TENT 3:

Free Minds & Free Markets

Sponsor: Reason

10:45 – 11:30 am Access Granted: All You Need To Know About FOIA w/ Q&A

The Freedom of Information Act requires the full or partial disclosure of information and documents controlled by the federal government upon request. Learn to exercise your constitutional right to request access to federal records in order to hold your government accountable.

Speaker: C.J. Ciaramella

12:00 – 12:30 pm Don’t Look at Me: Evading Facial Recognition Technology w/ Q&A

Hong Kong law enforcement authorities have access to artificial intelligence software that can match faces from video footage to police databases.

Learn more about the CCP’s human rights violations, and how to thwart facial recognition technology in an age of heightened surveillance.

Speaker: Liz Wolfe

1:30 -2:15 pm Interacting Safely With Law Enforcement  w/ Q&A

Anyone who has watched a television show about law enforcement has heard a police officer read the suspect their Miranda Rights. But even if you know the Fifth Amendment like the back of your hand, fear and anxiety can cause you to panic during a run in with the cops. Learn how to get through an interaction with law enforcement safely, whether they find you on the road or at your home.

Speakers: C.J. Ciaramella, Katherine Mangu-Ward

3:45 – 4:15 pm Let’s Blow This Joint: How To Roll Like a Pro w/ Q&A

Millions of students each year suffer from “Cig Rolling Deficiency Syndrome” (CRDS), but help is on the way. Learn how to win friends and influence people by curing yourself of CRDS and becoming a rolling guru.

Speakers: Liz Wolfe & Katherine Mangu-Ward

TENT 5:

School Choice

25 years of empowering every family to choose the best education for their children

Sponsor: EdChoice

10:30 – 11:00 am Milton Friedman was right, part 1! School Choice really does work and gives kids more opportunities.

Nick Ford and Daion Daniels were students in Indianapolis Indiana who used school choice to attend high schools of their choice. Now, both are college students who can speak to the power of the opportunity they were given and what school choice meant to their lives. Nick and Daion will share their stories and answer questions about how school choice really does work.

Speakers: Nick Ford and Daion Daniels

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Milton Friedman was right, part 2! School Choice really does change the nature of K12 education.

Milton Friedman said “The major objective of educational vouchers is much more ambitious. It is to drag education out of the 19 th century – where it has been mired for far too long – and into the 21st century by offering competition on a broad scale.” The recent explosion of school choice programs, and the innovation they have brought, proves this. The EdChoice team will talk about the history of school choice, where the movement stands now and what the future holds as more and more states embrace vouchers, education saving accounts, hybrid homeschooling and other structural changes brought on by school choice.

Speakers: Nick Ford and Daion Daniels

2:00 – 2:30pm Milton Friedman was right, part 1! School Choice really does work and gives kids more opportunities.

Nick Ford and Daion Daniels were students in Indianapolis Indiana who used school choice to attend high schools of their choice. Now, both are college students who can speak to the power of the opportunity they were given and what school choice meant to their lives. Nick and Daion will share their stories and answer questions about how school choice really does work.

Speakers: Nick Ford and Daion Daniels

3:00 – 3:30 pm Milton Friedman was right, part 2! School Choice really does change the nature of K12 education.

Milton Friedman said “The major objective of educational vouchers is much more ambitious. It is to drag education out of the 19 th century – where it has been mired for far too long – and into the 21st century by offering competition on a broad scale.” The recent explosion of school choice programs, and the innovation they have brought, proves this. The EdChoice team will talk about the history of school choice, where the movement stands now and what the future holds as more and more states embrace vouchers, education saving accounts, hybrid homeschooling and other structural changes brought on by school choice.

Speakers: Nick Ford and Daion Daniels

TENT 7:

Free Speech on Campus

Learn When to Pull the FIRE Alarm 

Sponsor: FIRE

10:30 -11:30 am Networking Hour

Test your knowledge on free speech issues and meet FIRE staff, participate in fun activities, and maybe even get free FIRE swag!

Speakers: Molly Nocheck, Margaux Granath, and Elizabeth Stanley

11:30 am – 12:00 pm The Boundaries to Speech on Campus

Learn the basics of free speech! The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending the First Amendment on college campuses in the United States. Hear from the FIRE outreach team on speech codes, your rights on campus, and how we can help.

Speakers: Molly Nocheck, Margaux Granath, and Elizabeth Stanley

12:15 – 1:00 pm Red Light, Green Light, FIRE Stoplight

Play our version of Red Light Green Light, an interactive game designed to help you better understand whether your school’s speech policies are constitutional.

Speakers: Molly Nocheck, Margaux Granath, and Elizabeth Stanley

1:15 – 2:00 pm Let’s Talk!

Learn about FIRE’s new Let’s Talk initiative, which works to create spaces on your campuses for healthy, rigorous, and productive conversations about controversial issues. In this session, practice talking with peers who hold different views than your own and see how multiple viewpoints can enhance learning outside of the classroom!

Speakers: Molly Nocheck, Margaux Granath, and Elizabeth Stanley

2:15 – 3:00 pm Diversity Done Differently — Inversity Solutions with Karith Foster

Inversity takes the “division” out of traditional DEI programming and offers a truly inclusive way to communicate, learn, and create within your own community. By removing the shame, guilt, and politics around there being a right and wrong way to speak or think about our differences, Inversity has revolutionized diversity and inclusion, communication, and interpersonal relationships. During this session, Karith Foster will teach you her trademark CARE methodology so you can be equipped to engage in sensitive or difficult conversations on your own campus.

Speakers: Karith Foster

3:15 – 4:00 pm Due Process on Campus — What Could Go Wrong?

See what colleges frequently do wrong with due process cases on campus, and learn about how to counteract it with your own Student Defenders group! Student defenders serve as a conduct advisor in the university justice system. With both reactive and proactive strategies, student defenders provide a service to individual students, advocate for due process, and protect individual rights. FIRE’s Student Defenders program exists to provide students with the resources they need to start, maintain, or grow their own campus student defender groups.

Speakers: Molly Nocheck, Margaux Granath, and Elizabeth Stanley

4:15 – 5:00 pm Continuing with FIRE

Hear about ways to get involved with FIRE, including our internship program, job opportunities, and upcoming conferences. Please stay in touch and let us know about your free speech activism by submitting an activism report!

Speakers: Molly Nocheck, Margaux Granath, and Elizabeth Stanley