Constitution Cafés addressing Freedom of Expression

"Whose First Amendment?: Reclaiming the Public Interest in Our Media"
Led by: Jessica Levinson, Director of Political Reform. Center for Governmental Studies
​My Daily Constitution - Scripps College Series

"From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America"
with Chris Finan, President, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
MDC Presidential Election Series at CUNY Graduate Center

“One Nation, Under the Constitution: Church, State, Politics, Faith and Reason in the 21st Century”
Led by: Jamie Raskin, Professor of Constitutional Law, American University; Democratic State Senator of Maryland
MDC Presidential Election Series at CUNY Graduate Center

"Intellectual Freedom and Free Expression in the United States since 9/11"
Led by: Melissa Goodman, Staff Attorney, the National Security Project, ACLU, and
Larry Siems, Director, Freedom to Write and International Programs, PEN American Center
MDC Presidential Election Series at CUNY Graduate Center

"What does the 'Liberal' in 'Liberal Arts' mean? The Difference Between Constitutional Freedom of Speech
and Academic Freedom of Speech"
Led by: Susan Erickson, Lecturer in Political Science, Indian University School of Liberal Arts
at: Democracy Plaza, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
My Daily Constitution— Indianapolis  Series

"Hate Speech, Pornography, Prayer before Football Games; What are Legitimate Limits to Free Speech?"
Led by: Art Farnsley, Director, American Values Alliance
at: Democracy Plaza, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
My Daily Constitution— Indianapolis  Series

"Who's First Amendment?: Reclaiming the Public Interest in Our Media"
Led by: Sheila Kennedy, Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, IUPUI, and Andrea Price, President, Public Access of Indianapolis
at: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis
My Daily Constitution— Indianapolis  Series

”The First Amendment, from Private Shopping Malls to Public Plazas and Everything in Between”
Led by: PETER ELIASBERG, Managing Director, ACLU of Southern California
THE MOUNTAIN BAR
My Daily Constitution— Los Angeles Series

”The Right to Dissent and the U.S. Constitution – In Theory and in Practice”
Led by: JIM LAFFERTY, Executive Director, Los Angeles National Lawyer’s Guild
33 1/3 BOOKS, Los Angeles
My Daily Constitution— Los Angeles Series

"The Right of Political Dissent and the U.S. Constitution"
Led by: HEIDI BOGHOSIAN, Director, National Lawyers Guild;
NANCY CHANG, Senior Litigation Attorney, Center For Constitutional Rights; and
SVETLANA MINTCHEVA, Art Program Director, National Coalition Against Censorship
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, MID-MANHATTAN LIBRARY
My Daily Constitution—Republican National Convention Series

"Privacy, Free Speech and the Patriot Act"
Led by: CHRISTOPHER FINAN, Director, American Booksellers Foundation for Freedom of Expression; and ANN BEESON, Associate Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union.
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
My Daily Constitution—Republican National Convention Series

"Privacy, Free Speech, and the War on Terrorism"
Led by CHRISTOPHER VARAS, Attorney, Preston Gates and Ellis; Former Staff Attorney, ACLU of Illinois,
and DEBORAH JACOBS, City Librarian, Seattle Public Library.
FREMONT BRANCH, SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
My Daily Constitution—Seattle Series

"Whose Free Press? The First Amendment, Democracy, and Corporate Mass Media"
DAVID DOMKE, Professor of Communications, University of Washington
RANIER VALLEY CULTURAL CENTER
My Daily Constitution—Seattle Series

"A First Amendment History in Cincinnati; Common Decency vs. Racist and Offensive Expression"
HOWARD TOLLEY JR., Professor of Political Science & Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati
KALDI'S COFFEE, Cincinnati
My Daily Constitution—Cincinnati Series

"Cincinnati: a Focal Point of Art Censorship Debates: What does the First Amendment Protect?"
SVETLANA MINTCHEVA, Arts Advocacy Project Coordinator, National Coalition Against Censorship, and H. LOUIS SIRKIN, First Amendment Trial Lawyer; Senior Partner, Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz;
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK
My Daily Constitution—Cincinnati Series

"Who's First Amendment?: Reclaiming the Public Interest In Our Media"
RICHARD JAMES, Co-Founder, The Neighborhood Network, Columbus; Public Policy Chair, Ohio / Kentucky Chapter of the Alliance for Community Media, and BELINDA RAWLINS, Executive Director, Media Bridges, Cincinnati.
MEDIA BRIDGES PUBLIC ACCESS CENTER
My Daily Constitution—Cincinnati Series

"Silencing Political Dissent" , Discussion led by Nancy Chang, Senior Litigation Attorney, Center for  Constitutional Rights; Author of "Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties"
16 BEAVER GROUP ARTS COLLECTIVE
My Daily Constitution—NYC Series

"Privacy, Free Speech, and the Patriot Act"
Christopher M. Finan, President, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, and Jameel Jaffer, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union.
HOUSING WORKS USED BOOK CAFE
My Daily Constitution—NYC Series

"Blocked: Self Censorship and the Limits of the First Amendment"
Svetlana Mintcheva, Arts Advocacy Project Coordinator,  National Coalition Against Censorship
PETE'S CANDY STORE
My Daily Constitution—NYC Series