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NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP2013 ANNUAL REPORT

$1,000+American Association of University ProfessorsAround FoundationThe Authors Guild FoundationBaker & TaylorPhyllis & Michael Bamberger, Esq.Elisa Barnes & Alan BellBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.Candlewick PressProf. Norman DorsenR.H. Rackstraw DownesDreamWorks Animation, LLCEric & Barbara Carle FoundationFirst Amendment Lawyers AssociationFirst Unitarian Universalist Congregation

of Ann ArborMelissa Nathanson & Eric M. Freedman Douglas GreenWilma J. GreyHelen Heineman Haje & Peter Haje Marjorie E. Heins, Esq.Wendy KaminerMarion S. KaplanPam Magnuson & Joshua Levy Lindenmeyr Book Publishing PapersJoyce MillerNational Center for Science EducationNational Council of Teachers of EnglishOpen Road Integrated MediaMichael PietschPaul D. Schurgot FoundationStuart S. Applebaum Giving FoundationMarianne Udow-PhillipsW.W. Norton & CompanyWorzalla Publishing CompanyWriters House, LLC

$500+Peter P. AckoureySherman AlexieAnonymousJoan E. BertinBloomsbury Children’s BooksCate BurnsteadCenter for Democracy and TechnologyGordon A. CollinsRobert A. CookJeanne CriscolaRita DeangelisProf. Jonathan EntinFoundation for Individual Rights in EducationThe Gotham GroupAnn E. GrobanHans HaackeJoel KurtzbergPatricia S. LangLaurie LarrabeeGina M. LeonettiLevine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLPDavid LevithanLoretta & Peter LopiparoCarey LovelaceElizabeth Levy & Marshall MarcovitzBarbara Marcus

Marilyn & Robert MazurMedia CoalitionDr. Martha T. MednickDr. Henry D. MesserJoyce MillerThe Morris & Helen Messing Charitable FundSusan I. MoldowPeople for the American WayPrinceton University PressPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaEvelyn Jones Rich & Marvin RichLarry SiemsTanya Melich & Noel L. Silverman David SobelSociety of Children’s Book Writers & IllustratorsGail Edwin & Robert SteinMichael StewartIan StockdaleLynn G. StrausStudent Press Law Center

$250+American Booksellers AssociationAmerican Society of Newspaper EditorsRobert BachnerDavid H. BartleyAlice BergmanDeborah T. BlankenbergJonathan BloomLyman B. Brainerd, Jr.Larry CarsmanRonald E. DaleyDavid Aronow FoundationJanet Vaill DayThomas Owen ErbRobert Neil Faiman, Jr.Russell D. FolksMilos FormanFoundation for Worker, Veteran & Environmental

HealthFreedom to Read FoundationPeter FrishaufStanley Geller, Esq.Martha GershunRuth & Christopher GilesDr. Eli GlatsteinElizabeth & Homer GoldbergJanet Levin & Frank Gruber The Harvey R. & Ruth Miller Charitable Fund

TrustJudith HutchinsInstitute of International EducationIra M. Resnick FoundationPiers Anthony JacobKeith KleespiesEllis LevineLaura & William Maitland Ralph MarashMichele A. McLaughlinMedia Law Resource Center, Inc.Pamela A. Mann & Terry MeginnissBarbara J. MeislinJoyce MeskisNell Minow

Robert S. NewtonLee Anne & Louis NimkoffFay & Rolland O’HareMatthew PinkusElaine & Bertram PittCharles A. PlattWilliam W. More & Thomas H.

