We are excited to reflect on our remarkable 50th anniversary Gala, in preparation for our Gala on November 18th, presented by Sourcebooks. Floyd Abrams delivered a powerful and inspiring acceptance speech about the importance of standing up for the First Amendment.

By restricting press access to the Pentagon, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is preventing the free flow of information that allows for a free press, which has served the American people faithfully since its founding. NCAC supports those who stand against this overreach!

Join NCAC’s 7th Curatorial Workshop for curators & cultural leaders! Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b3JEHohNVsAZzF9urlqUcmCNUPvN8wovf2BQ9-58z0M/viewform?edit_requested=true

Join #BannedBooksWeek and prepare for the #AmericanRevolution250 by participating in the @ncacensorship.bsky.social read-ins of historical fiction "Chains" by @halseanderson.bsky.social Host an event or find one near you. Read: www.righttoreadnight.com www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ch...

Public threats by the Government to punish free speech is all the more dangerous in a moment when the administration is using speech as a pretext to crackdown on political dissent. The only remedy is for people to stand up to the censors. This isn’t a partisan issue; it’s an American issue.

Ever feel like your voice is being hidden online? 🕵️‍♀️ Join @folcs.bsky.social @92ndstreety.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social Sept 30 at 7 PM ET for "Shadowbanned & Shutdown: Censorship in the Digital Public Square" a Conversation on the future of free speech. www.92ny.org/event/shadow...

Political violence is a poison to our democracy. The National Coalition Against Censorship unequivocally condemns the shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk. Using violence as a political tactic isn't just criminal, it's profoundly un-American.

“In an autocracy there is no safety: deals struck with power undermine credibility, only to be revoked at whim. Under such conditions, cultural leaders can stand by their principles, and the values that make an open culture (and democracy) possible in the first place.” shorturl.at/Re5ns

Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

No idea is illegal. It is breathtakingly absurd and outrageous to even suggest that ideas need to be policed. And that the promise of the First Amendment--the freedom to think freely--is the bedrock of American values. This post subverts everything our constitution stands for.

Join us for a powerful conversation on how social media platforms impact artistic expression! Hosted by Lawyers for the Creative Arts with Saper Law & @dontdeleteart.bsky.social 🗓 April 3 ⏰ 12-1:30 PM CT Register for free by visiting law-arts.org/event/social....

I'll be speaking alongside @ncacensorship.bsky.social and Lawyers for the Creative Arts at this event to discuss the legal rights artists *really* have when confronting social media and digital spaces -- join us (it's free!)

Honored to shepherd this these brilliant, original pieces on the impacts of censorship through the publication process. And Volume 2 will publish this fall. @katywithwine.bsky.social @ncte.org @ncacensorship.bsky.social

We are in the editorial process on a forthcoming Special Issue of The Political Librarian, which will be devoted to discussions and analyses of what the results of the 2024 election may indicate for the future of library work. Stay posted for more information. journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/

🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 17 other public interest, trade associations, & civil liberties groups in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr to defend free speech and media freedom, expressing “deep concern” regarding recent actions taken by the agency.

Today @dramatistsguild.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social @artistsatrisk.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social and others expressed deep concern over the Trump Administration’s recent moves to impose ideological control over federally funded cultural programs: #theatresky #artssky #advocacy

“These efforts to make federally-funded arts programs the mouthpiece of the presidential administration should be concerning not just to artists, creatives, cultural organizations, and scholars, but to all Americans—regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum or their taste in art,”

"Publicity stunts like this one—in which artworks that have been shown and discussed for over 30 years are suddenly the focus of an unfounded ‘investigation’—do nothing to protect victims of child abuse...

We're almost completely full! Grab your seat for this free pre-release screening of the documentary, Banned Together: The Fight Against Censorship. This Thurs, Feb 13 at 6:30 at Salt Lake City PL. (Two hours free parking!) www.fightforthefirst.org/events/free-...

