Peace and Protest on American Campuses
During the spring semester of 2024, protests raged across many American campuses over the Israel-Hamas war and other volatile issues. In some cases, these demonstrations devolved into hate-filled rhetoric, physical encampments, mass arrests, and destruction of property. The turmoil led to questions about the future of protest on campus, and whether reasonable limits can be devised to prevent interference with the educational and research processes that are the central purpose of universities. On international, legal, environmental, and social topics, grassroots movements and advocacy groups have long driven social change in America, often beginning with campus protests. But in an era of deep divisions in the country’s politics, can the right to protest be preserved without indulging hate speech and compromising public safety?
Join us Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at 5:30 pm EDT for a panel discussion on this issue.
This event is sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University).
Special thanks to Georgetown Student Affairs Division and Voices for Liberty Initiative – George Mason University.
Featured:
David Cole, professor at Georgetown University Law Center, former national legal director of the ACLU
Justin Hansford, executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center and professor, Howard University School of Law
Anemona Hartocollis, national reporter for The New York Times, covering higher education
Nadine Strossen, former national president of the ACLU and professor at New York Law School
Sanford J. Ungar (moderator), director, Free Speech Project, Georgetown University