Protecting the Freedom to Learn
April 3, 2024
Famed author Julian Winters came to Brandeis April 3rd for a panel discussion held in Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, followed by an educational booth fair. Book bans are ravaging the nation as censorship seeps across school districts nationwide. Most of these book bans target identity – race, religion, gender identity, sexuality – and have been coupled with educational censorship and so-called "culture wars" on humanity.
With funding from the Maurice J. and Fay B. Karpf and Ari Hahn Peace Awards and the ENACT Educate and Advocate Grant, Julian Winters joined Brandeis professor Dr. Tanishia Lavette Williams, Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Racial Justice, Education, and the Carceral State, and student organizer Cameron Samuels ’26 for a panel conversation about the importance of the freedom to read.
