Suzanne Nossel, Dare to Speak

Suzanne Nossel

Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All

Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. The daily hazards and debates surrounding free speech dominate headlines and fuel social media storms. In an era where one tweet can launch—or end—your career, and where free speech is often invoked as a principle but rarely understood, learning to maneuver the fast-changing, treacherous landscape of public discourse has never been more urgent.

In Dare To Speak, Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, formerly U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations and Vice President of Strategy and Operations for the Wall Street Journal, delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining democratic debate. At a time when free speech is often pitted against other progressive axioms—namely diversity and equality—Dare To Speak presents a clear-eyed argument that the drive to create a more inclusive society need not, and must not, compromise robust protections for free speech.

Sponsored by Phyllis & Steve Kamenetzky,
Martha & Jim Bogart, Bob Germain & Bruce Glatter

 

Performing Arts Center, upstairs

7pm

This event can be viewed virtually at community.jccstl.org