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NCAC Statement in Support of Texas House Bill 1945

By |March 1st, 2023|Categories: News, Press Releases, Statement|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The National Coalition Against Censorship has issued the following statement of support for Texas HB 1945 The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) is an alliance of more than 50 national non-profit literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups that are united in their commitment to freedom [...]

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NCAC encourages St. Johns School District to adopt better policies for addressing book challenges

By |March 1st, 2023|Categories: In The News, Letters, News, Press Releases|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The National Coalition Against Censorship has written a letter to St. Johns County School District in St. Augustine, Florida. Under their current policy, books are being removed during the review process, a practice we have long opposed. We encourage the District to adopt better policies for addressing book challenges [...]

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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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