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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – Lincoln University’s Mass Communications Center of Excellence will be hosting a Freedom of Speech/First Amendment Symposium on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in the International Cultural Center (ICC) from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The daylong event will provide not only an educational perspective but also a provocative view on First Amendment rights in higher education and in the digital area.
The symposium will feature several expert panelists, highlighting various facets of free speech advocacy. It will be debated whether the original conceptualization of the First Amendment has changed, should it change, and whether all forms of speech, particularly in the academy, are protected.
Breakfast and lunch are provided to attendees. The symposium is free and open to the public.
Symposium schedule includes:
Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Free Speech in the Digital Era
Panelists: Ralph Begleiter, University of Delaware; Natalie Moore, Chicago Public Radio
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch will be served.
Freedom of Speech in the Academy and the Negotiation of Sensitive Subjects
Panelists: Kenneth Stern, American Jewish Committee; Deepa Iyer, South Asian Americans Leading Together
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Redefining Free Speech
Panelists: Diana Huffman, University of Maryland; Jim Tucker, former attorney for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Department of Justice
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Protecting the First Amendment in the Courts
Panelists: Mary Catherine Roper, ACLU of Pennsylvania; Stella Tsai, Archer Law
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fighting for First Amendment Freedoms in the 21st Century
Keynote Speaker: Vincent Warren, Center for Constitutional Rights
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Lincoln University – founded in 1854 as the nation’s first Historically Black University – combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to meet the needs of those living in a highly technological and global society. The University enrolls approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students.
Internationally recognized for preparing learners and producing world-class leaders in their fields, Lincoln has created five academic Centers of Excellence-programs of distinctions. They are: Lincoln-Barnes Visual Arts, Grand Research Educational Awareness and Training (GREAT) for Minority Health, Mass Communications, Teacher Education and Urban Pedagogy and Business and Information Technology.