1984 Ä¢¹½TVÏÂÔØ Annual Business Meeting in Detroit, Michigan
Background
This resolution stemmed from an awareness among Ä¢¹½TVÏÂÔØ members that the problem of dealing with advocates of censorship is a perennial challenge and that teachers must be poised at all times to mount a reasoned defense of the literary works and teaching materials in their schools—and on occasion, in colleges as well. They called on Ä¢¹½TVÏÂÔØ to make materials for such community education efforts widely accessible. Be it therefore
Resolution
Resolved, that the Ä¢¹½TVÏÂÔØ Council of Teachers of English Standing Committee Against Censorship collect or develop rationales for the defense of works that are challenged; and
that the Committee use appropriate agencies and other resources for publication, storage, and dissemination of these materials.
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