Laney Hawes
Parent advocate and founding member of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, known for organizing parents and communities to defend library collections and protect student access to books; featured in the documentary The Librarians.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 25min
356 Texas Freedom to Read Project
Laney Hawes, a parent advocate and founding member of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, recounts organizing communities to defend school library collections. She talks about forming a statewide group, protecting librarians under pressure, documenting directives, fighting coordinated campaigns, and mobilizing local allies to uphold voluntary inquiry and resist censorship.
