Free speech rights have never been more vital to our democracy and institutions. Join us as we resume our Reason & Respect Speaker Series with an important conversation about the constitutional legal framework of the First Amendment and sub-topics, including the intersection of speech and anti-discrimination laws, faculty academic freedom, and issues relating to student and group speech. <br> <br>Panelists will include Cara Palumbo-Schrantz, assistant deputy general counsel for the State University of New York; Elise Rosen Puzio, associate campus counsel at the University at Albany; Will Versfelt, associate campus counsel at Downstate Health Sciences University; and Adam Haney, assistant deputy general counsel and campus counsel to SUNY Empire State College.