First Amendment Day Opening Ceremony

Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/24/2013
9:30 am - 10:00 am

Help us kick off Carolina’s fifth-annual First Amendment Day!  William P. Marshall, UNC’s William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law, will speak about the significance of the First Amendment to public university students.  Student Body President Christopher “Christy” Lambden will read the First Amendment.  Buck Yarborough, senior director of government relations for Time Warner Cable, which generously funded the day’s activities; School of Journalism and Mass Communication Dean Susan King; and UNC Center for Media Law and Policy Co-Director Cathy Packer also will speak.  This event is being organized by UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Associate Professor Michael Hoefges.