** SPECIAL EDITION 2025
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** A Time for Courage
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By Lee Rowland,

Executive Director
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Our nation is built on the ideal of liberty – that our national character and constitution promise us the freedom to speak, the freedom to create, and the freedom to choose what we see, listen to, and read. Those are the values that have motivated our work at the National Coalition Against Censorship for over 50 years.

On the cusp of our nation’s 250th anniversary, however, these freedoms are at risk – and treated by the government as an inconvenience and an obstacle rather than a core feature of our democracy.

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** Is It Cold in Here, Or Is It Just Me?
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By Elizabeth Larison,

Director,

Arts & Culture Advocacy Program
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From questionably constitutional Executive Orders, to the takeover of the Kennedy Center, to the widespread defunding of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), to the new ideological mandates imposed upon the Smithsonian Institution, the Trump Administration’s aims are clear.
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** Canaries in the Visa Line: the New U.S. Visa Vetting Expansion
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By Svetlana Mintcheva

Program Consultant

I arrived in the United States as a student, fleeing the decaying socialism of Eastern Europe. Like many others, I was drawn by the promise of world-class professors, cutting-edge research, and—of course—the ability to speak freely, without fear of reprisal. Over time, I became a U.S. citizen and an advocate for free speech, not because (at that time) it was more threatened here than elsewhere, but because I understood from experience how fragile it truly is. And today that fragility is put to the test.
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** DAYLO – Words That Empower, Voices That Matter
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By Christine Emeran,

Director,

Youth Free Expression Program
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Patrick Good and E Achurch are both high school students living in Beaufort, South Carolina. While they come from different backgrounds and schools, both Good and Achurch are student leaders in the Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization (DAYLO).
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** Help us Defend the Freedom to Think, Create, and Speak.
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Censorship is rising across the nation, silencing artists, authors, and young voices. Here at the National Coalition Against Censorship, we defend your right to express yourself.

Your donation fuels young people fighting book bans, empowers artists to resist censorship, builds the next generation of speech advocates, and connects free expression defenders across the United States, supporting your right to read, create, engage with, and imagine without fear. Together, we can ensure every voice remains heard.

Defend the right to express yourself with a donation today.
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** It’s That Time of the Year Again!
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Join us for a night of celebration and reflection at the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Annual Gala as we honor free speech champions whose tireless commitment to protecting artistic freedom, intellectual inquiry, and the fundamental right to speak one’s mind has inspired us and made us all freer.
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