PEN America helps college students, teachers, and school leaders protect free speech on campus while creating welcoming communities for everyone. They offer training workshops, guides with tips and advice, and reports about campus free speech issues. Their Campus Free Speech Guide teaches the 7 principles of balancing free expression with inclusive communities. They provide real examples from campus events and explain the laws that affect campus speech. Their team can also speak at conferences and lead panel discussions about these important topics.
Who can use this
College students, faculty, and administrators
Cost
Free
Houston, TX
PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.
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This digital archive saves articles and reports from independent Russian news outlets from the past 20 years. It helps researchers, journalists, historians, and students study Russian history and media. The archive has over 3.5 million documents from 58 news outlets. You can search by date, type of story, and which news source published it. This protects important journalism that might otherwise be lost as Russian media outlets are shut down.
PEN America helps writers, journalists, and their allies stay safe from online harassment and threats. They provide training to learn how to protect yourself online, safety resources and guides, help for organizations to create better safety policies, and research on digital safety issues. The service is for anyone who faces online abuse because of their writing or identity, especially women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and minorities. Contact digitalsafety@pen.org to learn about training programs or partnerships.
PEN America helps journalists stay safe and fight fake news. They offer training to protect journalists from online bullying and harassment. They teach journalists how to spot and report false information. They also provide research and resources to help journalists do their work safely. The program includes online safety training, guides for handling digital threats, and tools to build trust with communities. All resources are free for journalists who need protection or want to learn how to fight disinformation.
Philanthropy New York helps foundation and nonprofit leaders learn about racial equity and change their organizations. They offer group learning programs, peer working groups, and trust-based philanthropy training. Members can join cohorts that meet regularly to learn together and get tools to make their organizations more fair and equitable. They also provide resources, recorded programs, and help connect members with racial equity consultants and training organizations.
This program teaches people who help others with money how to guide their clients in giving to charities. The training shows advisors how to help people find good causes they care about and give money in ways that save on taxes.
High school students can join this free program to learn leadership skills and job training while getting paid $9 per hour. Students work on projects and learn important life skills to prepare for their future careers.
Smile, breathe, and go slowly.
Thich Nhat Hanh