Feast on the First Amendment

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Date/Time:Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 at 12:00 pm
Location:Central Campus
Cost:Free
Contact:
Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Lectures
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Food, music, drama, soap box debates & exhibits mark this annual event. Part of the First Amendment Day Celebration.

Schedule of Events - Thursday, April 16, 2009

Freedom March
9:00 a.m., Ames City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.
Freedom March, begins at City Hall and ends at steps of Curtiss Hall

"Journalism Kids Do Better"
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
High School Seminar with Jack Dvorak, journalism professor, Indiana University

"Discover Your Freedom at Iowa State University"
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Lindsay Gilbert, Greenlee School Student Services

Feast on the First Amendment
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Central Campus
Food, music, drama, chalk the campus, soap box debates & exhibits

The Freedom to Know: Freedom of Information and Open Government in the 21st Century
2:30 p.m.-3:55 p.m., Carver 305
Panelists include Clark Kauffman, Perry Beeman, Lee Rood and Tom Barton of the Des Moines Register as well as Lauris Olson of Ames365.com.

Roundtable discussion with the Iowa State Daily
4:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Hamilton Hall 172.

Keynote: "Spreading the Gospel of the First Amendment" - Polk County District Judge, Odell McGhee
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Sun Room, Memorial Union
Includes the presentation of the 2009 Champions of the First Amendment Awards