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PDX Books Through Bars is an all-volunteer collective nonprofit distributing books free of charge to humans experiencing incarceration📚 #abolition
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Prisons are the largest censors in the United States. Prisons and jails ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. Prison Banned Books Week is an annual effort to shine a light on this widespread censorship and advocate for the rights of incarcerated and detained people to access literature and express themselves freely. In partnership with bookstores and orgs that champion free expression, our bi-annual book drive helps us ensure the free access to information and ideas for all. #bannedbooks #books #bookdrive #prisonbannedbooksweek #bannedbooksweek From October 19 - 25, visit one of our six participating indie bookstores: @alwaysherebooks @belmontbookspdx @midslumbermedia @rose_city_book_pub @thirdeyebag @wallacebooks Purchase a paperback book from the bookstore, then ask the booksellers to donate your purchased title to Portland Books Through Bars! For every book purchased, a financial donation will be matched to support our operations. Support Indie Bookshops & Fight Book Bans! Can’t shop in person? That’s okay, we have online options! As a nonprofit, we support readers exeperiencing incarceration all around the country! A few of our bookstore participants and partners will be offering ways for you to support us online, even if you don’t live in Portland. by @pdx.books
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What if we kept the Banned Books Week momentum going 👉👈 Raising awareness of this most pervasive practice of censorship in America, the fourth, annual Prison Banned Books Week brings together over sixty organizations working for free expression. In Portland from October 19 - 25, visit one of our six participating local indie bookstores: @alwaysherebooks (featured background image) @belmontbookspdx @midslumbermedia @rose_city_book_pub @thirdeyebag @wallacebooks Purchase a paperback book from the bookstore, then ask the booksellers to donate your purchased title to Portland Books Through Bars! For every book purchased, a financial donation will be matched to support our operations, getting books to our incarcerated community members. #bannedbooksweek #prisonbannedbooksweek #bannedbooks #bookdrive #pdx prison banned books week is different from "Banned Books Week," why? by @pdx.books
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PRISON BANNED BOOK WEEK We’re honored to be partnering with PDX Books Through Bars @pdx.books this Prison Banned Book Week (October 19th - October 25th)! Buy any of these paperback titles and let us know you’d like to donate it! We’ll get it to Books Through Bars! That’s it! Your donation will go directly to people experiencing incarceration AND your donation will be financially matched to further support PDX Book Through Bar’s operations! Thanks for helping us keep horror accessible for everyone! #horror #midslumbermedia #bannedbookweek taken in Midslumber Media by @pdx.books
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Thank you to the near 150 of you who joined us for our first ever pancake breakfast fundraiser 🥞 You helped us raise over $2,000 which will go directly toward our operations, sending books to our community of readers living their lives behind bars. We really felt the love, enjoyed swapping books and stores with you, and were so glad to be in community with so many of our volunteers and supporters! #pdx #portlandoregon #oregon #books #pancakebreakfast by @pdx.books
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25 days ago
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The time for pancakes is now 🥞 Check in with our team before digging in, playing yard games, or browsing the book swap! Breakfast is served from 10am - 12pm 📚 #pdxbooks #btb #pancakebreakfast by @pdx.books
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Our book drive with Portland Books Through Bars ends tomorrow, September 18th, at 8:00 p.m. Drop off your paperback manga volumes/TTRPGs/Lit RPGs & fantasy books at our store to help make an impact on improving the lives of people behind bars! If you’re not able to make it into the store before the book drive ends, feel free to stop by when you’re able to and we’ll make sure the books get to Portland Books Through Bars. Books can be dropped off on our Video Game side! #pdx #booklover #bookdrive #pdxsmallbusiness #gaming taken in TOTL Games by @pdx.books
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THIS SATURDAY 🥞 Bring your friends! Bring your family! Bring your community! Prisons fuel fear, distrust and isolation - the antidote to that is connection, solidarity and care. Come eat some pancakes, be in community, and learn more about what we do and how you can get involved. As a grassroots, all-volunteer run organization that provides free books and reading materials to thousands of people behind bars in Oregon and across the country, the money we raise makes a direct difference in people’s lives. Saturday, Sept 19 10am - 12pm 🥞 Breakfast and refreshments provided in the garden, featuring vegan and gluten free options! 🥞 Yard games and activities for all ages! 🥞 Books books books! tix available now!! #pdx #pdxevents #portlandoregon #pancakebreakfast #books by @pdx.books
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You're invited to come eat some pancakes, be in community, and learn more about what we do and how you can get involved! As a grassroots, all-volunteer run organization that provides free books and reading materials to thousands of people behind bars in Oregon and across the country, the money we raise makes a direct difference in people’s lives. Your tix include: - Breakfast and refreshments provided in the Taborspace garden - Yard games and activities for all ages - Book swap and free reads donated by local indie bookstores #pdxevents #portlandoregon #pdx #pancakebreakfast #oregon by @pdx.books
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"My pancake memory is of my late grandpa making piles of flapjacks back in Kentucky," says our librarian Syan. “Everytime he made them for us he would bring out the big griddle, all the accumulated bacon grease, and make my siblings & me laugh until we were breathless over the silly faces & animals he could make. After I became vegetarian at 12, his flapjacks were the only meat-adjacent thing I'd still eat because his process was imbued with so much love & joy.” Join us on Saturday, September 19 for the first annual PDX Books Through Bars Pancake Breakfast at @taborspace ! Tickets to our fund rai ser go to support our weekly operations 📚 Come eat some pancakes, be in community, and learn more about what we do and how you can get involved. 9.19.26 10am - 12pm #pdx #portlandoregon #pdxevents #pancakebreakfast #books by @pdx.books
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You're invited to come eat some pancakes, be in community, and learn more about what we do and how you can get involved! As a grassroots, all-volunteer run organization that provides free books and reading materials to thousands of people behind bars in Oregon and across the country, the money we raise makes a direct difference in people’s lives. Your tix include: - Breakfast and refreshments provided in the Taborspace garden - Yard games and activities for all ages - Book swap and free reads donated by local indie bookstores #pdxevents #portlandoregon #pdx #pancakebreakfast #oregon by @pdx.books
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Bring your friends! Bring your family! Bring your Community! Prisons fuel fear, distrust and isolation - the antidote to that is connection, solidarity and care. Come celebrate the end of summer in the Taborspace garden, eat some pancakes, be in community, and learn more about what we do and how you can get involved. As a grassroots, all-volunteer run organization that provides free books and reading materials to thousands of people behind bars in Oregon and across the country, the money we raise makes a direct difference in people’s lives. 1 ticket = 1 person (adult or child) registered to attend. Your ticket includes: Breakfast and refreshments provided in the Taborspace garden with vegan and gluten-free options available Yard games and activities for all ages Book swap and free reads donated by local indie bookstores by @pdx.books
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“There is a big divide in my family over whether buttermilk pancakes are the superior pancake relative to what I would call just a ”regular” pancake," says our board treasurer, Claire. "I don't think the buttermilk makes or breaks the pancake - but my dad and sister would beg to differ.” We asked some of our volunteers and Board members about what some of their favorite memories, toppings, and even hot takes were about enjoying pancakes as we get ready for our big PANCAKE BREAKFAST! Favorites: ✅ Marionberry Syrup ✅ Blueberries ✅ Cinnamon Butter Hot Take: Chocolate chips? BAD. Well keep sharing some memories leading up to September! tix available now 🎟️ #btb #b2p #books #pdxevents #portlandoregon bit.ly/BTBpancakes by @pdx.books
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