Events Calendar
Wednesday
June 9
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT![Black-and-white image of the back of a photojournalist raising a camera on a tripod overhead; text below: "Community Journalism" and logos of Chicago Humanities Festival and PEN America](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Community-Journalism-300x200.png)
[VIRTUAL] Community Journalism
Digital EventWednesday
June 9
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET![Event and participant info on top of rainbow background](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/free-speech-live-art-against-oppression-300x200.png)
[VIRTUAL] Free Speech Live!: Art Against Oppression
Digital EventThursday
June 10
7:00 pm ETWednesday
June 16
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET![Iran National Flag](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/iran-national-flag-300x200.png)
Iran National Flag
[VIRTUAL] Examining Free Expression and Human Rights in Iran
Digital EventWednesday
June 16
7:00 pm ETThursday
June 17
8:00 pm ETMonday
June 21
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ETMonday – Wednesday
June 21 – October 13
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET![Photo of black-and-white newspapers on a red background; text on top: “Keeping it Local: A Town Hall Series”](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/keeping-it-local-town-hall-event-series-300x200.png)
Keeping it Local: A Town Hall Series
Digital EventTuesday
June 22
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CTTuesday – Friday
June 22 – June 25
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm ET![Photo of crowd from an M Word event; text on top: “The M Word: A Town Hall Series. June 22-25, 2021”](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/the-m-word-town-hall-series-event-graphic-300x200.png)
The M Word: A Town Hall Series
Town Hall SeriesWednesday
June 23
7:00 pm ETWednesday
June 23
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PTWednesday
June 23
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET![Black-and-white photo of prison block; at the bottom: “Realizing Abolition” and logos of Scalawag and PEN America](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/realizing-abolition-event-graphic-1-300x200.png)
[VIRTUAL] Realizing Abolition
Digital EventThursday
June 24
8:00 am – 9:30 am ETThursday
June 24
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ETTuesday
June 29
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm ET![Demonstrators holding placards and copies of the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper at a protest](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/turkey-cumhuriyet-journalists-trial-300x200.jpg)
Demonstrators protest outside a court, where the trial of about a dozen employees of the Cumhuriyet daily newspaper on charges of aiding terror groups, took place in Istanbul, on October 31, 2017. Photo by AP/Lefteris Pitarakis