School Library Journal promotes the ‘Freedom’ shoe (and NLP)

Published on November 30, 2018 NLP in the News

Teachers and librarians often find themselves standing for long periods, and School Library Journal has a solution for their fatigued feet: the “Freedom” line of women’s shoes from the Samuel Hubbard Shoe Company, featuring the First Amendment engraved on the sole. Even better, SLJ executive editor Kathy Ishizuka notes, each purchase benefits the News Literacy Project — the company is donating $20 from every sale to NLP.

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