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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT color=#000000><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Community Forum on Free Speech and Hate Speech</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3><FONT face="" color=#000000>Perspectives on “hate speech” will be presented at a forum on Thursday, February 28 at 7:30 pm at the UIUC Law School Auditorium, 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave. in Champaign.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The public is invited at no charge.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The program is sponsored by the Champaign County and U of I Law School chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Questions to be addressed by the speakers at Thursday’s forum include:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="" size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>What is “hate speech” and what does the Bill of Rights say about it?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="" size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>How can we create communities where controversial issues are freely and openly discussed, and “hate speech” is discouraged?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="" size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>Are First Amendment rights adequately defended in the current political climate?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is some speech so destructive that it should not be protected by the First Amendment?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>The panel of speakers includes:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT face="" size=3>Ø</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"><FONT size=3>Colleen Connell, Attorney at Law and Executive Director of American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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