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Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social · Aug 5

VICTORY FOR CHURCH-STATE SEPARATION IN ARKANSAS!

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Graphic stating that last night, a federal district court blocked the Arkansas Ten Commandments law regarding public displays in schools.

Alt Text: Graphic with a quote from Judge Timothy Brooks declaring Arkansas Act 573 unconstitutional, referencing the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.

Quote from U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks questioning Arkansas's potential constitutional violation by integrating a coordinated strategy of Christian doctrines into public-school classrooms, set against an orange geometric background.

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social · Aug 20

VICTORY IN TEXAS! A federal district court just issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting school districts from implementing Texas' Ten Commandments law!

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Graphic featuring the outline of Texas in dark blue on an orange background, with text 'Americans United Victory in Texas!' in yellow and white.

Rachel Laser smiles while a quote about a decision impacting Texas families and schools appears beside her.

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social · Sep 15

Public schools are NOT Sunday schools, @ryanwalterssupt.bsky.social

Image of a Ryan Walters with text overlay reading "NOT OK" in bold orange letters, set against a monochrome blue background featuring a blurred flag and foliage.

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social · Sep 15

VICTORY IN OKLAHOMA! www.au.org/the-latest/p...

In a victory for religious freedom, church-state separation and public education, the OK Supreme Court today BLOCKED the new social studies standards that would unconstitutionally promote Christianity to public school students.

Graphic with text "Americans United Victory in Oklahoma!" on a stylized map of Oklahoma, set against an orange background.

Breaking News graphic from au.org stating "Court BLOCKS Ryan Walters' Christian Nationalist social studies standards." The background is orange with blue and white text.

Rachel Laser is pictured smiling, with a quote about ensuring Oklahomans get to decide how and when their children engage with religion.

Image of Rachel Laser against a blue background with an orange quote box. The quote expresses concerns about new standards violating religious freedom by promoting one version of Christianity.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9d

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · 6d

@freedomtoreadccc.bsky.social calls on Columbia County School District to:
Release committee records & book challenge docs
Reinstate titles removed w/o public record or justification
Open future committees to public
End use of unaccountable committees for censorship substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12d

Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs

WASHINGTON—Faced with ongoing budget crises, underfunded schools nationwide are increasingly left with no option but to cut the past tense—a grammatical construction traditionally used to relate all a...

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · 19d

Georgia high school reading competition chooses not to submit to censorship demands docs.google.com/document/u/0...

Open Letter from the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl State Steering Committee

Open Letter from the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl State Steering Committee October 15, 2025 To Our Reading Bowl Coaches, Students, Librarians, and the Georgia Reading Community: Over the past sev...

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LiL'Silver @officiallilsilver.bsky.social · 20d

How to Advocate for LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools- Advocacy at the School Board Level

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How to Advocate for LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools- Advocacy at the School Board Level · Human Rights Campaign

School is back in session and LGBTQ+ youth continue to face even greater challenges. They need people like you to advocate for them. Join the Human Rights Campaign to learn how to best advocate for...

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 30

Strategies to Protect Yourself Online in the Current Climate: A Guide from @aaup.org and Faculty First Responders www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 30

@freedomtoreadccc.bsky.social reports that the school district modified ***procedures*** which opened several new paths for censorship without public notice, input or reporting requirements. f2rccc.substack.com/p/closed-doo...

Closed-Door Book Bans

Revisions to Columbia County school District's Media Center Procedures

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 18

Let's Talk forum Mon, Sep 29 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Grovetown Middle School. Here, parents and families can learn about prevention and warning signs for some of the dangers facing students today, like vaping, drugs, gangs, and bullying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrNx...

Let's Talk: Parent/Community Forum

YouTube video by Columbia County School District - Georgia

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 13

Government agencies are participating in propagating #AmericanExceptionalism #propaganda bookriot.com/imls-freedom...

The IMLS's Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025

This week, the IMLS announced their Freedom Trucks initiative. It is blatant propaganda.

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 12

Georgia State Committee on Higher Education Affordability, meets at State Capitol, Rm 350, Thu, Sep 18, 10 am. #tuition #studentdebt #poverty

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 11

The Columbia County School District is seeking Education Interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing www.ccboe.net/apps/news/ar... #Georgia

Career Spotlight: Education Interpreter - Now Hiring!

