{"id":30275,"date":"2018-02-23T10:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T17:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=30275"},"modified":"2018-02-23T10:23:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T17:23:58","slug":"diversity-and-inclusion-summit-to-tackle-classroom-speech-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=30275","title":{"rendered":"Diversity and Inclusion Summit to tackle classroom speech issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andrea O\u2019Reilly Herrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

College campuses have historically provided a forum for the exchange of ideas, including those that come from various ideological and critical perspectives. This year\u2019s UCCS Diversity and Inclusion Summit on April 3 will focus on the themes of academic freedom, free speech, and freedom of expression; and discuss, among other subjects, the boundaries that delineate free speech expression, hate speech, and censorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcademic Freedom, Free Speech Expression and the Idea of the University<\/em>,\u201d the title of the summit, will provide an opportunity for faculty and staff to discuss this complex and increasingly contentious topic. Andrea O\u2019Reilly Herrera, associate vice chancellor for inclusion and academic affairs, is coordinating and facilitating the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the goals of this summit is to provide our community with concrete and effective tools and strategies in order to respond to what has proven to be a rapidly changing landscape,\u201d Herrera said. She chose this topic based, in part, on the issues faculty, including lecturers and instructors, staff and students have encountered both in and out of the classroom and via social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of a range of specific and oftentimes personal threats,\u201d Herrera said, \u201cmembers of our community feel vulnerable and in some instances, threatened; and some have begun to self-silence for fear of coming under attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis summit will provide specific information respecting our First Amendment rights as well as the support our community can expect from our staff, including campus police and our administration,\u201d Herrera said. \u201cMost fundamentally, the Diversity and Inclusion Summit will focus on the ways in which faculty and staff can create dignified yet challenging environments in which robust intellectual exchange and critical analysis are possible. By featuring a range of panelists from our campus community, I am also hoping to foster empathetic awareness regarding the day-to-day challenges we all face.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the speakers are Ajamu Baraka, the vice presidential candidate for the Green Party in 2016. He will kick off the summit and present on \u201cApplying a \u2018people-centered\u2019 human rights framework to social justice organizing and advocacy in the U.S.\u201d Baraka will be followed by Kathleen Hynes from the American Civil Liberties Union in her presentation \u201cFree speech isn\u2019t really free \u2013 are you willing to pay for it?\u201d<\/p>\n

The summit will shift to how CU in general and UCCS in particular are approaching this complex topic. Pat O\u2019Rourke, CU vice president and legal counsel, will discuss the role of academic freedom on campus and provide an outlook on the future with his presentation \u201cAcademic freedom in 2020.\u201d O\u2019Rourke\u2019s presentation will be followed by a guided discussion with questions from Jennifer George, UCCS senior associate university counsel. A roundtable discussion, \u201cTools and strategies for ensuring intellectual exchange,\u201d will feature 16 UCCS faculty and staff members, and be followed by a \u201cJust Talk\u201d session moderated by Herrera and Dean Martin Garnar.<\/p>\n

The summit will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 3 in Berger Hall. The Just Talk series will follow the main summit for UCCS attendees to discuss how the topics directly impact the university. Registration is free and open to CU faculty and staff members.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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