The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance

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The American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm

ALA
50 E. Huron Chicago
IL 60611
Phone: 800-545-2433

The ALA Washington Office:
The Office of Government Relations (OGR)
The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP)

1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 403
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-628-8410
Fax: 202-628-8419

Cooperative Children’s Book Center/Intellectual Freedom
School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 North Park Street, Room 4290
Madison, Wisconsin 53706

The National Coalition Against Censorship
www.ncac.org/

National Coalition Against censorship (NCAC), founded in 1974, is an alliance of fifty national nonprofit organizations, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups. United by a conviction that freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression must be defended, they work to educate their own members and the public at large about the dangers of censorship and how to oppose them.

International PEN/USA – Pen USA Freedom to Write USA
www.penusa.org/go/programs/section/ftw-usa/

Since 1921, International PEN has championed freedom of expression and defended writers of conscience. PEN members were influential in crafting Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” PEN holds Category A status at UNESCO and consultative status with the United Nations where the organization lobbies on behalf of writers who are harassed, imprisoned, and murdered for the peaceful expression of their views.

First Amendment Center
www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

The First Amendment Center’s website features comprehensive coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, a unique First Amendment Library, and guest analyses by respected legal specialists. The site is operated by Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and in Arlington, Virginia.

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
www.abffe.com/

The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is the bookseller's voice in the fight against censorship. Founded by the American Booksellers Association in 1990, ABFFE’s mission is to promote and protect the free exchange of ideas, particularly those contained in books, by opposing restrictions on the freedom of speech; issuing statements on significant free expression controversies; participating in legal cases involving First Amendment rights; collaborating with other groups with an interest in free speech; and providing education about the importance of free expression to booksellers, other members of the book industry, politicians, the press and the public. The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression also hosts a First Amendment site for kids at: http://www.kidspeakonline.org/

Random House Children’s Books
www.randomhouse.com/teens/firstamendment/

Random House Children’s Books is committed to those who stand against censorship. The site gives lots of information for adults and teens as well as a First Amendment First Aid Kit. It also features comments from authors Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Zilpha Keatley Synder, and the late Robert Cormier at: www.randomhouse.com/teens/firstamendment/authors.html