Join award-winning campaigner Terry Anderson and a panel of experts to learn more about the global trends threatening cartoonists, and why satirical art matters. Learn about the efforts of the Cartoonist Rights Network International to protect human rights and defend cartoonists threatened as a result of their work.
Panelists:
* Roslyn Mazer (Moderator) -– Counsel to Amicus Association of American Editorial Cartoonists before the Supreme Court in Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
* Terry Anderson -- Executive Director, Cartoonist Rights
* Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher – editorial cartoonist (The Economist, The Baltimore Sun)
* Alexandra Bowman – political cartoonist, fine artist and satirist (DC Theater Arts, Washington City Paper)
* Gabe Rottman -- Director of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Sara Duke from the Library of Congress introduced the event.
Among those in the audience were Abel Bellido Córdoba ("Abecor"), Clay Jones, Warren Bernard, and Nikahang Kowsar.
Write-up from the Cartoonists Rights group: Abecor was the honored guest at a special panel discussion event hosted at the Library of Congress. Cartoonists Rights’ Executive Director Terry Anderson gave a keynote address on the defence of cartoonists’ freedom of expression, and on the panel were local cartoonists Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher and Alexandra Bowman. Expert opinion on threats to all media workers and journalists was provided by Gabe Rottman, Technology and Press Freedom Project Director for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The panel was moderated by Roslyn Mazer, Amicus Counsel to the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.
- 2023_DC_Free_XPress_230523: Library of Congress -- Event: The Fight for Free Expression: Defending Cartoonists Around the World (192 photos from 2023)
- 2023_DC_RRussell_Award_230522: NPC -- Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2023 -- Abecor (86 photos from 2023)
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