Aliso Niguel High School is home to The Banned Book Club that discusses book banning and spreads awareness about the banning of books.
President, Madelyn Streeter (11), says that the club is a “safe space for people to come, read and discuss banned books.”
They have meetings in room 504 during lunch every second Thursday of the month to discuss said books.
The Banned Book Club is still fairly new to Aliso, but it is as strong as ever. During their meetings, they also focus on the “Break the Tape” campaign.
The “Break the Tape” campaign was started by the Golden State Readers in order to collaborate and gain more resources about fighting book bans. The Golden State Readers are a student-led advocacy group that advocates fighting against the banning of books.
As the club is still starting up, they have yet to have many volunteering activities. Their first action was during Banned Book week in September.
Members of the club wrapped their backpacks in caution tape to spread awareness about the book bans in the United States.
Along with Streeter, Ayame Huber (11) is also a leader of The Banned Book Club. As Vice President of the club, Huber says that she is responsible for “planning and leading meetings, reaching out to advocacy groups and updating the social media account.”
In addition to those responsibilities, the president and vice president are also in charge of creating a list of potential banned books to discuss, organizing anit-book ban events and campaigns and collaborating with other clubs at Aliso-like the Gay Straight Alliance Club- to spread awareness about book bans.
This club is just getting started, but they are ready to make great changes with their collaborative meetings and planned actions against the banning of books.
