JMU Student Works to Eliminate Restrictive Speech Code
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Channel: FIRE · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism
Like FIRE on Facebook: http://facebook.com/thefireorg Follow FIRE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheFIREorg Subscribe to our email list: http://thefire.org/takeaction/subscribe/ In October 2009, FIRE began working with James Madison University students Kelly Jemison, John Scott, and Luke Wachob to reform the school's restrictive speech codes. In this interview, Wachob explains how over the course of two years he worked with his peers to transform JMU from a "red light" to a "green light" school for free expression. Music - "GSlide" and "Acoustic" by UncleSigmund (freesound)
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