The Columbia County School District is seeking Education Interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing. Join our team of passionate educators who INSPIRE our students each day. Click here to apply!

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tell Columbia County School District that you don't want viewpoint discrimination to be a factor in pulling materials from its school libraries substack.com/inbox/post/1...

📣 Urgent Call to Action! 📣

For more background info, see previous post.

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join us Tue, Sep 9, 7 am-8:30 am, as we beautify our city! This week we'll meet at May Park. Gloves, grabbers, and trash bags will be provided. So far, we've collected and removed 130 gallons of garbage from various locations. www.mobilize.us/50501augusta...

Clean Walk: May Park · 50501 Augusta

Join us as we beautify our city! This week we'll meet at May Park. Gloves, grabbers, and trash bags will be provided. So far, we've collected and removed 130 gallons of garbage from various locations.

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 4

Columbia County School District explainer for General Obligation Bonds

Original document available here: www.ccboe.net/apps/pages/i...

cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tell the Columbia County Board of Education to stop removing books from its public school libraries in response to complaints from a handful of residents who allege that they are pornography f2rccc.substack.com/p/columbia-c...

Columbia County’s Serial Book Challenger Strikes Again

At the August 12, 2025 Columbia County School Board Regular Meeting, the county’s most prolific book challenger, Priscilla Bence, was at it again.

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Aug 28

Students in grades 5-12 interested in exploring the world of music through string instruments can apply to this program www.ccboe.net/apps/news/ar...

The new CCSD Strings Academy

The new Columbia County School District Strings Academy is taking applications for students in grades 5-12 who are interested in exploring the world of music through string instruments. Complete the s...

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Aug 8

As we head back into our classrooms, each of us carries with us new tools, insights, and experiences that will influence our teaching for years to come. www.deepcenter.org/2025/08/07/i...

Ink, Imagination, and Impact: Deep Writing Project’s Two-Week Summer Institute | Deep Center

This summer, a group of ten passionate local educators came together in Savannah for an intensive two-week Summer Institute in the Deep Writing Project. Since 2021, Deep’s summer Writing Project […]

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Jul 27

Urge the Columbia County, Georgia Commissioners to let professional librarians manage the collections without viewpoint-based discrimination www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/st...

Stop Columbia County (GA) from Censoring Public Libraries!

Since 2021, a small group of individuals have been challenging books at the Columbia County Libraries. Over 90% of book challenges have targeted LGBTQ+ content. At least four challenges were from a ri...

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50501 Augusta, GA @50501augustaga.bsky.social · Jul 2

I think we can all agree that Bluesky is lovely! We'd like to introduce another way to keep in the know about 50501 Augusta events in a more detailed format: email updates!

Sign up now to learn about our upcoming events!

@50501ga.bsky.social

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Join the Resistance!

STAY UP TO DATE ON 50501 AUGUSTA [image] JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST TO RECEIVE ALERTS ON RALLIES, ACTIONS, AND WORKSHOPS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX. UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME.

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50501 Augusta, GA @50501augustaga.bsky.social · Jul 3

Op Overpass is a GO!

WHEN: Sun 7/6, 12:00 pm

WHERE: Mathnasium Parking Lot, 205 Robert C Daniel Jr Pkwy in Augusta

WHO: 50501: Augusta, GA, & SC; Augusta Tenant's Union, CSRA Peace Alliance, grassroots orgs from FL to NJ & YOU

@backbonecampaign.bsky.social
#opoverpass #csra #augustaga

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cc4publiced.bsky.social @cc4publiced.bsky.social · Jul 1

Indivisible Augusta has organized visits to Representative Rick Allen’s district office today, Tue, July 1. Choose an available time slot and go to 2743 Perimeter Pkwy building 200 suite 105, #AugustaGA. Convey that you want support for #publiceducation! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

Statewide Office Visit for CD-12 · Indivisible CSRA

Join Indivisible CSRA at Rick Allen’s Augusta Field Office to say ‘NO’ to the “Big Ugly Bill” and ‘NO’ to Trump’s War on Iran!! The Big Ugly Bill just passed a preliminary vote in the Senate and if p...

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