UNC AFSA | UNC Alumni Free Speech Alliance

UNC Alumni Free Speech Alliance

Join UNC AFSA in promoting free speech, academic freedom, and viewpoint diversity at UNC.

A recording of the event will be available on UNC AFSA’s YouTube channel soon.

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Visit our Event Page for a recap of our on-campus speakers. Each event was well attended and encouraged thoughtful conversation in an effort to support free speech, academic freedom and viewpoint diversity.

HILL: America’s secular First Commandment

In America, we have a secular First “Commandment”: Speak your mind.

To put it in cross-disciplinary terms, it would be “sinful” not to express your opinion, thoughts or ideas on any sundry subject. After all, you might be the person with the right answer to any problem.

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UNC Tries to Create a ‘Free-Speech Culture’

Jed Atkins, head of the Chapel Hill campus’s new School of Civic Life and Leadership, wants to teach students to be tolerant, in an old-school way.

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NC campuses rank high on speech

As recently as 2015, nearly 60% of Americans told Gallup that they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in US colleges and universities as a whole. Today, just 36% of respondents agree — not much different from the shares who say they have only “some” confidence (32%) and very little or none (32%).

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Alumni Free Speech Alliance Chapters

Support UNC AFSA

Donations to UNC AFSA are greatly appreciated and will be used carefully to support and defend free speech, viewpoint diversity, and academic freedom at UNC-Chapel Hill.

If you prefer to pay by check, please make the check payable to UNC Alumni Free Speech Alliance, Inc.

P.O. Box 8

Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Thank you!

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