Right to Read Coalition
The statewide Right to Read Coalition supports Missouri’s libraries to remain an open, accessible resource for books and other materials available free-of-charge to the public.
We oppose attempts to restrict access to public and school libraries. We have confidence in trained, experienced librarians and educators to evaluate and select materials available to the public.
Membership in the Right to Read Coalition is open to organizations and individuals who support the coalition’s purpose.
There is no financial commitment to joining the coalition.

The following organizations and individuals have already signed up to be part of the Right to Read Coalition.
Organizations
AAUW MO American Association of University Women
ADL Heartland
Ashrei Foundation
Congregation Kol Ami – KC
Cynthia Moon Artisans
Dance the Vote
Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers United
Davis Creative Publishing
Dreams KC
Ethical Society of St. Louis
International Literacy Association
Jewish Book Festival – A Program of the Jewish Community Center
Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis
John Burroughs School
League of Women Voters of Missouri
Metro Trans Umbrella Group
Missouri Budget Project
Missouri Education Equity Partnership
Missouri Jewish Women for Joe
Missouri Literacy Association
National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis
PROMO
Sexuality, Health and Gender (SHAG) Center – Brown School at Washington University
Skylark Bookshop
SLU Center for Social Action
Southwest Missouri Voter Protection Coalition
St. Louis City NAACP
Subterranian Books
The Novel Neighbor
Turn the Page KC
U-Turn in Education
Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice
Individuals
Andy Abbott
Jan Abrams
John H. Adams
Cheryl Adelstein
Lisa Albright
Emily Alford
Hali Allen
Ellen Alper
Rabbi Doug Alpert
Sally Altman
Debra Armistead
Darien Arnstein
Martha Aronson
Alissa Arst
Kiersten Ashen
Elizabeth Austin
Betsy Baer
Mike Baeten
Margaret Barr
Patricia Barrows
Nicki Batchelor
RoseMarie Batson
Andrea Bauman
Chrissy Bellizzi
Amber Benge
Ari Bernstein
Jen Bernstein
Lee Bernstein
Lise Bernstein
Barbara Bess
Hannah Bird
Jenny Birge
Susan Block
Daniel Bogard
Denise Bogard
Karen Bogard
Deborah Bohlmann
Susan Bosse
Otter Bowman
Spring Bradley
Mendy Bradshaw
Marjorie Bramer
Barbara Bressler
Diane Brost
Barbara Brown
Drew Brown
Emily Twyman Brown
Marilyn Brown
Dava-Leigh Brush
Ashley Bryant
Sherry Buchanan
Jennifer Buehler
Laura Buhman
Kevin Burns
Jeannine Butler
Tom Byron
Judith Campbell
Ashley Canner
Dana Carroll
Shannon Cary
Claire Caterer
Arlen Chaleff
Rikita Chand-Bergfeld
Jan Chapman
Carol Charles
Lisa Clancy
Mary Clemons
Karen Cloyd
Louis Cohen
Samuel Cohen
Rhonda Coleman
Sheryl Corman
Caylene Cone
Jim Cornbleet
Andrea Corvalan
Karen Coulson
Candace Crigger
Patricia Croughan
Liz Crowder
Don Crozier
BelleAnne Curry
Bethany Curtis
Leslie Daner
Kathleen Davidson
Cathy Davis
Kandace Davis
Reva Davis
Carol Davis-McDonald
Holly Demerath
Letitia DenHartog
Jenna Feldstein Dickey
Diane Disbro
Catherine Dobkin
Jordan Dockery
Marian Dorna
Lisa Dorner
Margery Doss
Debra Doyle
Mary Drexl
Kathryn Duffin
Beth Dusin
Lindsey Eick
Marci Mayer Eisen
Gerry Ericson
Sarah Erwin
Lisa Esker
Jody Feldman
Sharee Feldman
Haley Ferguson
Joan Fernandez
Matthew Fierst
Barbara Finch
Dianna Fine
Rich Finley
Sandra Fitzgerald
Wendy Flusser
Ida Fogle
Sandra Fogt
Melissa Forrester
Hazel Forster
Cory Foster
Karen Frahm
Karen Francis
Cindy Frank
Janet Frick
Diane Friedman
Hillary Friedman
Rachel Friedman
Kathie Fuchs
Catherine Fueglein
Stacy Fulk
Pat Gaertner
Samantha Gannon
Judy Garrett
Diane Gawlikowski
Karen Gender
Joan Gentry
Sue Gibson
Lisa Gjerswald
Chris Gilbert
Susan Glassman
Batya Abramson Goldstein
Paula Grana
Debbie Grebler
Rachael Green-Smith
Debbie Greenberg
Melissa Greenstein
Laura E. Griesedieck
Mary Gross
Claire Hack
Lorraine Hackman
Grace Hagen
Farilyn Hale
Karen Hall
Marcia Hamed
Amy Kuo Hammerman
Marlene Hammerman
Sheba Haner
Maureen Hannon
Judy Hansen
Kelli Hansen
Tassy Hayden
Susan Hayman
Joyce Heiman
Susan Dertke Hendin
Linda Henke
Sharon Hequembourg
Margaret Hermes