PowellProject CensoredMary ReinkeWilliam Windsor RichardsonJoseph B. RosenblattRoxanne Donovan & Tom

ScarangelloN.E. SchaferMardge Cohen & Gordon SchiffElisabeth SchmitzMichael SchudsonDodi SchultzRenata Manasse SchwebelDavid B. SharpeNancy Wolf & Charles Sims Julius J. SlazinskiDr. Robert C. Small, Jr.Dr. Catharine R. StimpsonSyracuse UniversityThomas Jefferson CenterMr. & Mrs. Philippe VillersRobert A. ViolaGwenna J. WeshinskeyEmily WhitfieldDavid W. WilburO.L. Zeve

$100+Carolyn AbravanelLogan H. AimoneEdward AlbeeHarold Peter AllenProf. Effie K. AmblerAndrews McMeel Universal

FoundationKaren and Gregory ArensonDouglas M. ArmatoH.B. AuslanderJudith & Charles BabstEva Williams & Kamel Bahary Ellie BaileyGeorge BaileyRichard BalloRonald E. BanksPeter BaxterMarshall Beil, Esq.George E. BergEdward BerneAnne BertinClaire Bertin-LangStephen P. BerzonIrene BiggsRobert Blake, Jr.Anne W. BleichLawrence BlumeEleanor & George BollagLuke Parker Bowles

Dr. Karl BrandspigelVivian BregmanMr. & Mrs. Howard L. BrennerJennifer BrewerPeggy & Allan BrickProf. Ellen H. BrinkleyJoanie BronfmanE. Wayles BrowneGordon G. CampbellJames P. CassidyCatholics for ChoiceJean & Garvin ChastainMichael CheslerDavid R. ChipmanEdmund ClinganProf. Carl CohenLinda S. Gerstein & Eli CohenCollege Art AssociationRosanne M. CordellFrancis CouvaresH. James CrowLyndle CummingsBetsy DarrahMary DavidsonMerry DemarestEileen DenglerE. Michael DesiletsLou Dunn DiekemperKarl C. DillerPaul J. DiMaggioBruce P. DouglassTim DrescherSteven DubinChris DunnMary & Robert C. EagerFrank EastburnEugene EdelsteinHerman D. FarrellJoyce W. FieldsteelHeather Florence, Esq.Lorraine M. ForceAlan FrankAnn FrankeDavid J. GaleH. Phelps Gates, Jr.Phil GerrardSteven M. GerstleJohn T. GillespieFrank Walker GilmerMichael GinsbergDaniel GladstoneEllen Ross & W. Richard GlendonGerry & Irwin GoldbergElizabeth & James GoldmanMasumi & Matthew GoldmanSusan & Richard GoldsteinMichael GoodmanRobert E. GoodrichDr. Richard L. GrantGayle A. GreenoBen GregoRichard J. GregoryRonnie & Richard GrosbardHanna Grossman

Nancy GruberWilliam GumbleMary Ellen & Lloyd H. GuptillBarbara & Abraham HabenstreitSusanne A. HaffnerThomas William HamiltonMr. & Mrs. Gerald HandelMichelle HandelmanMargery & Sheldon HarnickThomas H. HaugDorothy & Edward HelfeldSigrid Hepp-DaxCarol & Henry HermanFrances A. HessSandra Lepore & Martin Hittelman Judith N. HoeptnerEileen & Craig HollanderRobert HubsherWilliam HutchinsAnn M. IngoliaAdriene JenikLinda JensenJoan & John JohnsonHarry M. JohnstonProf. Beryl R. Jones-WoodinHal Jordy, IIIRex JoynerJoan Jubela Prof. Irene KacandesElizabeth & Raymond KaplanDinni Gordon & Michael KeatingKen RivardSusan K. & Louis J. KernJohn M. KittrossGeorge G. KleinspehnEdward C. KnizewskiCurt KornblauMichael KotzinJan & John KronholmBernice L. KuhlSusan KuklinProf. Carlo LamagnaLambda LegalRobert Todd LangCharles LanskiGreg LehneLesly I. & Philip LempertReLeah LentMr. & Mrs. Edwin Deane LeonardEleanor & Eugene LitwakBruce E. LohmanClaudette & Hugh LoweJonathan LubinKatherine & James B. LucotStephen ManesJanet MardfinCarole O. MarkusCarol & Thomas MarloweStephen E. MarstonJuliane McAdamPaul B. McBrideFred D. McCoyLeon McCullohJohn R. McIntyre

