Should education liberate minds or shun curiosity?
If certain values require censorship, indoctrination, and tight control for children to accept them, are those values really infallible? Why send children to school for education if they are to believe that there are forms of knowledge so dangerous it can lead to moral ruin?
Secular AZ board member and student activist Sami Al-Asady is asking some big questions about the religious right's war on books in this week's blog.
Meanwhile, we're asking constituents to donate banned books for the March 12th Tucson Festival of Books! Get the details (plus a social media photo frame to show off your love of uncensored literature)!
The full recording of our big virtual gathering of secular constituents from across the state is now available to watch in its entirety! If you missed the event or want to revisit any of the awesome presentations by Rep. Jamie Raskin or the religious refusals panel, now you can on YouTube!
For our next Secular Speaker Series talk, join representatives from Save Our Schools Arizona as they discuss the state of our public schools!
SOS AZ is a non-partisan, community-based organization fighting for strong public schools for a strong Arizona. They have been instrumental in helping organize voter opposition to school voucher programs and in support of well-funded public schools.