Sara Herrin
Eleanor Higgins
Hillary Hinz
Nancy Hirsch
Emily Hochman
Jeffrey Hochman
Jere Hochman
Jessica Hochman
Josette Hochman
Lesley Hoffman
Robin Hoffman
Kathleen Howe
Christopher Hubis
Beth Huermann
Pam Hughes
Jake Hummel
Julia Hundman
Nancy Hutchins
Rod Inman
Lee Ann Jackson
Donna Jahnke
Mary Ann Jennings
Jordan Kadosh
Betty Kagan
Rachel Kallison
Patrice Kaplan
Linda Katz
Susan Katzman
Sky Keeling
Charmaine Keller
Deanna Ketner
Christine Keil
Deanna Kiel
Susie Kinsella
Sarah Kirschner
Shellie Knight
Susie Knopf
Marsha Koch
Grace Konrad
Michaela Joy Kraemer
Barb Kramer
Nicki Kruger
Elizabeth Kruvand
Carla Kurth
Mary Kutheis
Gloria Kweskin
Jourdan Lacey
Yvonne LaJeunesse
Susan Lammert
Phyllis Langsdorf
Chris LeBeau
Debra Cannamore Lee
Jessica Lefton
Dr. Picket Lema
Virginia Lennon
Jessica Leonard
Julie Lever
Lori Levine
Louise Levine
Joyce Lewin
Heidi Atkins Lieberman
Myra Link
Joan Lipkin
Cora Lippi
Lisa Liss
Anne Litwin
Nancy Litz
Ly Syin Lobster
Ellen Lourie
Dena Loverde
Alice Ludmer
Carol Ludwig
Lynn Lupo
Elizabeth Macanufo
Elizabeth Maer
Marla Marantz
Lisa Mason
Janine Martin
Sarah Martin
Merry Matters
Marti Maurer
Debra McArthur
Megan McCarthy
Tracy McCreery
Keith McFarlane
Jessica McKay
Marilyn McLeod
Margaret McMurray
Barb McNiele
Barbara McQuitty
Taira Meadowcroft
Elaine Melnick
Symie Menitove
Zara Merbaum
Marcia Mermelstein
Caroline Merrigan
Nicole Merzweiler
Nikki Meyers
Donald Miller
Jamie Miller
Sandra Miller
Martin Mintman
Starlene Mitchell
Kimberly Moeller
Katherine Moore
Debbie Monfort
Tacey Monroe
Madison Morris
Ellen Moses
Graham Moses
William Moses
William Motchan
Kate Moyer
Cindy Mueller
Gwen Mullinix
Judy Mullins
Michell Murawski
James Murphy
Patty Murray
Laura Neuman
Laura Newman
Jen Newmark
John Newmark
Andrea Newstead
Sherri Newstead
Maggie Nurrenbern
Sheila Oliveri
Joyce Olshan
Johnny O'Brien
Patricia O'Roark
Ilene Osherow
Lisa Oxenhandler
Julie Palley
Joyce Parisien
Nancy Parker
Sharee Parsell
Jennifer Parsons
Phyllis Pasley
Jean Patterson
Donnita Patterson-Brown
Julie Paur
Cindy Payant
Kelly Hams Pearson
Joel Perlmutter
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce
Nancy Pierson
Pat Pionke
Marilen Pitler
Jennifer Plaat
Judy Plocker
Spencer Portwood
Joyce Pratt
Tracy Prince
Janet Pullen
Matt Rahner
Patricia Ramsey
Marilyn Ratkin
Barb Raznick
Sandra Reeves
Peggy Remis
Charity Jordan Rex
Constance Richards
Gail Richter-Gilbert
Alexandra Rigby
Patti Riggle
Gail Roberts
Mary Rogers
Rebecca Rogers
Marissa Rosen
Patti Rosenkranz
Donna Rothenberg
Kim Royer
Ron Ruhnke
Ellie Samson
Ann Samuels
Linda Sandmel
Lorraine Sandstrom
Susan Sauer
Elizabeth Sawin
Mary Sawyer
Rebekah Scallet
Molly Schaller
Ruth Schacter-Cohen
Karen Scheeter
Lisa Schlesinger
Betsy Schmidt
Sharon Schneeberger
Lisa Schoemehl
Erin Schreiber
Dolly Schroeder
Paul Schroeder
Mary Schuman
Jill Schupp
Joanne Schwartz
Susan Scribner
Don Senti
Rabbi Scott Shafrin
Barbara Shapiro
Mary Ann Shaw
Helene Sherman
Kay Sherman
Melody Shoger
Mariel Shoghi
Laurel Shoger-Hall
Barbara Langsam Shuman
Michelle Siler
Heather Silverman
Janet Singer
Merle Singer
Vicki Singer
Kathleen Sitzer
Lois Small
Asya Smirnov
Renae Smith
Lois Soffer
Arlene Sollars
Liz Sondhaus
Neil Soseith
Amanda Sprochi
Neva Sprung
Mary Ellen Stanton
Elizabeth Steffen
Randee Steffen
Amanda Stein
Ida Steinberg
Peggy Steinberg
Paul Steinberg
Sara Steinmetz
Mary Stevens
Kevin Stokes
Amy Stone
John Strauss
Sharon Strickland
Thomas Stringer
Candi Strong-Lapides
Jean Szoko
Susan Talve
Nancy Tank
Sandra Taryle
Catina Taylor
Penny Taylor
Elaine Tenzer
Susan Terrill
Laura Tesch
Jane Thal
Kim Thoma
June Thompson
Stephanie Thompson
Shaelynn Tice
Kerry Townsend
Jane Tucker
Rebecca Hawkins Valadez
Sandra Van Wagner
Richard Von Glahn
Susan Wade
Georgee Waldman
Amy Wallerstein
Diane Walters
Mary Walters
Shannon Ware
Naomi Warren
Gail Wechsler
Esther Weltman
Kassandra Welborn
Ellen Wentz
Cheryl Whatley
Michele White
Janice Wiese-Fales
Louise Wilkerson
Bryna Williams
Jack Williams
Susan Williams
Judy Willett
Patty Wirth
Jo Witt
Susan Witte
Carolyn Wolff
Kong Wong
Jo Wood
Kathi Woodward
Ed Wright
Maria Yaksic
Leonard Zeid
Lois Zuckerman