Via Crooked Timber, I'll just pass along an ongoing grassroots effort called The September Project:
The September Project is a grassroots effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy, and citizenship in libraries on or around September 11. Libraries around the world are organizing public and campus events, such as: displays about human rights and historical documents; talks and performances about freedom and cultural difference; and film screenings about issues that matter.
They have a helpful map that shows which librarys are participating. For those near to one of the planned events, I would encourage a visit. As I have argued before, our democracy and the freedoms it is based on are historically rare, and worthy of protecting and discussing at the same time.
Noted without comment: there are no participating libraries in West Virginia, where I happen to reside.
Posted by baltar at August 18, 2005 12:49 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Culture