Organization Resources Online

NCAC links to other websites for useful resources related to free expression. We think that the materials in many of these will be of interest to our visitors, but we take no responsibility for any inaccuracies on linked sites.

Organizations working on free expression causes

• American Association of University Professors
• American Bookseller's Association
• American Civil Liberties Union: e-mail: infoaclu@aclu.org
• American Communication Association
• American Library Association
• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• Americans United for Separation of Church & State
• Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression
• Center for Democracy and Technology e-mail: info@cdt.org
  "The Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in global communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media."
• Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition
• Coalition for Academic Freedom of Expression (CAFE) at Carnegie Mellon University
• Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility e-mail: cpsr@cpsr.org
• Copley First Amendment Center
• Directors Guild of America
• Electronic Frontier Foundation "Based in San Francisco, EFF is a donor-supported membership organization working to protect our fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties. Among our various activities, EFF opposes misguided legislation, initiates and defends court cases preserving individuals' rights, launches global public campaigns, introduces leading edge proposals and papers, hosts frequent educational events, engages the press regularly, and publishes a comprehensive archive of digital civil liberties information at one of the most linked-to websites in the world."
• Families Against Internet Censorship
• Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) "FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled."
• Feminists Against Censorship "Feminists Against Censorship was formed in 1989 by a group of long-time feminist academics and campaigners who wished to fight censorship from a feminist perspective. In the intervening years, we have been joined by younger women, including those in other professions, such as computer programming, photography, secretarial work, law, and the sex industry."
• Feminists for Free Expression
• First Amendment Cyber-Tribune
• First Amendment Project
• Florida Coalition Against Censorship
• Free Expression Network (FEN) Clearing House
• Free Expression Policy Project
• Free Speech Coalition
• Freedom Forum
• Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
• Global Internet Liberty Campaign
• Index on Censorship
• Institute for Alternative Journalism -- Alternet "Democratic Values Project"
  e-mail: an@igc.apc.org
• Interfaith Alliance
• Interfaith Working Group of the Fight the Right Network
• Internet Advocate (for librarians and educators)
• Libraries for the Future
• Long Island Coalition Against Censorship
• MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE)
• National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  Educational Access Issues
• National Council for Teachers of English
• National Education Association
• National Jewish Democratic Council
• National Writers Union
• New York Foundation for the Arts - ArtsWire
• Office of Communication, United Church of Christ
• PEN American Center
  "A fellowship of writers working for more than eighty years to advance literature, to promote a culture of reading, and to defend free expression."
• PERSON (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) Project
• People for the American Way
• Platform for Internet Content Selection
• Project Censored
  "Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University which tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters. From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media."
• Society for Electronic Access
• Texas Education Network
  Acceptable Use Policies
• United Church of Christ
• Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona 2004

Other online resources

• Banned Books Online
• Censored
• The Censorship Pages
  "Here you will find information about the freedom of speech and of the press in reference to the written word. These pages provide the resources needed to explore how, and why censorship happens not only in the United States, but all around the world."
• The Censorware Project
• Civil Rights or Book Banning? Three New Approaches to Huckleberry Finn
• Electronic Frontiers Australia
• Electronic Privacy Information Center Censorship Page
• Esperanza Center
• Feminists Against Censorship
• Fight Over Huck Finn Continues
• File Room
• Free Speech: Other Voices
• Freedom of Speech in the United States
• International Freedom of Expression Exchange
• List of other Censorship-Related Links
• Minors' Rights to Receive Information Under the First Amendment
• Obstacles to Freedom of Expression at Colleges and Universities Today
• The On-Line Books Page Presents Banned Books On-Line
• Peacefire
• Rock Out CensorshipOrganization against music censorship.

Know your enemies

• The Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression has a comprehensive overview of those working to limit freedom of expression.
• Access Research Network
• American Family Association
• Catholic League
• Christian Coalition
• Family Research Council
• Focus on the Family
• Rutherford Foundation