Something to Hide: Writers Against the Surveillance State
2:30PM - 3:30PM (Room 404B)

PEN American Center and the ACLU present a reading to provoke reflection on controversial post-9/11 government surveillance programs in the U.S. As part of PEN's Campaign for Core Freedoms, we've been working with the American Civil Liberties Union and other leading human rights organizations to challenge some of the government's most pernicious infringements of basic human rights, working to restore privacy protections for bookstore and library records, fighting to end the FBI's unchecked use of National Security Letters, and challenging warrentless telephone and internet surveillance by the NSA. Co-sponsored by the Campaign for Reader Privacy and ABFEE

PEN American Center Reception
4PM – 5:30PM (Petree Plaza)

PEN American Center and the ACLU Champagne Benefit Reception for “Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State”.
Co-sponsored by the Campaign for Reader Privacy and ABFFE

Hosted by:
Roxana Robinson from the PEN Advisory Council and Jameel Jaffer, Director, National Security Project for the ACLU. Plus meet and greet Judy Blume, Dennis Lehane, Chris Crawford, Jim Crace, Andre Dubus III, Azar Nafisi in addition to PEN and ACLU staff members.

$10 Admission (ticket is needed)

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