October 21 – 27, 2013
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From bloggers, artists, and high school students to civic groups, radio stations and universities - Free Speech Week is for you!
’13 News & Partner Events
A big welcome to the American Civil Liberties Union, a new partner for Free Speech Week 2013! To learn more about their important work, please visit the ACLU website here.
FSW ’12 Partner Activities
Posted by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression on the wall of the First Amendment Monument in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, highlighted some of Cato's work defending various Free Speech issues on the Cato @ Liberty blog daily during FSW '12.
- Free Speech Week Day One
- Free Speech Week Day Two
- Free Speech Week Day Three
- Free Speech Week Day Four
- Free Speech Week Day Five
From an interactive exhibited titled 'Free Speech and Feminism' to speech contests and more, ASU held a full week of in celebration of FSW. Read more here.
On October 25, founding partner The Media Institute and it's First Amendment Advisory Council hosted a seminar on free speech and the Internet. Participants included a keynote address by Senator Patrick Leahy, with panel discussions moderated by Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and notable First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams. Learn more here.
The student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the communication studies program at Tarleton State University held three programs for the week open to students, faculty and the general public. Click here for more.
FIRE President Greg Lukianoff released his book "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of the American Debate" to coincide with Free Speech Week 2012. Learn more about his book here.
The Lambda Pi Eta chapter at Belmont University hosted two convocation events to mark FSW on October 24 and 26th. Learn more here.
Partners
A Partnering Organization is any group that would like to publicize Free Speech Week and promote free speech through one or more activities.
Become a Partner
Becoming a Partnering Organization can
be as simple as posting the official FSW
logo on your website. And - it’s free.
Click here to get started. 
We are pleased to welcome our first international Educational Partner: Anadolu University - Faculty of Communication Sciences, Eskisehir, Turkey.
A FSW partner, the National Communications Association offerered ideas and resources to celebrate Freedom of Speech Week in the classroom. Visit their website for more.
Taylor & Francis is offerered free online access to NCA's 2012 Free Speech Yearbook and various articles on the First Amendment and Free Speech published in NCA journals during FSW this year. 
The Setonian and Lambda Pi Eta hosted former New York Times editor Dave R. Jones at Seton Hall University on October 23. Learn more about this event here.
Partner PACTV - Plymouth Area Community Television - invited viewers to comments on "What Freedom of Speech means to me" and messages were aired on their local Public Access Channel, Comcast 13 and Verizon 43.
Organized by Professor John Stanley, a week-long exhibit at the North Central College campus library gallery presented free speech issues ranging from artistic freedom to clothing as freedom of speech to the freedom to read and music censorship. Also included was a banned books display. Discussion and written comments were encouraged throughout the exhibit. 
A message from our partner Olelo Commmunity Media in O'ahu, Hawai'i:
Professor Jeffrey Schindel spearheaded Geneva College's enthusiastic celebration of Free Speech Week. See coverage of FSW in their student newspaper here.
Forum
While Free Speech Week is an annual celebration, free speech-related issues are worthy of discussion throughout the year.
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NABEF 2012 Student PSA Contest
Presented by the NAB Education Foundation (NABEF), the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), and sponsored by the McCormick Foundation, this yearly PSA contest for college communications students calls for spots on 'What freedom of speech means to me.
First Place: Jade Bly, Stephen F. Austin State University
First place radio: BreAnna Holmes and Iveon Sprangle, Winston-Salem State University.
Click here to listen.
To see and hear all of the winning entries, and to learn more about this annual contest please visit the NABEF website.
Jefferson Muzzle Awards 2012
Each year the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression awards Muzzles to some of the biggest offenders of free speech. Watch their promo video for 2012 below, and click the link to see who made the list, and why.
Freedom of Speech: Global Perspectives
International journalists with the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship program speak at the Cronkite School's First Amendment Forum on the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus.