2007–2008

Intellectual Freedom Committee

Charges:

  1. Prepare an updated list of resources currently available within the Association for preserving and promoting intellectual freedom; determine the adequacy of those resources; and recommend a plan for achieving any needed resources. Prepare a report of the results of this evaluation/planning to the Board of Director by December 3, 2007.

  2. Communicate with the American Library Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and other professional groups concerned about intellectual freedom, particularly as related to literacy, inquiring about the relevant resources available through those groups and possible joint ventures.

  3. Support educators in understanding, developing, and adopting a critical perspective on literacy.

Jeannetta H. Caplan, Chair Aransas County ISD, Retired PO Box 8639 Corpus Christi, TX 78468-8639, USA Fax 1-361-992-3486 E-mail Donald J. Leu, Board Liaison University of Connecticut Storrs Mansfield, CT, United States Francine Falk-Ross Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL, United States Lisa M. Gonsalves University of Massachusetts at Boston Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Gwen Lavert Indiana Wesleyan University Marion, IN, United States Timo Marjasalo Korpilahti, Finland Arlette I. Willis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL, United States Daniel Mangan, Ex Officio Director, Publications International Reading Association Newark, DE, United States