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Events

Free

Workplace Integrity: Do You Qualify as an Ally?

Zoom

Join the Power Shift Project team for a free one-hour Workplace Integrity webinar that provides practical insights for men who want to be allies to women, people of privilege who want to do more to fight inequity, and powerful individuals who want to be better advocates for change.

Free

2023 First Amendment Festival

The Wharf – Transit Pier 970 Wharf St. SW, Washington, DC, United States

Join us for the 2023 First Amendment Festival at The Wharf in Washington, D.C.

Free

National First Amendment Summit

National Constitution Center 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The National Constitution Center, in partnership with a coalition of leading free speech organizations, is convening a National First Amendment Summit to discuss the increasing threats to freedom of expression and to celebrate the opening of the Center's new First Amendment gallery. A welcome reception with access to the National Constitution Center's new First Amendment…

Free

Workplace Integrity: Train the Trainers Workshop

Zoom

The Power Shift Project invites media leaders to sign up today for the next virtual Workplace Integrity: Train the Trainers workshop and join our corps of more than 400 Workplace Integrity trainers dedicated to improving the culture and integrity of their newsrooms.

Free

1A House at SXSW

1A House at Café Blue 340 E. 2nd St., Austin, TX, United States

Discover the freedoms Americans enjoy, thanks to the First Amendment. Be the first to experience the world premiere of Yours to Lose, an immersive theatrical performance where you’ll confront what happens when the freedoms of religion, speech, the press, assembly and petition are lost.

Free

World Premiere of Yours to Lose

1A House at Café Blue 340 E. 2nd St., Austin, TX, United States

Discover the freedoms Americans enjoy, thanks to the First Amendment. Premiering exclusively at SXSW 2024, Yours to Lose is an immersive theatrical performance where you'll confront what happens when the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition are lost. Yours to Lose is a 45-minute immersive theatrical experience produced by Freedom Forum and Third…

Music and Conversation with WhoDo: Freedom to Rock

1A House at Café Blue 340 E. 2nd St., Austin, TX, United States

On Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m., Texas-based band WhoDo performs its brand of rockabilly and vintage rock and discusses the First Amendment’s role in their work and music.

Drag and the First Amendment: A Conversation with Brigitte Bandit

1A House at Café Blue 340 E. 2nd St., Austin, TX, United States

On Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m., Austin-based drag queen Brigitte Bandit talks about how she used the First Amendment to challenge limits on drag and how free expression is at the heart of her performances.

We’ve gathered the results on where America stands on freedom of assembly.