oakland, CA. The Oakland History Center and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland will be hosting exhibits and special programs to honor their history and impact. As always, free and open to the public. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4jeFlaW

Learn about the censorship of periodicals in the U.S from the Magazines and Newspapers department! Visit this display on the 2nd floor of the Main Library or read the blog 🗞️ ➡️ https://bit.ly/4tvNfyY

#BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreePeopleReadFreely #Oaklibrary #MagazinesAndNewspapers

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights! Check out these middle grade and young adult books about fighting censorship, finding yourself on the page, and taking a stand for the right to read.

Start reading 📚➡️ https://bit.ly/4hO7S4F

#UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #BookRecs

Thanks in part to a $3,500 gift from the Friends of the Oakland Tool Lending Library (aka The Tooligans), the Oakland Tool Lending Library now boasts two large shade canopies offering patrons and staff relief from the afternoon sun and expected El Nino downpours.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3UgeFMC

#UniteAgainstBookBans 📚

This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025.

ala150.org/150books

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

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Election day is Tuesday, November 3 and Oakland residents have 17 ballot measures to vote on. Are you ready? Get a neutral pros/cons presentation covering the CA propositions and local ballot measures. 🗳️

Registration required to receive the Zoom meeting link. ➡️ https://bit.ly/47Gr6o4

You are invited to dance and sing with Cascada de Flores on a musical journey sharing Días de Muertos traditions from Mexico and Central America, as well as our imaginations.

Details ➡️ https://bit.ly/4xWyJ4p

Every year the American Library Association (ALA) publishes a list of the top most challenged books to keep the public informed about censorship in libraries and schools.

Read these books for yourself as well as the authors' statements on censorship.📚 ➡️ https://bit.ly/3QQob6Z

#BannedBooksWeek

DIY bookmarks at the library! You bring the vision, and we’ll provide the supplies 😄 fine arts clippings, macabre designs, nature and interior scenes, and more! 🎨 ✂️ 🖍️

Details: https://bit.ly/4hvJHZT

#ArtsAndCrafts #LibraryPrograms

Join Oakland’s own W. Kamau Bell and bestselling author Adam Mansbach for the Oakland stop of their tour celebrating their new picture book, Rock Paper Scissors Cheese, illustrated by Breanna Chambers.

Register: https://bit.ly/4jHupCH

#MeetTheAuthor #Booksky #BayAreaEvents #ChildrensBooks

Week 4 of #HispanicHeritageMonth includes talavera tile painting, cooking workshops with Chef Marlene, repujados art workshop, and more!

Event details and more ➡️ https://oaklandlibrary.org/hhm/

Hemorrhage (loss of blood) is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. In this course, offered by Highland Hospital Trauma Services / Alameda Health System, you will learn how to make a difference when a bleeding emergency occurs. #FirstAid

Register: https://bit.ly/4ysiKMA