Upcoming Events

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AFCON Board of Directors Meeting

Open to the public.

When?

September 8, Saturday
10 am - 12 pm

Where?

Eiseley Branch Library
1530 Superior St., Lincoln

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AFCON Annual Meeting 2018

The AFCON annual meeting, held this year on October 13 at the UNL city campus Nebraska Union from 10 am to 1 pm, is always a fun event for members and others interested in academic freedom issues. This year the title will be “Free Speech and Academic Freedom at the University of Nebraska,” and the keynote speaker will be Sam Walker, who staged a protest against the new University of Nebraska freedom of expression policy in April. (See this article in the Omaha World Herald.) A Panel Discussion will also be held. Panelists will include Nebraska state senator Steve Halloran and ACLU Nebraska Legal Director Amy Miller. Sen. Halloran introduced a bill in the 2018 Unicameral 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.