{"id":6612,"date":"2025-10-16T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:23:57","slug":"microcosm-teams-up-with-we-are-stronger-than-censorship-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/microcosm-teams-up-with-we-are-stronger-than-censorship-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Microcosm Teams Up with We Are Stronger Than Censorship Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portland, OR\u2014 <\/strong>Microcosm Publishing has entered a worldwide publishing agreement for the We Are Stronger Than Censorship<\/a> campaign\u2019s merchandise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2024 by the nonprofit Independent Book Publishers Association<\/a> (IBPA) and EveryLibrary Institute<\/a>, We Are Stronger Than Censorship works to share inclusive books with readers in communities across the U.S., especially those impacted by efforts to restrict titles featuring Black, Queer, and other under-represented characters and themes.\u202fMicrocosm will serve as distributor for the organization\u2019s new sideline collection of stickers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is a big deal, and one we\u2019re proud to be part of,\u201d says Microcosm founder and CEO, Joe Biel. \u201cWe Are Stronger Than Censorship won an award for innovation because they fundraised to put censored books into the hands of readers. They are ablaze with buzz and we expect stores will be excited to get behind their efforts, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With each individual book \u201cchallenge\u201d\u2014i.e. with each ban attempt\u2014We Are Stronger Than Censorship buys and donates two books to offset it. The campaign will purchase and donate two books to communities in need for every sixteen stickers sold through Microcosm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Wind, co-creator of We Are Stronger Than Censorship and Chief Content Officer of IBPA, explains, \u201cThe idea is to make the numbers work against the folks who are so eager to limit others\u2019 freedom to read. Some people are challenging over 400 books at a time! If they knew that meant this program would buy and distribute over 800 books, maybe they would slow their roll. For us, this campaign is like pulling an emergency brake on a runaway censorship train.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since its founding, We Are Stronger Than Censorship has gained more than 75 institutional partners, including Microcosm, allowing the campaign to purchase and donate 2,800 books to offset 1,400 book challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microcosm\u2019s sales director, Leslie Davisson, notes \u201cThis campaign pairs especially well with our upcoming re-release of Know Your Rights: Protect Yourself and Your Community from Police, ICE, the FBI, and the Justice System<\/em><\/a>. We want to equip our customers and their communities with resources they need to make positive change, big and small.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind adds, \u201cI’m thrilled about our stickers being available through Microcosm. This is how we’re going to scale this thing: selling a lot of stickers, spreading the word, and coming together as a community that believes in the freedom to read.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are Stronger Than Censorship items are now available for retailers and direct customers to order through Microcosm\u2019s site<\/a> and Edelweiss<\/a>.

Contact: Daley Farr, daley@microcosmpublishing.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portland, OR\u2014 Microcosm Publishing has entered a worldwide publishing agreement for the We Are Stronger Than Censorship campaign\u2019s merchandise.  Founded in 2024 by the nonprofit Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and EveryLibrary Institute, We Are Stronger Than Censorship works to share inclusive books with readers in communities across the U.S., especially those impacted by efforts… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[357,12,302,358],"class_list":["post-6612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","category-in-the-news","tag-business-of-books","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-censorship","tag-press-release"],"my_excerpt":"\n

