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Words Unbound: Challenging the New Censorship

September 5, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Join a live online conversation on the new censorship and what we can do about it. Organized in celebration of Constitution Day and the International Day of Peace. Presented by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution and the William S. Richardson School of Law with support from the Davis Democracy Initiative at Punahou School and The Better Tomorrow Speaker Series University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

This conversation will feature artists, educators, librarians, and advocates for academic freedom and inclusion in storytelling. Special guest: Maia Kobabe, author of the graphic memoir Gender Queer, which has become the most banned book in the United States. Additional speakers include: Stacey Aldrich, Hawai‘i State Librarian; Meera Garud, Instructor, Library and Information Science; Marissa Halagao, Punahou alumna and Yale undergraduate;  Camille Nelson, Dean, William S. Richardson School of Law;  and Maya Soetoro (moderator), Matsunaga Institute for Peace.

Register here.

Details

Date:
September 5, 2023
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Website:
https://hawaii.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Phxk1wIESs-3D-Vz2IC7iQ

Venue

Online

Organizer

Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
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