National Campaign for Freedom of Expression
Seattle, WA

General Support

The National Campaign for Freedom of Expression (NCFE), consists of an educational and advocacy network of artists, arts organizations, audience members, and concerned citizens formed to protect and extend freedom of artistic expression and fight censorship. Through its programs of education, communications, research, policy development, and organizing coalitions, NCFE is fighting censorship and invigorating the democratic process at the same time. NCFE has been an especially effective team player, taking the lead in the freedom-of-expression community to create the Freedom of Expression Network.

NCF has been a supporter of the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression since 1991. Initially, NCFE's funding came through our Arts Program, from a focus area called Creative Autonomy/Arts Advocacy, which was later subsumed under the Democratic Values focus area in our Interprogram grants program. Over the last few years, NCFE's own focus has broadened in a similar fashion so that it can "help promote the arts and culture as a part of a larger progressive agenda." NCFE is now involved in collaborations with groups working to counter the right outside the arts movement, as well as the investment of resources and energy to reclaim the "language" of democratic values.

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