Know Your Rights Week

May 03, 2010 |

The Goucher Republicans and Libertarians are sponsoring a series of events held May 3-7 to inform students about various aspects of their rights on campus and in the wider communities.

These events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Emily Adams at emily.adams@mail.goucher.edu.

The events will be:

Do you know your civil rights?
Monday, May 3
3 p.m.
Batza Room, Athenaeum

Join a constitutional expert and the Goucher Firearm Safety and Awareness Club for a discussion on the civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution, particularly Second Amendment rights.

Do you know your student rights?
Tuesday, May 4
8 p.m.
Buchner Hall of the Alumnae/i House

The following panelists will discuss Goucher students’ rights: Tommy Lane, Goucher's community resource supervisor for public safety; Zeke Berzoff-Cohen, SGA president for the 2007-2008 school year and founder of the Student’s Bill of Rights; and Luke Sheahan, director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's Campus Freedom Network.

Do you know how to handle police encounters?
Wednesday, May 5
9 p.m.
Pearlstone Atrium

There will be a screening of the film BUSTED, which illustrates the right and wrong ways to handle common police encounters and how people can protect their rights and themselves. This film was created by Flex Your Rights, an educational civil rights nonprofit, and is narrated by retired ACLU Director Ira Glasser.

Do you know your local rights?
Thursday, May 6
6 p.m.
Batza Room, Athenaeum

Maryland Del. Joseph C. Boteler III (R), District 8, will discuss citizens’ rights in Maryland and the state’s Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Do you know your rights as a woman?
Friday, May 7
12:30 p.m.
Pinkard Room, Athenaeum

Join students; faculty members; and Jeannette Hadfield, director of student health and counseling services, for a brown-bag lunch discussion about women and sexual rights on campus.