October 3, 2012 | SharkAdmin The Book Smugglers Panel Discussion Oct. 18 Ethnic Studies Under Attack, Civil Rights, Free Speech, etc. 2 p.m., Palmetto Center for the Arts Theater Author Tony Diaz launched a small caravan to bring carloads of banned books into Arizona that were recently banned by public school officials in Tuscon after the city suspended its Mexican-American Studies due to a state ban on the teaching of ethnic studies. “We’ve unleashed this informal network that’s galvanized into a national movement. People are forming groups to read the books that have been confiscated,” says Tony. Panelists are: Author Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante Dr. Carmen Tafolla, Poet Laureate of San Antonio Diana Lopez, Southwest Workers’ Union, Underground Library Dr. June Pedraza, Assistant Professor, Northwest Vista College English Natalia Treviño, Associate Professor, Northwest Vista College English Come visit the mobile library of banned books at the event! To learn more about the movement, go here: http://www.librotraficante.com/
