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AAUP, AFT, NCAC Issue Statement Denouncing Florida HB 999

By |February 27th, 2023|Categories: Blog, News, Press Releases, Statement|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The AAUP,  the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) issued the following statement condemning the introduction of Florida HB 999.  With the introduction of HB 999, the Florida legislature—at Governor DeSantis’s urging—has doubled down on its attacks on academic freedom with a bill [...]

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NCAC monitors fate of The Cooper Union’s Vkhutemas exhibition

By |February 27th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Letters, News|Tags: , , , , |

Photo Caption: Flickr user Vincent Desjardins via Creative Commons license UPDATE: 5/12/2023 -  Following initial postponements, the Vkhutemas exhibition opened to the public from April 25 - May 5, 2023. Cooper Union stated that the postponement was necessary to develop and incorporate an expanded framework for the exhibition, along [...]

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NCAC supports SPLC’s New Voices New York Bill

By |February 24th, 2023|Categories: News, Press Releases, Statement|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

NCAC has released a statement in support of the Student Journalist Free Speech Act and applauding New York student activists' efforts to support student free press rights.  The act provides that, "a student journalist shall have the right to exercise free speech and of the press in school-sponsored media," [...]

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NCAC, CAA contact Macalester College to assist in response to TARAVAT controversy

By |February 24th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Letters, News, Press Releases|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Image caption: Taravat Talepasand, Demons, Dictators, Blasphemy, and Man, 2016. The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and the College Art Association (CAA) have contacted Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to express concerns about how its campus gallery handled the controversy surrounding an exhibition entitled TARAVAT.  The college's efforts [...]

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Broward County Public Schools Improperly Removes Sex Ed Book During Review Process

By |February 24th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Letters, News, Press Releases|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)  has shared a letter with the School Board of Broward County Public Schools in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, concerning a potential violation of district policy and the improper temporary removal of Erika Moen's and Matthew Nolan's book Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to [...]

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NCAC, FIRE release joint letter on censorship of State College of Florida art exhibition

By |February 23rd, 2023|Categories: Blog, In The News, Letters, News, Press Releases|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Photo Credit: Clifford McDonald, Good Trouble, 2023 The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) are alarmed by reports of the apparently politically motivated censorship of an art exhibition entitled "Embracing Kindness" at the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota’s Bradenton campus. Please [...]

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