A Call to Action in Texas

We as Writers for Democratic Action understand that the 2024 election is one of the most critical elections in the history of our state, our nation, and the world. The urgent defense of democracy falls to the American people, and to each of us as informed Texans, who must vote in numbers never seen before. Please join us in protecting representative government with the most powerful tool we still have: the VOTE.

• See the League of Women Voters of Texas for KEY DATES related to the 2024 State & National Election.

• Become a Texas Voluntary Deputy Registrar. You can review the training materials here.

• Become a Texas Poll Worker!

We, as Texas Writers for Democratic Action, understand BOOK BANNING to be a strategy of authoritarian governments to restrict personal freedoms, a strategy preliminary to what we witnessed in totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. We are grateful to partner with Texas bookstores and libraries in their efforts to provide access to titles that have been banned across our state. “To allow a group of people or any individual, no matter how powerful or loud, to become the decision-maker about what books we can read or whether libraries exist is to place all of our rights and liberties in jeopardy” (Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom).

Let us act now, while we can, to protect our democracy, our books, and our right to read what we choose!

Consider joining Texans for the Right to Read OR sign the petition sponsored by Texas Freedom to Read Project OR explore the United Against Book Bans Toolkit!