Learning Objectives, Workshop 9: Free Speech

In "Resistance and Transformation," a Tapestry of Faith program

Participants will:

Learn the story of Rev. Stephen Fritchman, First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, and other congregations fight against the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the California Loyalty Oath in the 1950s
Understand the role the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles and other congregations played in overturning the California Loyalty Oath's application to religious groups
Explore some Unitarians' arguments against the actions of Fritchman and First Unitarian Los Angeles
Consider how questions of free speech fit into contemporary social justice issues and concerns.

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Last updated on Saturday, December 10, 2011.

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