Protected: PEN America’s Free Expression Student Summit at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville – Spring 2023
PEN America’s Bay Area Free Expression Student Summit
PEN America’s Free Expression Student Summit at Miami Dade College
PEN America at the Fall 2022 Augustana Symposium Day
[VIRTUAL] Free Speech Live!: Art Against Oppression
[VIRTUAL] Free Speech Live!: Amplifying Youth Voices in the Political Process
[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Free Expression Statements and Policies: Why and How
[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Free Speech Education: What Do Young People Need to Know?
The PEN Pod: Empowering Youth to Use Their Voices with Jessica Bohrer
“We’re trying to really give the message that everyone has a voice, and there are so many ways to use that voice, and we want them to feel empowered.” More
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