“Forced patriotism is indoctrination, those words are synonyms,” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

As the National Endowment for the Arts recalibrates its granting guidelines, we’ll be watching to ensure that they do not discriminate against artists or projects that offer critical or complex perspectives about the Declaration of Independence, its history, and/or the Federal Government.

Yesterday, NCAC joined over 40 other organizations in condemning the Trump administration's Executive Order targeting transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming Americans. NCAC will always stand and fight tooth and nail for those who the government seeks to bully and silence.

🏈 Join us tomorrow at 1pm ET! We'll be chatting with Jeanne Marie Laskas, who wrote the groundbreaking investigative journalism story in 2009 about the connection between playing football & brain injuries. Register for FREE: bit.ly/6Feb2025nlp #NewsLiteracyWeek #SuperBowl

We are dismayed by the news of the premature removal of an art billboard that is part of a temporary project with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, shortly after Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed called for its deinstallation. ncac.org/news/ncac-al...

@ncacensorship.bsky.social let’s get this petition out there! Stop the censorship and demand the data be restored! Add your name: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

Books bring knowledge, and knowledge is power. 💡 Join the fight against book bans with the Right to Read Network. Learn more: ncac.org/rrn #RightToRead #StopBookBans

Great event by a great organization!!

Orwellian Censorship in Schools? The Trump administration is pushing an Executive Order that bans teaching about race, gender & systemic injustice. This is an attack on free thought, free speech, and democracy itself.

Maybe... just maybe... banning interesting books could be a factor in this as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

The U.S. Department of Education dismissing book bans as a “hoax” is a dangerous denial of reality.

Remember, when they say bullshit phrases like "...restoring fundamental rights of parents" or "defending parental rights," they don't mean all parents. Just the ones they agree with.

Rebuild school libraries with us! The Gotham Group is collecting books for K-12 students impacted by fires in LAUSD. ✨ Picture Books ✨ Chapter Books ✨ YA, Middle Grade & Classics Drop-off: 1041 N Formosa Ave, West Hollywood, CA [email protected] Let’s give students their libraries back!

Freedom of speech as long as it's approved... www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

Yesterday, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Take action against book bans in the United States at http://www.bookbanpetition.us

We're sure that they will apply this same level of scrutiny to US-based social media platforms & data brokers that do the same thing...

We're still reviewing SCOTUS' TikTok decision, but two things have stuck out. 1) The court says this isn’t targeted at specific content or viewpoints - but legislators’ motivations/statements belie that and make plain this was about shutting down disfavored speech, particularly of youth voices.

📚 Heading to a board meeting to defend the freedom to read? Bring along some #UniteAgainstBookBans book résumés to inform decision makers and the public of a book's significance and educational value, and why it should be kept on library shelves: bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org

Somewhat incredibly, Texas does permit under its law its older minors to engage in actual sex but not to seek out information about how to engage in that legal activity safely... www.courthousenews.com/texas-anti-p...

WE’RE HIRING! The Knight Institute seeks a Policy Fellow, Research & Policy Program Coordinator, and Administrative Coordinator. Think you’d be a fit? Read this 🧵 and our website for more info & application instructions. knightcolumbia.org/page/work-wi...

All LA public libraries have free N95 masks if needed! #lafires

As we wait for a ruling on the #TikTok ban, LISTEN to “The Free Speech Costs of Banning TikTok.” Guests discuss the govt’s lack of evidence that TikTok poses a natl security threat & the need to rein in the rapacious surveillance practices of U.S. platforms, too. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The recent resurgence and application of mask bans has largely occurred in reaction to people peaceably exercising their constitutionally protected right to engage in anonymous speech and protest in public spaces, particularly in an era of increasing technological surveillance.

As a nonpartisan organization committed to free expression principles, we welcome Meta’s shift from centralized fact-checkers to a more transparent system in which users are trusted to react to and learn from each other.

Photos of naked children do not automatically constitute child abuse or pornography. Full Stop.