BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:321698@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20261014T201723Z DTSTART:20261011T060000Z DTEND:20261011T193000Z SUMMARY:Chalk the Walk for Banned Books DESCRIPTION:[fusion_builder_container type="flex" hundred_percent="no" eq ual_height_columns="no" menu_anchor="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility\\ ,medium-visibility\\,large-visibility" class="" id="" background_color="" background_image="" background_position="center center" background_repea t="no-repeat" fade="no" background_parallax="none" parallax_speed="0.3" v ideo_mp4="" video_webm="" video_ogv="" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="1 6:9" video_loop="yes" video_mute="yes" overlay_color="" video_preview_ima ge="" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="" padding_bottom= "" padding_left="" padding_right=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_c olumn type="1_1" layout="1_1" background_position="left top" background_c olor="" border_color="" border_style="solid" border_position="all" spacin g="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding_top="" padding_right="" padding_bottom="" padding_left="" margin_top="0px" margi n_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" ani mation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility\\,medium-visibil ity\\,large-visibility" center_content="no" last="true" min_height="" hov er_type="none" link="" border_sizes_top="" border_sizes_bottom="" border_ sizes_left="" border_sizes_right="" first="true"][fusion_text] The Vil lage Bookstore and Pleasantville Pride are joining together to celebrate the right to read during Banned Book Week. During the 2024-25 school year \\, PEN America documented 6\\,870 book bans across 23 states and 87 publ ic school districts. The books most frequently targeted included those by authors of color\\, LGBTQIA+ authors\\, and women\\, as well as books ad dressing racism\\, sexuality\\, gender\\, and history. Please join us as we chalk the sidewalk outside The Village Bookstore to celebrate and reco gnize books that have been banned\\, challenged\\, or pulled from shelves across the country. 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