2026 Featured Speakers 

Amanda Jones

BioAmanda Jones, fair skinned woman with dark hair and classes leaning forward and smiling.

Amanda made national headlines in 2022 when she was targeted by extremists in her town for speaking out at a public library board meeting. She decided to fight back and took her harassers to court, while continuing to speak out at both the local and national level against the pro-censorship movement. Amanda chronicles what it is like being the target of white Christian nationalists and the importance of standing up for intellectual freedom, in her book That Librarian: Fighting Book Banners in Today’s America.

Appearance Date

Closing Keynote: Friday January 31, 2025 @ 3:45pm EST


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