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PENamericaPEN America@PENamerica·
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ONE day left to apply for the Writing as Activism Fellowship: don’t miss this opportunity to join a cohort of NYC-based writer-activists for a six-month immersive workshop experience and produce creative writing pieces centered on activism in our city. https://bit.ly/2ZvShCR

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jzfriedmanJonathan Friedman@jzfriedman·
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This request to remove Robie Harris's 'It's Perfectly Normal' epitomizes where we are in the book ban fight -- the complainant was not even in a parent in the district! Often, these complaints are just being fired off wherever they can be lodged. https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/education/2021/12/01/york-school-department-gets-request-remove-changing-bodies-book/8807003002/

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"Diversity in the Media is 10-20% less diverse than the general US workforce." @OMFoundation executive director Tony Shawcross @Deproduction spoke on the lack of proper representation in America’s media landscape at PEN America's Keeping It Local event: https://bit.ly/3l1ADyp.

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