Free expression expert Nadine Strossen will give a talk titled “Does Free Speech Help or Hurt Civil Rights Movements?” on Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. in UW’s Agriculture Auditorium, with a reception before the talk from 4-5:15 p.m. in the lobby outside the auditorium.

Strossen is the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, Emerita, at New York Law School; former president of the American Civil Liberties Union; and the author of “HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship” (2018) and “Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know” (2023).

Strossen’s visit is sponsored by UW’s chapter of the Heterodox Academy, with additional support from the Office of the President. The lecture will be livestreamed. Strossen's books will be available for sale at the University Store and at the reception.