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Development Gap Year/Postgrad Fellowship Program 2023-2024

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PEN America offers an opportunity to work alongside our Development team through direct involvement in daily fundraising activities, long-term projects, and special events. More

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Free Expression Leadership Fellows Program – Summer 2023

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PEN America offers a 14-week Free Expression Leadership Fellows Program for students passionate about human rights, the written word, and free expression. More

PEN America Expresses Dismay Over Harvard’s Denial of Fellowship to Former Human Rights Watch Executive Director Ken Roth

Press ReleaseJanuary 5, 2023

There is no suggestion that Roth's criticisms of Israel are in any way based on racial or religious animus. Withholding Roth's participation in a human rights program due to his own staunch… More

2022 Emerging Voices Final Reading

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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2022 Emerging Voices Fellows and Mentors

Announcing this year's cohort of Emerging Voices Fellows. More

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2021 Emerging Voices Fellows and Mentors

Announcing this year's cohort of Emerging Voices Fellows. More

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2020-2021 PEN America Gap Year Fellowship Alumni

PEN America welcomed its first cohort of PEN America Gap Year Fellows in 2020. The Fellows worked side-by-side with colleagues across PEN America. More

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PEN America Announces 2021-2022 Writing for Justice Fellows

Press ReleaseJune 16, 2021

The literary and free expression group PEN America today announced the recipients of its 2021-2022 Writing for Justice Fellowship. More

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Writing for Justice Fellowship 2019-2020

Meet the 2019-2020 Writing For Justice cohort, and learn about their accomplishments. More

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PEN America Announces 2021 Emerging Voices Fellows

Press ReleaseMay 7, 2021

PEN America today announced that it has selected its 2021 Emerging Voices Fellows. More

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Publishing, selling, and owning books is increasingly becoming more dangerous in Hong Kong. Authorities have wielded the colonial-era sedition law to crack down on books on HK’s 2019-20 protests, claiming they "incite hatred" of the government. (1/5) https://pen.org/press-release/hong-kong-authorities-should-drop-sedition-charges-against-book-sellers-pen-america-says/

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We’ll see you out there today, Florida!

We have a sister event happening in Jacksonville too with Public School Defenders:

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Willowbranch Park
2870 Sydney St, Jacksonville 32205

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