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Civil Rights Activist to Speak at Utica College

Barrie Gewanter to discuss Free Speech

Written By M. Davidson, C. LeoGrande

Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu

Utica, NY (10/18/2005) - Area civil rights activist and leader Barrie Gewanter will speak about free speech in America at Utica College next week.

Gewanter’s talk, “Is Free Speech Still An American Passion?” will address how the government is treating dissenting free speech through changes in law and policy, domestic surveillance, and crowd control. She will also discuss how the act of dissenting free speech is looked upon by many as unpatriotic. The talk will take place Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 11:30 a.m. in the Utica College Library Concourse. It is free and open to the public.

The college is also hosting a photo journal display, “Faces of Liberty,” which chronicles the journeys of people standing up to the government for their civil rights. This exhibit, on display in the Frank E. Gannett Library, is sponsored by the ACLU. The public is welcome to view the display before and after Gewanter’s talk.

Gewanter has been director of the CNY chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union since December, 2002. She currently coordinates the CNY Bill of Rights Defense Campaign and its efforts to educate the community in opposition of the PATRIOT Act. In October 2004, Gewanter received the Peacemaker Award from Peace Action of Central New York. A graduate of Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., she earned a master’s degree in sociology from Washington University in St. Louis. Gewanter has worked as a community activist, fighting for women’s rights, gay and lesbian rights, workplace health and safety, economic justice, civil rights, and civil liberties. She has been actively involved in the ACLU for more than eight years.

Gewanter’s talk is part of the college’s yearlong academic theme, “Dissent in a Free Society.”

About Utica College – Founded in 1946, Utica College is a comprehensive private institution that grants the Syracuse University baccalaureate degree and the Utica College master’s and doctoral degrees. The College, located in central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls an approximated 2,300 undergraduate and 350 graduate students in 30 undergraduate majors, 24 minors, 12 master’s and two doctoral degree programs.

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