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Sabrina Adams

Senior Program Manager, National Engagement

Sabrina Adams is the Senior Program Manager of National Engagement supporting the organization’s goal to mobilize PEN America communities nationwide to promote literary culture and defend free expression. Before joining PEN America, she was the membership coordinator at Association Forum in Chicago, IL, where she developed membership programs, maintained member data, and responded to member inquiries. A native Midwesterner, Adams has also interned for U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin in her Milwaukee, WI and Washington, DC. offices. She is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago with a BA in political science and a BBA in marketing.


Articles by Sabrina Adams

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Global Free Expression
Wednesday February 23

Black Reporters in Conversation: Tammy Gibson

“We can’t afford to let someone else tell our story.”

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Global Free Expression
Thursday February 10

Black Reporters in Conversation: Karen Jacobs

“The St. Louis American has been the most trusted voice of Missouri’s African-American community for almost 100 years.”