The NOBLE Executive Board unanimously voted to endorse the Joint Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship issued by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC), the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA), and the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA).
As the statement reads: “Attacks on members of our communities, targeted at marginalized peoples, are more than book challenges. They are acts of intolerance and exclusion intended to silence diverse voices and views, while holding fast to homogenous viewpoints by historically dominant voices. These acts jeopardize everyone’s access to learn from different perspectives and limit the opportunities available for those isolated in their experience to realize they are not alone.”