Although the September project is presented on the UW Tacoma campus, we welcome and encourage the community to participate! The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." As part of the September Project and Banned Book Week, the UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the UW Tacoma Student Chapter of the ACLU, will host a series of events and displays about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and censorship. The events are free and open to the public. The events were planned in coordination with King's Books and the Pierce County Chapter of the ACLU. For more information about Banned Book Week events in the Tacoma area, please visit King's Books website at:

Panel Discussion: Banned Books and Freedom of the Mind Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 7 p.m. Snoqualmie Reading Room, UW Tacoma Library

Our panelists include: author Brent Hartinger, whose book Geography Club was removed from libraries in University Place School District in 2005; Catherine Lord, Branch Manager of the NewHolly Branch and Columbia Branches of the Seattle Public Library and a professional trainer on Intellectual Freedom; and professor Suzanne Holland, Chair of the Religion Department at the University of Puget Sound and from the ACLU Speaker Bureau. Film & Discussion: Good Night, and Good Luck Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 7 p.m. Longshoreman's Hall, UW Tacoma Directed by George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck tells the true story of how broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow challenged Senator Joseph McCarthy during his infamous hearings. After the film, UW Tacoma professor Bill Kunz, who recently published the book Culture Conglomerates: Consolidation in the Motion Picture and Television Industries, will comment on the film and lead a discussion.