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Born Cancelled: Why Free Speech is the Only Safe Space for Minorities

February 13, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Group of African-Americans, marching near the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., to protest the lynching of four African-Americans in Georgia

Profile shot of Jonathan Rauch.Please join us for a public lecture with Jonathan Rauch on free speech and minority rights. Rauch has authored six books and numerous articles on public policy, culture, and government. He is a contributing editor of The Atlantic and recipient of the 2005 National Magazine Award (the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize). He is currently a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.

The event is presented as part of the CSLD’s First Amendment Initiative and is co-sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute Executive Council at UW-Madison, The American Democracy Fund, and the Institute for Humane Studies.

Registration in advance is encouraged at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/born-cancelled-why-free-speech-is-the-only-safe-space-for-minorities-tickets-90162647907.

Details

Date:
February 13, 2020
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

1266 Grainger Hall, Executive Dining Room
975 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706 United States

Organizer

Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy
Phone:
608-263-1877
Email:
csld@wisc.edu
Website:
csld.wisc.edu