Julie Boucher Memorial Lecture and Awards Luncheon
The Boucher Memorial Fund supports the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Awards and the annual Julie J. Boucher Lecture on Intellectual Freedom at the CAL conference, and was established by the Boucher family in honor of their daughter who during her five-year tenure with the State Library and the Colorado Department of Education was responsible for annual surveys and statistical publications for public and academic libraries. A passionate and outspoken opponent of censorship, she also served on the Colorado Library Association Board and chaired its Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Julie J. Boucher Memorial Award is awarded annually to an individual or organization in the library community who actively promotes intellectual freedom in Colorado. The lecture speaker is selected by the CAL-IFC committee. This year's Memorial Award winner is Paul Palladino from the Montrose Library District, and the lecture speaker is Senator Lisa Cutter (D-20, Jefferson County).
