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Past Events

  • Freedom to Read Community Summit

    Saturday, April 20, 2024

    UC Irvine

    The Golden State Readers partnered with PEN America, Diversify Our Narrative, and the Public Defenders Hub for a day of advocacy, discussion, and action. Attendees engaged in discussions on the impacts of the censorship, intolerance and exclusion, participated in a series of workshops with community leaders with first hand experience combatting censorship through activism, and heard from guest speakers authors Celeste Pewter and Julia Walton.

  • Poetry in the Park

    Saturday, April 6, 2024

    Valley Park

    The Golden State Readers held an open mic poetry event, bringing community members of all ages together for poetry, snacks and live music. All proceeds from food and a raffle benefitted the 1000s Books Fund.