Stop Drawing — Or Else: A Cartoonist's View on Democracy's Perilous Moment

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Tue Sep 30 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

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Cowles Auditorium | Minneapolis, MN

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The 40th annual Silha Lecture features Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator Ann Telnaes, a former editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post
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The 40th Annual Silha Lecture — "Stop Drawing . . . Or Else: A Cartoonist's View on Democracy's Perilous Moment" — will feature Ann Telnaes, the 2001 and 2025 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. Telnaes formerly was the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post.

She will be joined by Roslyn Mazer, free expression advocate and author of the amicus brief for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell.

The 2025 Silha Lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

Find more details about the event and the work of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics & Law on our website.

Join us virtually: If you prefer to attend via Zoom, you may register here.


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Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Minneapolis, United States

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