Past Events

Freedom Forum fellow Jill Geisler 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.

Former Freedom Rider Ernest "Rip" Patton and Philomena Wankenge, a Black Lives Matter activist and a founder of Freedom Fighters DC, discuss the evolution of civil rights activism and their roles in the movement.

The Freedom Forum is happy to announce our free summer classes. Facilitated by our experienced educators and experts, these hour-long virtual programs are designed to address contemporary First Amendment issues, including media literacy, that impact us all.

Scholar and author Harold Holzer talks about his new book, “The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media from the Founding Fathers to Fake News.”

The first in the Freedom Forum’s series, Religious Resolve: Stories from Our Past, for Our Future, highlights the outspoken courage of Revs. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones in Philadelphia in the 1790s.

Freedom Forum fellow Jill Geisler 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.

Please join the Freedom Forum at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 for “A Salute to Al Neuharth, Diversity and the First Amendment.”

Participants will learn about the American women’s suffrage movement through the lens of the First Amendment and media coverage of the movement. Attendees will discover how the movement embraced press freedom to fill a void in coverage of their plans and actions, creating their own diverse publications to strengthen their cause. Participants also learn how women’s suffrage activists embraced all five First Amendment freedoms and through their commitment to exercising freedom of speech and assembly broadened our practical understanding of…