Constitution Day 2022: The First Amendment & Freedom of Expression

2022 CONSTITUTION DAY
Organized by the Fitchburg State University General Education Program

September 19, 3:30PM, Hammond Main Lounge
"Regulating Speech Online: Free Speech Values in Constitutional Frames"
Dr. Claudia E. Haupt, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, Northeastern University

Regulating speech online has become a key concern for lawmakers. Dr. Haupt will discuss the constitutional issues at stake with online speech regulation and protection. Refreshments provided by the Office of Student Development

RELATED EVENTS

• Sept. 21, 3:30PM, Hammond Main Lounge: R.A. Salvatore, “The Future of Storytelling” (Literary Conversation)
• Sept. 22, 11AM, In the Quad: SPCH 1600 Public Speaking - First Amendment Speeches Practice
• Sept. 23, 9:30AM, Falcon Hub: COMM 4230 Communication Law & Ethics - Public Discussion: Ethics of Free Speech
• Check out the “Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us” display all week in the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library!

FURTHER SEMESTER EVENTS

• Oct. 6, 3:30PM, Falcon Hub: "The Fifty-Year Fight over Roe v. Wade:  Legal and Policy Perspectives" Panel with Dr. Katherine Hazen (Behavioral Sciences) and Dr. Paul Weizer (Political Science) 
• Oct. 12, 7PM, Virtual/Ellis White Lecture Hall for In Person Viewing: LGBTQ+ History Month: Speaker and Author Lev A.C. Rosen - Look out for the Book Club featuring Rosen's YA book, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts), which was faced a challenge in Texas