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Café Banned — celebrating the freedom to read

Saturday, October 4, 1–2:30 p.m.

• Central Library, U.S. Bank Room
• 801 S.W. 10th Ave.
• 503.988.5123

Please join us for Banned Books Week, an annual celebration that highlights the importance of intellectual freedom and reminds us to cherish this precious democratic right.

Lawyer Steven T. Wax will be our guest speaker. As head of the Oregon Federal Public Defenders' Office, Mr. Wax was responsible for representing inmates at Guantánamo. He also represented Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon lawyer who was falsely linked to the Madrid train station bombing. His book, Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror — A Public Defender's Inside Account, examines this and other cases and the erosion of civil liberties in the wake of 9/11.

Free coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Space at programs is limited. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.