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PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible.
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- Assistant, Special Events (Nonprofit Development)
- Deputy Director, Special Events (Gala)
- Director, Foundations and Grants
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- Director, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center
- Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs
- Program Manager, Digital Safety and Free Expression
- Trainer, Free Expression & Digital Safety (Consultancy)
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Coordinator, Finance
PEN America seeks a skilled, efficient, and detail-oriented finance coordinator to support our finance operations. More
Director, Los Angeles
PEN America seeks a forward-thinking, innovative Los Angeles director to lead and build a thriving Los Angeles organization dedicated to freedom of expression. More
Assistant, Special Events (Nonprofit Development)
PEN America seeks a highly organized and energetic special events assistant to join a growing development team. More
Director, Foundations and Grants
PEN America seeks an experienced, persuasive, and highly organized director of foundations and grants. More
Program Manager, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America seeks a program manager to lead our work to protect writers, journalists, artists, and activists from online abuse and bolster their digital safety. More
Assistant, PEN America Los Angeles
PEN America seeks a proactive and detail-oriented assistant to support the work and operations of PEN America Los Angeles. More
Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs
PEN America seeks a dynamic, visionary, and skilled U.S. Free Expression Programs director to lead its First Amendment advocacy agenda in the United States. More
Trainer, Free Expression & Digital Safety (Consultancy)
PEN America seeks dynamic, engaging, sensitive, and experienced trainers/facilitators to collaborate with our team. More
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A Turkish court has detained well-known journalist Sedef Kabas for allegedly insulting the country's president. She is accused of targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a proverb which she quoted on live television on an opposition-linked TV channel.https://bbc.in/3IvGYva
ICYMI: We spoke with Quiara Alegría Hudes, author of MY BROKEN LANGUAGE, about which writers she's most excited by right now, what prompted her to write MY BROKEN LANGUAGE, and more: https://pen.org/the-pen-ten-quiara-alegria-hudes. #PENTen
I imagine there are still likely to be scores of UF professors who will sidestep getting involved in any form of public testimony, just b/c the politics, risk, intimidation factors here are so high. The damage may already be done in FL. #academicfreedom https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/us/florida-professors-free-speech.html
