Jodi Picoult Signs Anti-Censorship Letter to Ron DeSantis [Video]

Jodi Picoult has signed an open letter urging Ron DeSantis to end censorship efforts like book bans in Florida schools, citing harm to children.

On Wednesday, July 31, the My Sister’s Keeper author joined nearly 600 educators, students, parents and other community leaders to sign an anti-censorship letter addressed to the Florida governor’s office.

A follow-up to the PEN America Unified Voices Summit held in Orlando earlier this month, the letter asks DeSantis to “end the wave of educational censorship and book bans that are harming Florida’s children and the state’s public education system.”

“Under your leadership, Florida educators are fleeing the state at a time when educator shortages are at an all-time high,” the letter reads. “We have recently watched, with much heartache, the closure of public schools across the state as your administration’s policies continue to pull money from public education. It is distressing to see students, educators and Floridians of all walks of life targeted and denied …