International Conference to Address Academic Freedom at the University of Southern...

International Conference to Address Academic Freedom at the University of
Southern California, Sunday, June 15 - Monday, June 16, 2008

LOS ANGELES, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Freedom Alliance will
host an international conference on academic freedom titled "How Free Is the
University?" on Sunday, June 15 and Monday, June 16, 2008 at the Davidson
Executive Conference Center, at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles. The conference will feature a range of international and domestic
academics, journalists, government leaders and commentators who will address
indoctrination, intimidation and ideology in the classroom, the influence of
foreign funding on University policy and the processes for influencing change
in today's academic environment. Scholar Victor Davis Hanson, radio talk show
hosts Dennis Prager and Hugh Hewitt and commentators Daniel Pipes and David
Horowitz will be among the thirty-five international participants. The
conference will begin at 9:00 am on Sunday, June 15 and will conclude at 1:00
am on Monday, June 16.
The cost of attendance is $250, which includes all meals and admission to
the Los Angeles premiere of Indoctrinate U. -- a feature documentary about the
failures of academic institutions around the United States to meet the
standards of academic freedom established by academics themselves 95 years
ago. Davidson Executive Conference Center is located at 3415 So. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles CA 90089. Parking is available in Parking Structure D.
More information can be found at the Conference website:
http://www.americanfreedomalliance.org/microsite/howfree/brochure.htm .
"The goal of the conference is not to condemn or embarrass current
University administrations; nor is to demonize current professors," said the
conference organizer Avi Davis, "but it is to squarely address the dangers to
academic freedom that exist in our society and offer concrete and viable
solutions to deal with the shortfalls."
The American Freedom Alliance is an organization which unites individuals
and communities who share a concern about the threats to freedom and liberty
in the United States. The Alliance's programs, publications, conferences and
websites develop tools and strategies to counter the growing influence of
ideologies and movements that threaten freedom and deny the sanctity of the
personal conscience. For further information on the American Freedom
Alliance, visit www.americanfreedomalliance.org
SOURCE American Freedom Alliance

Avi Davis, American Freedom Alliance, +1-310-444-3085