Panel: The Berkeley Free Speech Movement—Then and Now
Saturday, September 12, 2026 · 3:00 PM PDT · Glen Park Branch Library · San Francisco, CA
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Hear stories and insights from participants in the Berkeley 1964 Free Speech Movement (FSM). Haight-Ashbury tour guide Rodney Paul moderates a panel discussion with FSM veterans Anita Medal and Steve Lustig. Topics will include key moments of the FSM period, how lifting free speech restrictions provided a platform for the activism that followed, threats to free speech in our society today and lessons the FSM provides regarding the protection of basic civil liberties. Connect: Rodney Paul - Website | Free Speech Movement Archives - Website
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