We are excited to reflect on our remarkable 50th anniversary Gala, in preparation for our Gala on November 18th, presented by Sourcebooks. Floyd Abrams delivered a powerful and inspiring acceptance speech about the importance of standing up for the First Amendment.

By restricting press access to the Pentagon, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is preventing the free flow of information that allows for a free press, which has served the American people faithfully since its founding. NCAC supports those who stand against this overreach!

No idea is illegal. It is breathtakingly absurd and outrageous to even suggest that ideas need to be policed. And that the promise of the First Amendment--the freedom to think freely--is the bedrock of American values. This post subverts everything our constitution stands for.

As the National Endowment for the Arts recalibrates its granting guidelines, we’ll be watching to ensure that they do not discriminate against artists or projects that offer critical or complex perspectives about the Declaration of Independence, its history, and/or the Federal Government.

Yesterday, NCAC joined over 40 other organizations in condemning the Trump administration's Executive Order targeting transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming Americans.

NCAC will always stand and fight tooth and nail for those who the government seeks to bully and silence.

Books bring knowledge, and knowledge is power. 💡 Join the fight against book bans with the Right to Read Network. Learn more: ncac.org/rrn #RightToRead #StopBookBans

Orwellian Censorship in Schools? The Trump administration is pushing an Executive Order that bans teaching about race, gender & systemic injustice. This is an attack on free thought, free speech, and democracy itself.

The U.S. Department of Education dismissing book bans as a “hoax” is a dangerous denial of reality.

Rebuild school libraries with us! The Gotham Group is collecting books for K-12 students impacted by fires in LAUSD.

✨ Picture Books
✨ Chapter Books
✨ YA, Middle Grade & Classics

Drop-off: 1041 N Formosa Ave, West Hollywood, CA
[email protected]

Let’s give students their libraries back!

The recent resurgence and application of mask bans has largely occurred in reaction to people peaceably exercising their constitutionally protected right to engage in anonymous speech and protest in public spaces, particularly in an era of increasing technological surveillance.

Photos of naked children do not automatically constitute child abuse or pornography. Full Stop.