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You’ll Never Guess What Dirty Dirty Book this Teen is Reading
Kids these days! Daniel Boyle and Grace vanKan tell a story of enlightenment for our 2012 Youth Free Expression Project Film Contest. Like what you see? “Like” this video on YouTube and it could become...
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Watch “Redacted” A Short Teen Film About Book Censorship
Sarah Grabman and Evan Horowitz submitted their whimsical reflection on how the censoring impulse can even seep into your own head and self-perfection. This film is one of our 2012 Youth Free...
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VIDEO: When it Comes to Reading Books, Teens Can Speak For Themselves
Often the books we find the most affecting, the most informative are the ones others want to ban or keep us from reading. Alexis Opper’s statement of youth power is one of our 2012 Youth Free...
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“Banned”: An Impressive Claymation Video About Book Censorship
Matthew Dunbar’s short film is one of our 2012 Youth Free Expression Project Film Contest semifinalists. Like what you see? “Like” this video on YouTube and it could become our 2012 People’s Choice...
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Ban Harry Potter? This Teen Won’t Stand for It!
April Jackson dramatizes a story about her sister, who was told by their mother she wasn’t allowed to read Harry Potter because it contained witchcraft. April’s short film is one of our 2012 Youth Free...
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Banning Books, Excluding Thoughts: An Animated Music Video
Combining a number of genres, Daniel Pritchard sends a unified message: ideas should be free to be shared and absorbed. Daniel is one of our 2012 Youth Free Expression Project Film Contest...
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Seriously, Just Let the Kids Harlem Shake
In case you blinked and missed it – the Harlem Shake video meme has been sweeping the internet for the past month. Tens of thousands of versions of the Harlem Shake video have been made and millions...
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Censorship, Kids and the Internet
One part the internet, one part kids… mix and the result is a recipe for parental anxiety, mixed opinions from professionals and politicians, and overreaching attempts to control access to information....
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Too Soon or Censorship? “The Librarian of Basra”& Third Graders
This morning’s news feeds boasted two stories that grabbed our attention, in particular because they dovetail so perfectly with the recent controversy in Chicago Public Schools surrounding Persepolis....
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Fla. Teens Write on the Dangers of Book-Burning
For the last few months, the West Palm Beach Library Foundation in Florida has been hosting the travelling exhibition Banned and Burned: Literary Censorship and the Loss of Freedom from the U.S....
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Youth Free Expression: Learning and Coping through Open Conversation
Books like “When the Leopard Lost His Spots” can be useful tools to help kids understand gender and identity Every parent wishes their child could be spared the worst of life. War, lingering sickness,...
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Jailed for a Facebook post: 19-Year-Old Justin Carter, State Sensitivity and...
Justin Carter, 19, was jailed for a Facebook comment Have you ever lost your temper and said something in the heat of the moment you later came to regret? Did you end up waiting 5 months in jail for a...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Perception of Gamers
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Perception of Gamers” by...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Future Warfare III
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Future Warfare III” by Ani...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Video Games in the Crosshairs:...
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Video Games in the Crosshairs:...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Video Games, the New Art Form
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Video Games: the New Art Form”...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Gaming – My Story
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Gaming: My Story” by Sylvan Gu...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: A Virtual Reality
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “A Virtual Reality” by Peter...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Video Games in the Crosshairs: Rewind
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Video Games in the Crosshairs:...
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[VIDEO] 2013 YFEP Film Contest Finalist: Initial Testing
This film is one of ten semi-finalists in our 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. LOVE this film? VOTE. You can help it win People’s Choice by liking it on YouTube. “Initial Testing” by Austin...
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