Weekly highlights from our friends at the Alumni Free Speech Alliance:
Stanford Alumni Free Speech Group joined AFSA: https://www.stanfordalumnifreespeech.org
AFSA board member Lauren Noble wrote an article about Yale’s free speech codes: https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2022/09/28/yale_is_abandoning_its_own_free_speech_codes_110769.html
The Jefferson Council board member Ann McLean co-authored the following article in The Federalist, discussing free speech suppression at UVA, W&L, VMI (3 AFSA members) as well as elsewhere in the Commonwealth of Virginia: https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/03/to-see-how-marxists-plan-to-destroy-america-look-at-their-war-on-virginias-history/
Janice Traflet, Bucknell University professor and Open Discourse Coalition affiliate, wrote an article about speaking fearlessly despite the threat of cancel culture: https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2022/10/05/learning_to_speak_fearlessly_in_the_midst_of_college_cancel_culture_857423.html
Free Speech Highlights:
Robert P. George of Princeton University wrote about the lack of meaningful formal commitments to free speech, viewpoint diversity and academic freedom at colleges and universities: https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2022/9/26/23287389/robbie-george-a-genuine-independence-princeton-university
Charles Lipson, a contributor at RealClear Politics, wrote a short guide to restoring free speech at colleges: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/09/30/restoring_free_speech_at_our_universities_148260.html
Judge Laurence Silberman, who passed away this week, delivered a speech about censorship on Constitution Day (Sept. 2) at his alma mater, Dartmouth College: https://www.wsj.com/articles/free-speech-is-the-most-fundamental-american-value-constitution-day-first-amendment-political-unity-communism-values-11664560788?mod=hp_opin_pos_3#cxrecs_s
