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SUMMARY:April 2026 Banned Book Club - 1984
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur April book is 1984 by George Orwell. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \n“Orwell saw\, to his credit\, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is\, above all\, a way of asserting power.”—The New Yorker \nIn 1984\, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair\, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood\, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia\, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. \nLionel Trilling said of Orwell’s masterpiece “1984 is a profound\, terrifying\, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future\, and like any such fantasy\, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.” Though the year 1984 now exists in the past\, Orwell’s dystopian classic remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power. \nCheck out Unite Against Book Bans’ book resumé for 1984.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/april-2026-banned-book-club-1984/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship":MAILTO:lafcitizensagainstcensorship@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260521T180000
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SUMMARY:May 2026 Banned Book Club - They Called Us Enemy
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur May book is They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nA stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon — and America itself — in this gripping tale of courage\, country\, loyalty\, and love. \nGeorge Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek\, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father’s — and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. \nIn 1942\, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt\, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten “relocation centers\,” hundreds or thousands of miles from home\, where they would be held for years under armed guard. \nThey Called Us Enemy is Takei’s firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire\, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism\, his mother’s hard choices\, his father’s faith in democracy\, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. \nWhat does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you\, what can one person do? To answer these questions\, George Takei joins co-writers Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker for the journey of a lifetime. \nCheck out the Wikipedia article on They Called Us Enemy\, as well as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s discussion of banned graphic novels (including TCUE).
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/may-2026-banned-book-club-they-called-us-enemy/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship":MAILTO:lafcitizensagainstcensorship@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:June 2026 Banned Book Club - The Stonewall Riots
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur January book is The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books Lafayette today! \nAbout the Book: \nIn The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets\, Gayle E. Pitman’s “fresh storytelling brings emotion and depth to the history of a movement and the establishment that served as an epicenter for social change” (Publishers Weekly). \nA timely and necessary read\, The Stonewall Riots helps readers understand the history and legacy of the LGBTQ+ movement. The book includes contemporary photos\, newspaper clippings\, and other period objects\, as well as a timeline\, a biography\, and an index. Interviews with people involved as well as witnesses bring an immediacy to the story. \nIn clear prose and short chapters\, the book takes readers through a history of American gay life leading up to the Riots\, the Riots themselves\, and the aftermath. In a starred review\, Shelf Awareness noted: “With meaningful content delivered in an innovative format\, The Stonewall Riots deserves to be required reading for people of all ages.” \nThe Stonewall Riots were a series of spontaneous\, at times violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28\, 1969\, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan\, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that ignited the LGBTQ+ movement. \nAbout the Author\nGayle E. Pitman\, PhD\, is a professor of psychology and women and gender studies at Sacramento City College. Her research\, teaching\, and writing focus heavily on gender\, sexual orientation\, intersectionality\, and social justice. Her first children’s book won the 2015 ALA Stonewall Award. She lives in Rio Linda\, California. \nPraise for The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets\n**STARRED REVIEW**\n“With meaningful content delivered in an innovative format\, The Stonewall Riots deserves to be required reading for people of all ages.”\n— Shelf Awareness \n“A substantive look at a key moment in the history of the LGBTQIAP-equality movement.”\n— Kirkus Reviews \n“Pitman’s fresh storytelling brings emotion and depth to the history of a movement and the establishment that served as an epicenter for social change.”\n— Publishers Weekly \n“The narrative is presented through a series of “objects”: photographs of places\, people\, or items\, such as a police officer’s nightstick\, a parking meter\, a matchbook\, or a protest leaflet. Though each object only reveals a small part of the story\, together they reveal a powerful picture and offer rich historical context . . . [An] inviting\, engaging\, and well-researched approach to history.”\n— Booklist \n“In brief chapters themed around objects and places associated with the run-up\, aftermath\, and three days of rioting\, readers get a credible reconstruction of events and the context with which to frame it.”\n— The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books \n“An important look at a major moment in American history. Readers will come to understand why the iconic Stonewall Inn is now on the National Register of Historic Places\, a National Historic ­Landmark\, and a National ­Monument.”\n— School Library Journal \nRead PEN America’s report on how this book and others were banned in Duval County\, Florida.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/june-2026-banned-book-club-the-stonewall-riots/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship":MAILTO:lafcitizensagainstcensorship@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:July 2026 Banned Book Club - Chains
