[ACLU-CU ALERT] Freedom of Speech at U of I

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

"Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and the University:  A Community Town Hall on the Ethics Guidelines on Political Speech"
Friday, October 10, 200812:00 - 1:00 pmIllini Union Colonial Room
Cary Nelson, President, American Association of University ProfessorsEsther Patt  - President, ACLU of Champaign CountyLight Refreshments Provided This event is part of the year-long series titled: Campus Uncensored?: Your Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities Purpose:  The University is deeply committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive, just, and respectful learning community. The University of Illinois welcomes and encourages all of its students, faculty, and staff to embrace the marketplace of ideas as part of the educationalexperience.  It is in this spirit that in 2008-09 the campus will sponsor a series of events that highlights the vital roles and meanings of the First Amendment and Academic Freedom at the University of Illinois.  This program of activities has three goals: To broaden our understanding of the First Amendment.  This includes both historical and contemporary analyses, and conversations about your rights to free speech and other freedoms granted by this amendment; To enhance awareness of the responsibilities that accompany these constitutional rights and freedoms, and; To encourage students, faculty, and staff to use this understanding and awareness for personal and collective application on the campus and in everyday life. 
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