FIRE Wants to Hear From You
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s staff works year-round to defend free speech. Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., ET. Please feel free to call, email, or connect with us on social media.
Have your free speech rights been violated?
If you face retaliation over protected speech, reach out to FIRE to learn more about how we can protect your rights.
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Help us build a movement and promote a strong culture of free speech by supporting FIRE with a donation today.
Host a FIRE Speaker on Your Campus
Hosting a FIRE speaker is a great way to catalyze social change and educate your community about the importance of free speech, due process, and religious liberty.
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
P.O. Box 40128
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Call FIRE
- Phone: 215-717-FIRE (3473)
Faculty Legal Defense Hotline
- Phone: 254-500-FLDF (3533)
The Faculty Legal Defense Fund (FLDF) is FIRE’s program tailored to offering “first responder” assistance in protecting the freedom of expression and academic freedom held by faculty members at public colleges and universities. This hotline provides legal help — at no cost to faculty members — by connecting them, where needed and appropriate, to experienced counsel in their area who are in our network of pre-screened and pre-selected participating attorneys.
Student Press Freedom Initiative Hotline
- Phone: 717-734-SPFI (7734)
FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative (SPFI) defends free press on campus by advocating for the rights of student journalists at colleges and universities across the country. Student journalists and student media advisers can call SPFI’s 24-hour hotline to get rapid resources for their legal questions.
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