[ACLU-CU ALERT] Multimedia presentation at Spurlock Museum about free speech

[Champaign County ACLU Announcements]

The UIUC Center for Advanced Study announces a special presentation, *FREEDOM
SINGS: SPEECH, CIVILITY and the UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS*, Tuesday, March
3 starting at 8pm, Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory,
Urbana.

*Freedom Sings* is the story of free speech in America told through rock,
pop, hip-hop and country music. This critically acclaimed multimedia
performance and riveting narration will raise our awareness of the vital
importance of protecting our Constitutional rights against censorship and
suppression.

It also will provide context for deeper understanding of the ongoing
debates and discussions about speech and civility on the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.

Join First Amendment expert *Ken Paulson** and an all-star band whose
members have played with Prince, The Steve Miller Band, Cheap Trick and
many more.
This presentation is the inaugural event of an Illinois Department of
Journalism series examining *Free Speech: Rights and Responsibilities in a
Digital Age*.

Free and open to the public.  Seating is limited.
For more information, 333-6729 or cas.illinois.edu

**Ken Paulson* is President and CEO of the First Amendment Center,
Vanderbilt University and Dean of the College of Mass Communication, Middle
Tennessee State University.  A former editor-in-chief of *The Daily
Illini,* Paulson
went on to become the editor-in-chief of *USA Today.*
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