Video from my council, Circle 10, in and around Dallas, Texas:
Interestingly, I’ve not seen the video before I found it on YouTube. Have I just missed chances, or has it not been promoted as well as it should have been?
Scouting as a tool to fight gang violence
September 22, 2009
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Boy Scouts of America, Dropouts, Ethics, Leadership | Tagged: Boy Scouts of America, Circle 10 Council BSA, Denzel Long, film, Scout recruiting, Texas, video | 
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Glenn Beck doesn’t know Canadian health care
September 22, 2009
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Ideas are incombustible: Banned Books Week 2009
September 22, 2009Banned Books Week 2009 is set for September 26 through October 3.
Which banned book will you read just to poke the eye of the censors, and to wave the flag of freedom and liberty?
Ellen Hopkins wrote several controversial books, including Burned which is out of favor in Pocatello, Idaho, close to my birthplace.* She has written a Banned Books Week Manifesto, which she recites in the video. You can read an interview with Ms. Hopkins at the site of the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC).
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* Does Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub have any readers in Pocatello? Pocatello readers: Do you know of anyplace you can get a copy of Burned to read, in Pocatello?
Banned Books Week resources:
- American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom
- National Coalition Against Censorship
- School Library Journal article on 2009 celebration
- Kids’ Right to Read Project
Encourage others to read banned books, too:
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Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 