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Our Mission

The mission of The Center for First Amendment Rights, Inc. (CFAR) is to enhance the understanding of and appreciation for the First Amendment of the U.S.Constitution throughout the population of Connecticut and to serve as an action-oriented resource center for First Amendment issues, information and education.


 

Board of Directors

George C. Hastings, Esq., President
Ethel S. Sorokin, Esq., President Emerita
James D. Scrimgeour, Esq., Vice President
Maria Santos, Esq., Secretary
Judith A. Blank, Esq.
Hon. Antoinette L. Dupont
Jedd A. Gould
Steven J. Kaplan, CPA, Esq.
Prof. Martin D. Margulies
F. Timothy McNamara, Esq.
Hon David B. Pudlin
Daniel A. Silver, Esq.
Cecil J. Thomas, Esq.
Hon. Richard D. Tulisano
Matthew Wax-Krell, Esq.
Jeffrey J. White, Esq.

Advisory Board

Eugene S. Baten, PhD
Peter F. Culver, Esq.
Elizabeth S. Ellis
Janet Jackson, MSW
Prof. Hugh Macgill
Prof. Jonathan L.F. Silver
Jacob D. Zeldes, Esq.

What's new:

May 5, 2008: CFAR is merging into the ACLU Foundation


We added the announcement for the 2008 Symposium on May 5 featuring Anthony Lewis, Chris Finan and Judith Resnik.


We added Huck Finn ban would be lesson in intolerance by Manchester High School Senior Siobhan Covill to our new Student Comment section.


We added a summary of the feedback [PDF] received from our 2007 High School Conference


The September 2007 [PDF] CFAR newsletter has been added to the site.