Campus Activism Resources

For more than 20 years, FIRE has worked to protect fundamental rights on America's college and university campuses in several key areas, including: freedom of speech and expression; religious liberty and freedom of association; freedom of conscience; and due process and legal equality on campus. FIRE works intensively and collaboratively with students to provide information and resources on how they can work with us, and independently, toward meeting these important goals.

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 Amplify the Activists: Activism on Campus Toolkit

The warning signs of over-restrictive speech codes can be difficult to spot — unless you know what you’re looking for. Learn to spot the signs of restrictive speech policies, educate your campus community, and work to reverse problematic policies. Use this toolkit and accompanying resources to guide your activism.

Amplify the Activists: Activism on Campus Toolkit

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Guide to Working with Student Government

Campus Guides
For many students, interacting with student government leaders can be intimidating. However, if you seek to affect change on campus, working with student governments can be one of the best tools at your disposal.
FIRE Activism Report

FIRE Activism Report

Resource
Complete FIRE’s Activism Report to tell us about your efforts to make your campus more free speech friendly.

Stamp Out Speech Codes 2019

Toolkits
Educate your fellow students, faculty, and staff about policies on campus that restrict speech and take action to eliminate or amend them. Use this toolkit and accompanying resources to guide your activism against illiberal speech codes on campus. Downloa

Commit to Expression Toolkit

Toolkits
Coordinate one or more of the toolkit’s campaign activities with the goal of educating your campus community about why the principles of free speech are essential to the core purpose of the university.

Let Them Speak Activity Kit

Toolkits
Take action to ensure that everyone on campus has the right to speak! Use this toolkit to educate your campus community about the right to listen and the worrisome trend of disinviting campus speakers, and offer tactics for how students can respond to speech with which they disagree without resorting to censorship.

Speak Truth to Power: Fall 2017 Activism on Campus Toolkit

Toolkits
Use your voice so that others can use theirs on campus! Explore the Speak Truth to Power toolkit to learn how you can engage with your campus community this fall and ensure that everyone on campus has the right to speak truth to power.
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