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Kansas Senate Passes Bill That Could Jail Teachers for Controversial Material
The Kansas Senate last week passed a bill that could send teachers to jail if they expose students to material deemed “harmful to minors.” While proponents say the intention is to shield children from pornography, critics fear that the overbroad statute could criminalize many legitimate topics of study, from literature to art to biology. In fact, this effort began last year in response to a sex ed poster that was briefly displayed in a middle school classroom.
From The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, one of NCAC’s participating organizations.
(via cbldf)
NCAC’s 2014 Youth Free Expression Film Contest Winner: Don’t Let Them Take Your Voice by Anne Wade.
We are now accepting submissions for YFEP’s 2015 Contest! The topic? “That’s Not Funny! Can Comedy Cross a Line?”
Young aspiring filmmakers now have the chance to win cash prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 for the top three filmmakers, a trip with a guest to New York City to attend the Youth Voices Uncensored event in the spring, and a one-year complimentary student membership to the Rubin Museum of Art rmanyc.
The first place winner will also receive a $5,000 scholarship to the New York Film Academy nyfa!
The deadline is Monday, December 14th, 2015. Full details can be found here.
Spread the word, and good luck, filmmakers!
Author Sherman Alexie, recipient of the National Coalition Against Censorship 2013 Free Speech Defender Award.
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Neil Gaiman tells the story of Mike Diana, the first American artist ever to be convicted of obscenity for his own material.
neil-gaiman reading an inscription on his 2014 Free Speech Defender Award at the Free Speech Matters: The National Coalition Against Censorship’s 40TH Anniversary!