History is clear: good ideas are strengthened through contest, as governments are through debate.

Its violence is born of weakness.

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I am a reader.

Let America read.

Let America read.

Eli Wiesels books and The Diary of Anne Frank taught me the importance of never forgetting.

And to keep tragedies alive in writing teaches the resilience we have.

Campaign for Our Shared Future Executive Director, Heather Harding, Ed.D.

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added, Books have the power to introduce us to new places, cultures, and perspectives.

But right now students across the country are facing empty bookshelves in their classrooms and school libraries.