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Educational Gag Orders in Texas and the Nation

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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Resisting Censorship in Austin – a Community Reading of Banned Books

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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Who Is Afraid of Black Books?

Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CT
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PEN Across America Austin Open House

Thursday, August 26, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
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PEN Across America Open House Chapter Events

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 – Thursday, September 9, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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[VIRTUAL] Writing Your Community’s History: A Workshop with Fatima Shaik

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] Killing the Story: A Conversation with Témoris Grecko

Sunday, November 8, 2020 | 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm CT
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Open Letter to Ted Cruz: PEN America Chapter Leaders Express Concerns About USAGM CEO

Open LetterSeptember 10, 2020

We write to express concern about reports that Michael Pack is blocking the renewal of J-1 visas of foreign journalists employed by public international broadcasters overseen by the USAGM. More

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PEN America Chapters Call on City Leaders to Protect First Amendment

Press ReleaseJune 17, 2020

"Mayors and police chiefs have a responsibility to their communities to ensure that the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists are guaranteed." More

[VIRTUAL] PEN America Austin Town Hall

Friday, May 29, 2020 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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So proud to collaborate with @PENamerica given the mission to support human rights and free expression, including in our schools. Grateful for all their work to support writers and to fight misinformation and disinformation. Check out their important work! https://pen.org https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1642232215928033281

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A woman in France is to be tried on charges of insulting President Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post.

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In her debut collection My Dear Comrades, Sunu Chandy (@sunuchandy) draws from her many disciplines—#poetry, #law, #activism—to invite the reader into a space that resists boundaries while living among them.

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