Nora Benavidez is the director of U.S. Free Expression Programs, where she guides PEN America’s national advocacy agenda on First Amendment and free expression issues.
Benavidez is a lawyer by training and, prior to joining PEN America, she worked in private practice as a civil and human rights litigator in Atlanta, Georgia. She has represented victims of unconstitutional police practices, First Amendment infringements, discrimination in public schools, and voting rights violations. - from Bio link
“This First Amendment inconsistency comes straight from the top. The president in a tweet this past week called Minneapolis protesters “thugs” and has previously urged his supporters to “knock the crap out” of demonstrators he opposes. He has admitted, “I think it’s embarrassing for the country to allow protesters.” But he calls gun-toting protesters at state capitols “very good people.””
Director of U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America
