First Amendment Days 2022 – “Dare to Speak. Dare to Listen”

Dare to Speak, Dare to Listen: Advice for Young People – Hon. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, 2 p.m.
Ames Public Library Auditorium or via Zoom

Hon. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina  will visit several ISU classes and clubs on Monday as a guest speaker. Students and the public are welcome to attend

• 8:50-9:45 a.m. Media Ethics, Dr. Michael Bugeja, 163 Hamilton Hall
• 11-11:50 a.m. Media Law, Julie Roosa, J.D., 163 Hamilton Hall
• 12:10-1 p.m., Media Ethics, Dr. Michael Bugeja, 163 Hamilton Hall
• 1-2 p.m. Lunch reception, 172 Hamilton Hall

Dare to Speak, Dare to Listen in the Courtroom: Seeking Justice for All – Hon. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina
6 p.m., Campanile Room, Memorial Union (Recording Link)

Your Rights, Your Libraries: The First Amendment and the Freedom to Read
7 p.m., Ames Public Library via Zoom (Recording Link)

• Robin N Sinn, director of Collections & Open Strategies at Iowa State University
• Sheila Schofer, director, Ames Public Library
• Sam Helmick, department coordinator, Iowa City Public Library, former chair of the Iowa Governor’s Commission of Libraries and Iowa Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee
• Moderator: Julie K. Roosa, J.D., First Amendment specialist, Iowa State University

Dare to Speak, Dare to Listen: Protecting Free Speech on the Frontlines – Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer of PEN America 

6 p.m., Join the live stream via Webex

Recoding Link

Depth & Dialogue Sessions

Small sessions exploring various First Amendment topics will take place throughout the day.

10 a.m. “Think Like a Journalist” A Conversation with Laura Belin, Bleeding Heartland blog, via Zoom

Recoding Link

Note: The Zoom session will be broadcast from Room 163 Hamilton Hall. Meet as a group or watch on your own.

• Laura Belin, editor and chief writer, Bleeding Heartland, a community blog about Iowa Politics
• Moderator: Kylee Haueter, editor in chief, ISU Daily

11 a.m. “Dare to Listen With Empathy,” Oak Room, Memorial Union

• Nicole Allaire, associate teaching professor, Speech Communication, Iowa State University

Noon. “Move Over Free Speech: Exercising Your Right to Protest,” Campanile Room, Memorial Union

Recording Link

• Amanda Knief, director of Lectures, Iowa State University
• Carrie Jacobs, assistant chief of police, Iowa State University
• Moderator: Julie Roosa, First Amendment Specialist, Greenlee School of Journalism, Iowa State University

Feast on the First

11 a.m.-1 p.m., First Amendment Tent, Curtiss Lawn East, Central Campus

Enjoy FREE food, fun and festivities of the five freedoms.

Festivities will include

• Mini-Jimmy sandwiches from Jimmy John’s and chips, while supplies last
• Ice cream from ISU Creamery, while supplies last
• First Amendment Days T-shirts, while supplies last
• Popcorn Bar hosted by Greenlee’s Public Relations Campaign class
• Free Stickers for water bottles provided by Greenlee’s Public Relations Campaign class
• Banned T-shirts Display by Paige Werthmann, First Amendment seminar student
• Story Map Display by Zane Charter, First Amendment seminar student
• Sign-making kits with Ashley Martinez Torres, First Amendment seminar student
• 88.5 KURE Ames Alternative
• Soapboxes
• Political Compass display by Ryan Hurley and Olivia Petsche, First Amendment Committee members

11:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Carillon concert with freedom-themed music – featuring University Carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam, Cownie Professor of Music

Dare to Speak, Dare to Listen: Seminar – Eva Newland, First Amendment Committee member

1 p.m., Memorial Union, Room 3560

Attention All Content Creators: You Should Care About This First Amendment Session

• Jeffrey Hunt, J.D., shareholder, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Salt Lake City, UT
• Jared Strong, senior reporter, Iowa Capital Dispatch
• George Clark, independent journalist, Podcast by George
• Moderator: Julie Roosa, First Amendment specialist

5:30-6:30 p.m. Room 1, Carver Hall or via Zoom

Recording Link 

Podcast Link 

First Amendment Workshop

The culmination of our weeklong First Amendment Days celebration is multiple sessions workshop designed to examine more deeply the challenges and opportunities provided by free expression. Led by First Amendment experts from the state, each 50-minutes session uses current events to engage a dialogue with national scholars. Free and open to the public, sign up for one, two, three or all four sessions. Register in advance or join on the spot.

Session 1 – The Case Against Free Speech

Recording Link

• Keith Whittington, Princeton
• Anthony Leaker, Brighton, U.K.
• Moderator: Brian Steffen, Simpson College

9 to 9:50 a.m. via Zoom

Session 2 – Dare to Record: Filming Police in Public

Recording Link

• Stephen D. Solomon, New York University
• David Hudson, Jr., Belmont University
• Moderator: Julie K. Roosa, J.D., First Amendment specialist, Iowa State University

10 to 10:50 a.m. via Zoom

Session 3 – Unmasking Covid’s Secrets: Journalists Fight for Information

Recording Link

• Jeffrey Hunt, Utah media law attorney and Iowa State Alumni, Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
• Randy Evans, executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council
• Sara Konrad Baranowski, editor of the Iowa Falls Times Citizen
• Moderator: Julie K. Roosa, J.D., First Amendment specialist, Iowa State University

11 to 11:50 a.m., in-person Room 163 Hamilton Hall or via Zoom

Session 4 – When Control Is the Goal: Stop the Presses!

Recording Link

• Andrea Frantz, professor of Digital Media at Buena Vista University and executive director of the Society for Collegiate Journalists
• Lindsie Rank, student press counsel for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Philadelphia, PA.

Noon- 12:50 p.m. via Zoom

Take the three-step test!

Fitting into the theme “Dare to Speak, Dare to Listen”, Olivia Petsche and Ryan Hurley worked together to utilize the popular The Political Compass test to create a visual of ISU students’ political alignments. Through this project, Petsche and Hurley hope to convey that although we live in a politically diverse climate, we are more alike than what the media portrays and the differences we do have should be celebrated.

Note: When taking this test it will work best on a computer/laptop device. 

Step 1:

Please take the Political Compass Test

Step 2:

When completing the test, type your results in the campus-wide, crowd-chart map to see where you and your peers land.

Step 3:

Finally, copy the URL from the crowd-chart map into our Google Form in order to add yourself to the map.

BIOGRAPHIES

Olivia Petsche is a piano performance major, English minor and honors student at Iowa State University. This is her first year working with Greenlee’s First Amendment Days.

Ryan Hurley is a passionate advocate of free speech, when not in the First Amendment Committee meetings he is active in various endeavors such as interning at the Arc of Story County, working on privacy laws related to big tech, and working to obtain a great career.