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Portland, OR\u2014 <\/strong>Microcosm Publishing has entered a worldwide publishing agreement for the We Are Stronger Than Censorship<\/a> campaign\u2019s merchandise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2024 by the nonprofit Independent Book Publishers Association<\/a> (IBPA) and EveryLibrary Institute<\/a>, We Are Stronger Than Censorship works to share inclusive books with readers in communities across the U.S., especially those impacted by efforts to restrict titles featuring Black, Queer, and other under-represented characters and themes.\u202fMicrocosm will serve as distributor for the organization\u2019s new sideline collection of stickers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is a big deal, and one we\u2019re proud to be part of,\u201d says Microcosm founder and CEO, Joe Biel. \u201cWe Are Stronger Than Censorship won an award for innovation because they fundraised to put censored books into the hands of readers. They are ablaze with buzz and we expect stores will be excited to get behind their efforts, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With each individual book \u201cchallenge\u201d\u2014i.e. with each ban attempt\u2014We Are Stronger Than Censorship buys and donates two books to offset it. The campaign will purchase and donate two books to communities in need for every sixteen stickers sold through Microcosm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Wind, co-creator of We Are Stronger Than Censorship and Chief Content Officer of IBPA, explains, \u201cThe idea is to make the numbers work against the folks who are so eager to limit others\u2019 freedom to read. Some people are challenging over 400 books at a time! If they knew that meant this program would buy and distribute over 800 books, maybe they would slow their roll. For us, this campaign is like pulling an emergency brake on a runaway censorship train.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since its founding, We Are Stronger Than Censorship has gained more than 75 institutional partners, including Microcosm, allowing the campaign to purchase and donate 2,800 books to offset 1,400 book challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microcosm\u2019s sales director, Leslie Davisson, notes \u201cThis campaign pairs especially well with our upcoming re-release of Know Your Rights: Protect Yourself and Your Community from Police, ICE, the FBI, and the Justice System<\/em><\/a>. We want to equip our customers and their communities with resources they need to make positive change, big and small.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind adds, \u201cI'm thrilled about our stickers being available through Microcosm. This is how we're going to scale this thing: selling a lot of stickers, spreading the word, and coming together as a community that believes in the freedom to read.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are Stronger Than Censorship items are now available for retailers and direct customers to order through Microcosm\u2019s site<\/a> and Edelweiss<\/a>.

Contact: Daley Farr, daley@microcosmpublishing.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portland, OR\u2014 <\/strong>Microcosm Publishing has entered a worldwide publishing agreement for the We Are Stronger Than Censorship<\/a> campaign\u2019s merchandise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2024 by the nonprofit Independent Book Publishers Association<\/a> (IBPA) and EveryLibrary Institute<\/a>, We Are Stronger Than Censorship works to share inclusive books with readers in communities across the U.S., especially those impacted by efforts to restrict titles featuring Black, Queer, and other under-represented characters and themes.\u202fMicrocosm will serve as distributor for the organization\u2019s new sideline collection of stickers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a big deal, and one we\u2019re proud to be part of,\u201d says Microcosm founder and CEO, Joe Biel. \u201cWe Are Stronger Than Censorship won an award for innovation because they fundraised to put censored books into the hands of readers. They are ablaze with buzz and we expect stores will be excited to get behind their efforts, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With each individual book \u201cchallenge\u201d\u2014i.e. with each ban attempt\u2014We Are Stronger Than Censorship buys and donates two books to offset it. The campaign will purchase and donate two books to communities in need for every sixteen stickers sold through Microcosm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee Wind, co-creator of We Are Stronger Than Censorship and Chief Content Officer of IBPA, explains, \u201cThe idea is to make the numbers work against the folks who are so eager to limit others\u2019 freedom to read. Some people are challenging over 400 books at a time! If they knew that meant this program would buy and distribute over 800 books, maybe they would slow their roll. For us, this campaign is like pulling an emergency brake on a runaway censorship train.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since its founding, We Are Stronger Than Censorship has gained more than 75 institutional partners, including Microcosm, allowing the campaign to purchase and donate 2,800 books to offset 1,400 book challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microcosm\u2019s sales director, Leslie Davisson, notes \u201cThis campaign pairs especially well with our upcoming re-release of Know Your Rights: Protect Yourself and Your Community from Police, ICE, the FBI, and the Justice System<\/em><\/a>. We want to equip our customers and their communities with resources they need to make positive change, big and small.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind adds, \u201cI’m thrilled about our stickers being available through Microcosm. This is how we’re going to scale this thing: selling a lot of stickers, spreading the word, and coming together as a community that believes in the freedom to read.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Are Stronger Than Censorship items are now available for retailers and direct customers to order through Microcosm\u2019s site<\/a> and Edelweiss<\/a>.

Contact: Daley Farr, daley@microcosmpublishing.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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