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CFN Conference Photos Up on Multimedia Page
As Torch readers know, FIRE hosted its first annual Campus Freedom Network Summer Conference last month. We brought together over forty students for two intensive days of seminars on free speech. We have now posted conference photos on the multimedia page. You can see students networking and listening to some of the foremost experts on freedom of speech. Speakers included journalist John Leo, FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate, Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson, Stanford Law Professor Derek Shaffer, Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Steve Aden, filmmaker Evan Maloney, and several members of FIRE's senior staff. Check them out!
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