Last week we launched the Collegiate Forum where we brought together five
outstanding students from five notable California colleges. Over 200 hundred people listened intently to
the student panelists debate, discuss and reason the resolution: Is political
correctness on college campuses an enemy of free speech? There was no shouting, name calling, or
trigger warnings. It was old fashion politeness with thoughtful and fact based
debate of ideas.
The calm of
the debate at the Nixon Library between students from UC Berkley, Occidental,
Pomona, Chapman and Stanford was refreshing.
Without the shrill noise of protest, we could hear another side. We might not agree at the end, but we had a
chance to understand the opposing view and, in that process, become enlightened
with better ideas for solutions.
This Collegiate Forum is the first of many that can be brought to
Millennials and Baby Boomers. That
evening, we left with hope that the next generation is not lost to mean
spirited confrontation but open to challenging ideas that can be a spring-board
to responsible citizenship.
Look for the video of the panel discussion on our website www.usvigilance.com or the Nixon
Foundation website www.nixonfoundation.org
coming soon!
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