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Change minds! Write a letter to the editor explaining why scientific research matters -- and contact your elected officials.
We're taking every opportunity to talk about the dangers of censorship! Attend an upcoming presentation or watch a previously recorded event to learn more.
2025
June 18
"Understanding and Addressing Challenges in Data Collection, Preservation, and Access"
Lisa Schiff, co-author “Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship,” with Gina Pingitore, John Bremer, Lynda Kellam.
July 8
"Libraries Under Fire: Defending Scholarship in a Time of Political Pressure"
--Suze Kundu, Science Communicator, Trustee of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and co-organizer of #DefendResearch; Katherine McEvoy, Senior Policy Fellow, The EveryLibrary Institute; Michael Seadle, Retired Executive Director, iSchool at Humboldt University; Katherine Klosek, Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations at Association of Research Libraries
August 7
"Global Shifts, Local Impact: Navigating Change in Scholarly Publishing"
--Alice Meadows, co-founder MoreBrains Cooperative, co-author “Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship” and Josephine E. Sciortino, Editorial Director at Canadian Science Publishing
August 20
San Francisco Nerd Nite
"Censorship S#%KS! Let's Do Something About It!"
--Lisa Schiff, co-author “Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship”
September 16
"Is Scholarly Metadata a Tool of Resistance or a Point of Vulnerability?"
--Peter Suber, co-author "Declaration to #DefendResearch from U.S. Government Censorship", in conversation with Ed Pentz, Executive Director, Crossref; and Terri Teleen, President, North America, Emerald Publishing), facilitated by Alice Meadows, co-founder MoreBrains Cooperative, co-author “Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship”
September 17
"Strange bedfellows, indeed: How the impact of the current political moment could accelerate an open science future"
--Panel moderated by Sara Rouhi, co-author “Declaration to #DefendResearch from U.S. Government Censorship, including Christopher Marcum, open science advocate and Senior Fellow at the Center for Data Policy, Data Foundation; Dan Rudmann, Open Science Librarian, Utrecht Univeristy; George Cooper, Doctoral Researcher, and Michael Anne Kyle, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
September 18
“Why We All Need to #DefendResearch”
--Lisa Schiff, co-author “Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship”; Louis Coiffait-Gunn CEO, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP); Terri Teleen, President, North America, Emerald Publishing
September 25
October 21
SJSU Open Access Conference 2025: Defend Research, Defend Open Access
Keynote
--Lisa Schiff and Catherine Mitchell, co-authors “Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship”
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