2019 CSA Summer Forum

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Fire Cracker Talks: Part ILaunching an Action-Oriented Sustainable Town/Gown Board with Brian Rose, VPSA, Binghamton University

Getting the Green Light with Danny Pugh, VPSA, Texas A&M University

Getting the Green LightDaniel J. Pugh, Sr., Ph.D.

Vice President for Student AffairsTexas A&M University

@AggieVP

The First AmendmentCongress shall make no law respecting

the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of

the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition

the government for a redress of grievances.

The First Amendment

https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018_FFI_SOFA_Report.pdf

Senate Committee on State Affairs

• Texas State University• January 31, 2018

One Yellow – All YellowYELLOW LIGHT STATUS GREEN LIGHT STATUS

1. Residence Life Handbook: Harassment 1. Student Rules: Racial and Ethnic Harassment

2. Stop Hate: Hate/Bias Definition 2. Student Rules: Student Conduct Code

3. Student Rules: Rules on Freedom of Expression

3. Student Rules: Students’ Rights and Responsibilities

4. Student Rules: Individual Responsibility for Use of Computing Resources and Facilities

4. Student Rules: Investigation and Resolution of Complaints Against Texas A&M Students for Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking and Related Retaliation

5. Student Rules: Basic Rules and Procedures Governing Student Life

Free Speech & Assembly (Pre-2019)• Texas A&M Essentials

– http://provost.tamu.edu/Essentials/Free-Speech-and-the-Right-to-Associate

Conversion Timeline• January 31, 2018 – Senate Committee on State Affairs• February/March – Preliminary conversations with FIRE’s Mary Zoeller and Samantha

Harris• March 30, 2018 – FIRE Memo• April – September – Yellow to Green

– Administrative Policy (including rule making) – Faculty Senate– Treat Each Light Independent– Yellow Wrongly Attributed

• August – New FIRE POC – Azhar Majeed• September 2018 – 5th Yellow Light Identified

– Student Rules: Solicitation – Faculty Senate• October – FIRE @ AAU VPSA in Boulder, CO• November/December – Joint Press Release Construction

Free Speech & Assembly (2019)• Activity Resource & Response Team (ARRT)

– https://committees.tamu.edu/committees/index/index/id/143• The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)• Senate Bill 18 & House Bill 2100 – An act relating to the protection of expressive activities at Texas public

institutions of higher education (Traditional Public Forums).• Presidential Executive Order (March 21, 2019)

Campus Life: The First Amendment“A university is an open community, a place

where freedom of expression is uncompromisingly protected and where

civility is powerfully affirmed.”Ernest L. Boyer, President

Campus Life: In Search of CommunityCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

March 14,1990

http://boyerarchives.messiah.edu/files/Documents1/1000%200001%200251ocr.pdf

Texas A&M: The First Amendment“Any government is only worth having as long

as it can openly tolerate dissent and free channels of expression. Once we fear the

extremes of associations or speech, then we acknowledge the weakness of our bond.”

Mayo Thompson ‘41Campus Muster

1969

Texas 2019

• REMAINING GREEN IS CRITICAL• June 9, 2019

– Gov. Abbott Signs Law (Twitter)• Prohibition on Cancellations• Mandatory Traditional Public Forums

– Review Team (June 30, 2019)– FIRE Consult?

• July/August 2019 - Implementation

Getting the Green LightDaniel J. Pugh, Sr., Ph.D.

Vice President for Student AffairsTexas A&M University

@AggieVP