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BIDDEFORD, Maine

UNE hosts expert “Free Speech” panel for Constitution Day

The University of New England is hosting a group of experts to speak on a panel titled, “A Critical Analysis of Free Speech,” in honor of Constitution Day on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 12 –1 p.m. The panel will take place on UNE’s Biddeford Campus in the St. Francis Room, and will be simultaneously live-streamed in the WCHP Lecture Hall on the University’s Portland Campus.

During this interactive presentation, experts from a variety of fields will explore the differences between free speech and hate speech in the United States. Each panelist will present 10 minutes of commentary about tolerance, distinguishing constitutional power and how to move forward in the future.

Speakers will include John Carney, Ph.D., adjunct faculty member of political science, Clay Graybeal, Ph.D., M.S.W., director of UNE’s School of Community and Population Health, and Heather Dwyer Sadlier, Ed.D., associate professor and diversity educator at UNE.

Constitution Day is an event organized in compliance with a Congressional initiative requiring federally funded educational institutions to hold an annual program about the U.S. Constitution.

For more information, please contact Ali Ahmida, UNE professor of political science and coordinator of Constitution Day, at aahmida@une.edu, or call (207) 602-2804.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.