AFCON Activities
Since its organization in 1988, AFCON has:
supported with letters, counsel, and personal appearances those who have been threatened with sanctions and censorship in their pursuit of free expression;
promulgated and developed policies and procedures as tools for schools and other institutions who must respond to challenges to free expression;
recognized, by the bestowing of the AFCON Academic Freedom Award, Nebraskans who have shown outstanding acts of support for intellectual freedom;
co-sponsored conferences and presentations on such subjects as - student rights and censorship of books (with ACLU Nebraska), students' freedom of expression (with NHPA), and the censorship of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn (with NELAC);
hosted nationally prominent speakers, notably Nadine Strossen and Marcia Pally of the ACLU, and Jerzy Kosinski, author, for events in Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings, and Crete;
held annual meetings involving local experts and members of constituent organizations on topics such as - censorship in Nebraska schools, censorship of the arts, military censorship, political correctness, political double-speak, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, freedom on the Internet, and the teaching of diverse issues;
supported cable public access and freedom on the Internet through lobbying, news releases, and personal testimony;
made presentations and reports at national conferences of the groups of which AFCON constituents are members;
provided speakers, panelists, workshops, and resources on censorship issues wherever possible;
researched and encouraged legislation on student freedom of expression rights;
met with school administrators to advise on the creation of freedom-friendly student codes of conduct, and
conducted a panel discussion on teaching evolution and intelligent design.
We encourage you to join AFCON, either as an individual or as an organization.