Eleanor Roosevelt: Censorship, Past & Present
Date
June 12, 2025 – 6:00PM
– 7:00PM EDT
Location
Rockefeller Hall at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Join the Eleanor Roosevelt Center for a dynamic panel discussion on the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt’s fight for free expression and how censorship continues to shape our world today. Featuring Blanche Wiesen Cook (Roosevelt biographer), Yana Gorokhovskaia (Freedom House), Lee Rowland (NCAC), Daniel Shank Cruz (PEN America), and Miriam Cohen (Evalyn Clark Professor Emerita of History), this conversation will explore the past and present of intellectual freedom, global censorship trends, and what Roosevelt’s legacy can teach us in this moment.
This event will be held at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Registration is required. Please visit ervk.org/events for more information.
All ticket proceeds benefit The Eleanor Roosevelt Center’s 2nd Annual Bravery in Literature “Banned Book Awards” Ceremony on October 11th, which honors authors whose books are challenged or banned. Find out more at ervk.org/banned-books.