B. Rose Parisi & Donald J. MeckleyJames D. MeesJack P. MeinersIsa-Kae MeksinCarlin MeyerBetty MilesJohn MilesKimberly & Tom MoonJames MoschellaWilliam R. MuensterErika MunkPhyllis Reynolds NaylorAnne NeigoffElizabeth & Dr. Murry NelsonNew York Library AssociationJane OakesBritt & Ed OchesterChris O’HarraDr. Robert M. O’NeilMarcia OrovitzWayne N. OuttenRosanne Fitko & James Padgett Morton D. PaleyDonald ParkerMichael PelizzariRuth & Sam PerelsonJohn PerryDr. John C. PetriccianiJeffrey PipoLeslie Fay PomerantzThomas Ross PorterJohn Edward PutnamBarbara PylesLaura QuiggKaren Jewett & Barry RamusColleen S.W. & Kenneth H. RandChris RaschkaJorgen RasmussenCatherine RatnerDian Curtis ReganArline ReimannJohn A. RiccaDavid G. RichSusan & Ronald RobboyStephen Rohde, Esq.Rabbi Elizabeth RolleAndrea RosenLeslie & Norman RossRichard L. RothSusan & Milton B. RouseRalph SamuelsonJames SanfordAlbert SanterrePat R. ScalesJanet & Victor SchachterRichard G. Schneider, Jr.David SchusterBetty SchwartzMayer D. SchwartzJoan W. ScottDavid A. SeamanJere R. Cadoret & Cheryl M. SeegerDeborah SeidAnn Lewis Seltzer & Richard M Seltzer

Doris & Donald ShafferLewis ShapiroNorman SheerVicky ShiefmanDiane J. & Gary L. ShirleyRobert A.S. SilbermanLarry S. SilverbergHarvey A. Silverglate, Esq.Eve SinaikoBarry SkeistJulius J. SlazinskiEarl J. Smith, Jr.Eugene SmithMaggie SmithPaul SmithDeborah M. & Charles J. Hitchcock SnyderLillian J. SoldatMay SollJoslyn Levy & David SpectorNancy & Charles StantonMildred J. StarrettCharles A. StegmanCarl SteinMaurice R. SternbergRonald StochDouglas B. StuartLaurence B. SutterMarsha TantleffLinda & Duane TerrillMegan TingleyRobert W. TobeyDeborah & Michael TronerCarol & James E. TruesdaleC. Theodore TuckerAmy B. & Stephen UnfriedDr. Carole S. VanceWilliam G. Schlesinger & Steven VolkRuth H. WalkerHoward & Chris WatkinsKathleen & David WaymireRobb WebbEric WedelElanor Wilner & Robert B. WeinbergLewis WeinfeldJune A. & Leland M. WelshLiz WerbyAnne L. Gray & Steven L. White John S. WhiteSam WienerNancy R. & Roy A. WilskerLinda WilsonSusan WishnetskyMarsha WoernerThe Wonderful FoundationBarbara K. & Sieglinde G. WoodBeth Wrenn-EstesAnna H. WuCraig R. WyssThomas A. YoungAnn D. Gilliam & Nick ZakisH.J. Zoffer

While space limitations allow us to list only donors of $100 or more, we are grateful to all who support us.

