2017 Literary Gala: Stephen Sondheim, PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award
But then I thought: There are other repressions besides political ones. There’s the repression of imagination fostered by parents who don’t understand or teachers who aren’t interested. More
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Musk's Twitter "amnesty" plan alarms activists.
Zimbabwean journalist @daddyhope tweeted that it would be "a major disaster especially in Africa where State sponsored Ghost accounts were suspended for endangering human rights activists & journalists!"
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/musk-suspended-twitter-accounts-amnesty-plans-alarm-activists
⭕️ Online abuse shouldn't silence people or stop them from sharing their perspectives.
@NDI and @PENamerica have created an Arabic-language manual to help journalists and activists protect themselves online and navigate the digital landscape. ⬇️
https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/ar/