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Uprise Books Project
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Uprise Books Project was a non-profit organization in the United States that provided banned books to underprivileged teenagers.[1]
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It was created in 2011 and was dissolved in 2020.[2]
In November 2011, the organization raised USD $10,000 from a Kickstarter campaign.[1]
It was based in Vancouver, Washington. It was run by Justin Stanley and was open to students aged 13-18 who would be means-tested to confirm their eligibility.[3] Students would then check the list of available books, choose the book they wished to read and a donor would supply it;[1] available books were based on lists from groups such as ALA and ACLU.
In May 2013, the Uprise Books Project was selected as one of the National Book Foundation's Innovations in Reading Prize winners.[4]
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