$100,000+Jerome Levy Foundation

$50,000+The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

$20,000+The Brightwater FundHachette Book GroupPhilip D. HarveySusan Clare & Peter ParkerRandom House Children’s BooksShelley & Donald Rubin FoundationSimon & Schuster

$10,000+ABRAMSAmerican Booksellers Foundation for Free ExpressionAnonymousAssociation of American PublishersBarnes & NobleJudy Blume & George CooperComic Book Legal Defense FundThe Herb Block FoundationPenguin Young Readers GroupScholastic The Weissman Family Foundation

$5,000+Alpern Family FoundationDavis Wright Tremaine, LLPEducational Book & Media AssociationHerman Goldman FoundationIngram Book CompanyFrank JohnsonThe Kids FundMacmillan Publishers USASeattle FoundationWhispering Bells Foundation

$2,500+Alloy EntertainmentAmerican Civil Liberties UnionKathleen & Jeffrey BaumChristopher DurangEntertainment Software AssociationFreedom to Read FoundationJack B. GlickmanHarperCollins PublishersICM PartnersLake Book ManufacturingTom Wallace LyonsRR DonnelleySidney Stern Memorial TrustEdward Z. TabashWeil Gotshal & Manges, LLPWilliam Morris Endeavor

“NCAC saved my life at a time when I needed to be saved.”

Judy Blume

Author and NCAC Board Member

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FINANCIALS

PROTECTING YOUR FREEDOM

Prosecuted street artist ESSAM and a poster from his “NYPD Drones: Protection When You Least Expect It” campaign.

“The Dolls” from artist Mike Ford’s cancelled exhibit, Prime Example.

YFEP Film Contest Winners at the New York Film Academy.

Mary Kent Whitaker’s classroom celebrates their right to read.

NCAC signs up a new free speech defender at Banned Books Week.

Sherman Alexie signs his book for fan Gio Garcia at Free Speech Matters.

Friends,

In the past year, we were regularly reminded why free speech is forever critical. We saw timeless and contemporary books challenged, cutting-edge and classic art cloaked, student speech stifled, entertainment demonized, and mass surveillance exposed. With the First Amendment on our side, we took on incidents from Massachusetts to Oregon, prevailing more than 80 percent of the time.

As a national advocate, we mobilized important academic freedom victories on college campuses across the country and influenced policy on book ratings, museum best practices, and video games. As a local activist, we helped to restore a record number of books like The Invisible Man and The Perks of Being a Wallflower to school libraries and classrooms, and fought for controversial art like the Prime Example exhibit, and controversial artists like Kara Walker, to be seen and understood.

Yet, we can only do so much. NCAC’s impact multiplies and reverberates when new generations of free speech defenders are formed from our advocacy and education efforts. Hundreds of students, artists, teachers, parents, and countless free-minded community members from all 50 states joined our defense of free speech in 2013.

In 2014, NCAC celebrates forty years of protecting your freedom. Our coalition is lasting because we all have a personal stake in culturally vibrant and enlightened communities. History tells us that censors will continue to sound the alarms, but we know that when they do, you’ll be in the fight. On behalf of our dedicated coalition members, board of directors, and staff, thank you for keeping our society free to create, explore and think.

With gratitude,

Joan Bertin, Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael Jacobs, Chairman

Jon Anderson

Michael Bamberger

Joan Bertin

Judy Blume

Susan Clare

Eric M. Freedman

Martha Gershun

Robie Harris

Phil Harvey

Chris Peterson

Larry Siems

Emily Whitfield

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

Actors’ Equity Association American Association of School Administrators American Association of University Professors American Association of University Women American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression American Civil Liberties Union American Ethical Union American Federation of Teachers American Jewish Committee American Library Association American Literary Translators Association American Orthopsychiatric Association American Society of Journalists & Authors Americans United for Separation of Church & State Association of American Publishers Authors Guild Catholics for Choice Children’s Literature Association College Art Association Comic Book Legal Defense Fund The Creative Coalition Dramatists Legal Defense Fund Directors Guild of America Dramatists Guild of America Educational Book & Media Association First Amendment Lawyers Association International Reading Association Lambda Legal Modern Language Association National Center for Science Education National Communication Association National Council for the Social Studies National Council of Churches National Council of Jewish Women National Council of Teachers of English National Education Association National Youth Rights Association The Newspaper Guild/CWA PEN American Center People For the American Way Planned Parenthood Federation of America Project Censored SAG-AFTRA Sexuality Information & Education Council of the U.S. Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Student Press Law Center Union for Reform Judaism Union of Democratic Intellectuals Unitarian Universalist Association United Church of Christ, Office of Communication United Methodist Church, United Methodist Communications Women’s American ORT Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance Writers Guild of America, East Writers Guild of America, West

