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Dear Friend,

I know you’ve already done so much for PEN America, and we can’t thank you enough for your stalwart dedication to our work and mission.

But educational gag orders and the threats they represent for academic freedom are on the rise, and we need your help to continue calling them out for what they are—attempts at silencing discourse and hampering discussion of any topic that legislators might deem “divisive.”
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This fight isn’t new. Over the years, PEN America has fought back against censorship of all kinds. But the scale of these attacks represents a significant threat to the freedom to teach, learn, and understand the complexities of American history.

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Summer Lopez
Senior Director, Free Expression Programs
Dear Friend,

Books banned. Courses canceled. Teachers under attack. School board meetings disrupted.

It’s happening across the country. These are just a few of the consequences of a wave of alarming legislative efforts to limit teaching and learning on topics including racism, gender, and American history. While there are essential debates to have about how we teach and learn history, legislative bans are not the right answer.

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Earlier this week, we put out a report about these educational gag orders, many of which would punish educators, colleges, schools, and districts that dare to cover excluded topics. They’ve already had a chilling effect on campuses and in classrooms across the country, on both open discourse and academic freedom.

We need your help to keep calling out these threats and sounding the alarm. Will you contribute today to our work? ([link removed])

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Summer Lopez
Senior Director, Free Expression Programs
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