TENT Talk: Free Speech and Campus Protest with Donna Lieberman from ALCU of NY and Carol Rose from ACLU of MA

There’s so much to talk about with Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in conversation with Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Professor Barry Bluestone– in this special TENT Talk, on Tuesday, August 13 at 10:00am, the presenters will discuss free speech, book bans and current campus protests in the time of MAGA.

About the speakers: Donna Lieberman has been the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union since December 2001. She also founded the NYCLU’s Reproductive Rights Project. During her tenure, the NYCLU has grown to over 185,000 members, with 8 offices around the state, and become the state’s leading voice for freedom, justice and equality, especially for those whose rights are most at risk: people of color, young people, and low-income New Yorkers.

Carol Rose is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, a nonpartisan organization that uses litigation, legislation, communications and organizing to promote civil rights and defend civil liberties.

Barry Bluestone is the former Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy, founding director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and the founding dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. He has led research projects on housing, local economic development, state and local public finance, and the manufacturing sector in Massachusetts. He also serves of the Board of Directors at Payomet.

This TENT Talks series is being presented to the community free of charge, and registration is not required to attend– however we’d appreciate you let us know you’re coming by filling out this form.