ASSETS

Current Assets $976,124

Fixed Assets $5,865

Other Assets $22,699

Total Assets $1,004,688

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS

Current Liabilities $30,811

Net Assets

Unrestricted $888,877

Restricted $85,000

Total Net Assets $973,877

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $1,004,688

2013

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ARTS ADVOCACY PROJECT The AAP is the only national initiative that works directly with artists, arts organization leaders, curators, and college professors on specific censorship incidents in the visual arts, including last year’s cancellation of the art exhibition program at the Kansas University Medical Center in Topeka, and the removal of several expressionist nude paintings from the Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit at the San Bernardino County Government Center in California. The AAP continues to maintain the Art Law Library, which offers plain-language summaries of case law affecting artists’ free speech rights, and its leadership role in ARTSFEX, the first global network for the protection and promotion of artistic freedom.

YOUTH FREE EXPRESSION PROJECT

YFEP confronts the kinds of censorship young people encounter on a daily basis and promotes policies that emphasize informing, educating, and guiding young people so that they can safely navigate and participate in contemporary culture and grow into thoughtful, mature and informed adults. The Kids’ Right to Read Project and the Youth Film Contest are important elements of YFEP, which also addresses issues such as censorship of sex education, policies restricting student use of social media, cyber-bullying and anti-harassment policies in schools, student dress codes, regulation of popular music, and other government activities that restrict young people’s access to information or limit their ability to express ideas. A YFEP issue that gained traction in 2013 was video game censorship; NCAC protested the banning of video games from public venues, commented on constitutionally questionable legislative proposals in Massachusetts and New Jersey, and published letters and articles in several media outlets, including The New York Times.

HIGHER EDUCATION Public educational institutions are bound by the First Amendment not to discriminate against particular ideas, no matter how controversial they might be. NCAC produces legal and policy analysis to draw a clear line between serious problems like sexual harassment and discussions of sexual subject matter, which some students may find uncomfortable; between legitimate requests for balance and attempts to silence unpopular political viewpoints; and between a university’s concern for students’ feelings and its obligation to educate about sensitive topics. In 2013, we appeared as amicus curiae in support of student speech, condemned government officials’ attempt to muzzle a debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Brooklyn College, and organized national support to help reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was simply doing her job.

FREE EXPRESSION NETWORK

FEN is an alliance of the 45 leading U.S. organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving First Amendment rights. The network promotes collaborative activities and information sharing under the leadership of NCAC. FEN members meet regularly to report on activities of mutual concern and to develop coordinated strategies. The FEN listserv facilitates collaborative activities, including joint campaigns and letters, amicus briefs, and legislative comments and testimony, and highlights for the public the work of member organizations and breaking news on free speech issues.

“We won! 3-2! The House of the Spirits

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Mary Kent Whitaker

High School Teacher in Boone,

North Carolina

“I learned to consider the

as opposed to the enemy. Censors present artists with

African-American tradition of call and response. They

to be heard and read and

Kara Walker

Artist

“We were thrilled to witness the 6 to 1 vote to bring The

made great strides and were

Olivia M.

Student in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Sherman Alexie

Author

at any one time in the United

Chris Finan

President, American Booksellers

Foundation for Free Expression

CENSORPEDIA

NCAC continued to build the Censorpedia Wiki prior to its formal launch in 2014. The participatory wiki of censorship incidents from the Iron Age to the 21st Century now contains more than 1,000 searchable and categorized articles about cases from around the globe, including information about what subjects and communities are vulnerable to attack, and a guide to strategies and tactics that have defeated past attempts at censorship.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Jon Anderson

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Judy Blume

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