Panel Discussion on Free Speech
Thursday, January 11 at 7 p. m.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier
Join the League of Women Voters, Kellogg Hubbard Library and New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) for a panel discussion on free speech, exploring First Amendment principles and how constitutional freedoms can be protected.

Moderator
David Moats has worked as an editor at the Rutland Herald since 1982. He has been editorial page editor since 1992. He won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 2001 for his editorials on Vermont's struggle over civil unions. His book on the civil unions struggle was published in 2004. He grew up in California and moved to Vermont in 1975. He is the author of a number of plays, some of which have been produced by theaters in Vermont.

Speakers include:

Michael Donoghue. Executive Director of the Vermont Press Association. He ha s been an award-winning writer for the Burlington Free Press for over 40 years and adjunct professor of journalism and mass communications at St. Michael’s College in Colchester since 1985. Mike is NEFAC's first vice president and a former board member for the New England Press Association.

Lia Ernst is a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, where she litigates civil liberties, civil rights, and open government cases; advocates before state and municipal governmental bodies on ACLU legislative priorities; and educates community groups on protecting and exercising their rights. Ernst is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. Lia is a member of NEFAC's Board of Directors.

Peter R. Teachout, professor at Vermont Law School, is recognized for his expertise regarding the constitutional law and history of Vermont and the United States. His expertise has been frequently tapped by Vermont’s Legislature and judiciary, which has sought his testimony and advice on, among other things, flag desecration legislation and the redrafting of the state Constitution in gender-neutral language.

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