Meet Moms for Liberty — the group leading book bans in schools

In the ongoing battle over school book bans in Pennsylvania and nationwide, one group is speaking with an outsized voice. Among the districts in Pennsylvania that have banned books or are facing continuing efforts to initiate bans are Central York School District, Downingtown Area School District, East Stroudsburg Area School District, Eastern Lancaster County School District, Elizabethtown Area School District, Fairview School District, Franklin Regional School District, Kutztown Area School District, North Penn School District, Pennridge School District, and Wissahickon School District. According to Monique Braxton, Deputy Chief of Communications for the Philadelphia School District, the city’s local schools have not faced any pressure from M4L or other conservative groups to withdraw LGBT and other progressive material from their libraries. According to Karen Smith, board member for the Central Bucks school district, that was exactly the strategy that gave M4L supporters a majority in Smith’s district. These include: Parents for the Freedom to Learn, whose purpose is to mobilized progressive parents to oppose oppressive education policies and book bans; School Board Partners, which seeks to challenge the growing conservative presence on school boards; and Truth advocates to protect students’ rights to an unencumbered education.