SAVE THE DATE Free Speech and Academic Freedom at the University of Nebraska AFCON 2018 Annual Membership Meeting Saturday, October 13, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Nebraska Union, UNL city campus (right by the proposed free speech zone) open to all, no charge Keynote Address UNO Professor Emeritus Sam Walker Walker will also receive AFCON’s annual academic freedom award for his protest against the new Regents free expression policy and his lifelong work defending and promoting intellectual freedom in academic and other contexts. Panel Discussion Panelists will include Nebraska state senator Steve Halloran and ACLU Nebraska Legal Director Amy Miller. Sen. Halloran introduced a bill in the 2018 Unicam to promote free expression in public higher education. Miller has written to UNL, UNO, and UNK about their free speech policies. The panel will also include several individuals affiliated with the University of Nebraska as Regent, administrator, faculty, or student. Panelists will discuss current intellectual freedom issues at the University of Nebraska, including restrictive speech zones, unconstitutional speech codes, the new Regents policy warning teachers against introducing controversial matters, and the recent censure of UNL by the AAUP for penalizing speech without due process. The focus will be on what needs to be done, and what supporters of intellectual freedom should do. For further information, email AFCON President David Moshman at dmoshman1@unl.edu