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur July book is Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nFrom acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling first novel in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains\, both physical and spiritual. \nAs the Revolutionary War begins\, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight…for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner\, she and her sister\, Ruth\, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple\, the Locktons\, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. \nWhen Isabel meets Curzon\, a slave with ties to the Patriots\, he encourages her to spy on her owners\, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first\, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth\, Isabel realizes her loyalty belongs to whoever can provide her with freedom.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/july-2026-banned-book-club-chains/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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SUMMARY:August 2026 Banned Book Club - Fahrenheit 451
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur August book is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nNearly seventy years after its original publication\, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak\, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. \nGuy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities\, the printed book\, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce\, returning each day to his bland life and wife\, Mildred\, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor\, Clarisse\, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television\, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. \nRead more information on why this book has been banned.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/august-2026-banned-book-club-fahrenheit-451/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T190000
DTSTAMP:20260728T171612Z
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SUMMARY:September 2026 Banned Book Club - Forge
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur September book is Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson\, Book 2 in the Seeds of America trilogy. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nCurzon navigates the dangers of being a runaway slave in this keenly felt second novel in in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy from acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson. \nBlistering winds. Bitter cold. And the hope of a new future. \nThe Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter. This is where Curzon the boy becomes Curzon the young man. In addition to the hardships of soldiering\, he lives with the fear of discovery\, for he is an escaped slave passing for free. \nAnd then there is Isabel\, who is also at Valley Forge—against her will. She and Curzon have to sort out the tangled threads of their friendship while figuring out what stands between the two of them and true freedom. \nRead more information on how Laurie Halse Anderson’s books have been challenged and banned.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/september-2026-banned-book-club-forge/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T190000
DTSTAMP:20260728T171505Z
CREATED:20260728T120032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T171505Z
UID:6456-1792087200-1792090800@www.lfy-cac.org
SUMMARY:October 2026 Banned Book Club - Ashes
DESCRIPTION:Join us each month for thought-provoking discussions in the Banned Book Club\, where we will explore the powerful stories and ideas that have been silenced by book bans across America. Every month\, we’ll dive into either a book currently banned or one that examines the culture of censorship and its impact on society. Together\, we’ll challenge the limits of free expression\, reflect on the importance of diverse voices\, and discuss why certain books are under attack. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or actively seeking ideas outside your comfort zone\, each meeting offers a space for open dialogue\, critical thinking\, and a deeper understanding of the books that shape our world. Come ready to read\, reflect\, and resist! \nOur October book is Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson\, Book 3 in the Seeds of America trilogy. Stop in or order your copy from Cavalier House Books today! \nAbout the book: \nReturn to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the middle grade Seeds of America trilogy. \nAs the Revolutionary War rages on\, Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped Valley Forge—but their relief is short-lived. Before long they are reported as runaways\, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith\, Isabel and Curzon march on\, fiercely determined to find Isabel’s little sister Ruth\, who is enslaved in a Southern state—where bounty hunters are thick as flies. \nHeroism and heartbreak pave their path\, but Isabel and Curzon won’t stop until they reach Ruth\, and then freedom\, in this grand finale to the acclaimed New York Times bestselling trilogy from Laurie Halse Anderson. \nRead more information on how Laurie Halse Anderson’s books have been challenged and banned.
URL:https://www.lfy-cac.org/event/october-2026-banned-book-club-ashes/
LOCATION:Cavalier House Books\, 302 A Jefferson St\, Lafayette\, LA\, 70501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,LCAC Events,Partner Events
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