<![CDATA[Alliance for Free Speech at Penn State]]>https://www.pennstatefreespeech.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nMgf!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F728894fd-849a-40e3-a14c-5fe17fc3e228_500x500.pngAlliance for Free Speech at Penn Statehttps://www.pennstatefreespeech.comSubstackFri, 03 Apr 2026 20:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[2024 Wish #3 for Penn State - Resist the pressure to cancel controversial speakers.]]>https://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/2024-wish-3https://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/2024-wish-3Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:00:36 GMT

October 2023

Months after former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines spoke on the University Park HUB lawn, it is still unclear why she was denied the ability to speak inside the building as planned. The University claimed a missed scheduling deadline. Gaines took to X to claim differently.

October 2022

The University outright canceled what was dubbed a controversial and “politically provocative comedy night.” In a statement following the cancellation, University President Neeli Bendapudi blamed both the speakers and the protestors.

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]]><![CDATA[2024 Wish #2 for Penn State - Improve our free speech report card.]]>https://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/2024-wish-2https://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/2024-wish-2Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:21:47 GMTLast year, Penn State slipped in overall free speech ranking from 107 to 189—a below-average rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Help spread awareness and support the faculty and students being pressured to self-censor.

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]]><![CDATA[2024 Wish #1 for Penn State - Adopt the Chicago Statement.]]>https://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/2024-wish-1-for-penn-state-adopthttps://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/2024-wish-1-for-penn-state-adoptFri, 29 Dec 2023 16:40:20 GMTLet’s make 2024 the year that Penn State joins more than a hundred prestigious institutions in standing for academic freedom and the free speech rights of students and professors.

Tell Penn State President Bendapudi to support a resolution adopting the Chicago Statement. Contact information is below, along with a form letter that you can personlize.

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]]><![CDATA[Compelled Silence is NOT Free Speech]]>https://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/compelled-silence-is-not-free-speechhttps://www.pennstatefreespeech.com/p/compelled-silence-is-not-free-speechWed, 27 Dec 2023 20:54:53 GMT
Pennsylvania State University at Abington | source: Shuvaev

Penn State professor resigns, sues university for reverse racial discrimination

Prepared by Liza Smaliak ’25 for the Free Speech Project at Georgetown University

(Click here to view the court document.)

A former professor of Pennsylvania State University at Abington sued the university, alleging he was discriminated against as a white person after he condemned the university’s race-based doctrines. 

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Key Players

Zack De Piero, assistant teaching professor of English and composition at Penn State Abington, worked at the university from 2018 until 2022, when he resigned. He now serves as an assistant English professor at Northampton Community College.

Pennsylvania State University is a public institution of higher education with 20 undergraduate campuses throughout the state. Penn State Abington describes itself as “the most diverse campus” within the university system.

The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization “dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all Americans, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity.” Most recently, FAIR filed an amicus brief in favor of the plaintiffs who won the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court restricted the practice of affirmative action in college admissions. 

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