Related Organizations

Free Speech Organizations

Check out foundations and organizations fighting alongside us to improve a culture of open discourse and academic freedom at universities.

FreeSpeech@MIT, a group of MIT faculty. See their Letter Signatories.
Students for Open Inquiry, an MIT student group supporting freedom of expression

AFSA is comprised of several university initiatives - see them all here!

Chuck Davis, past president of AFSA and past president of MFSA, introduces the organization here.

AFSA publishes its own Alma Matters Substack covering free speech at member universities and higher education generally.

BERKELEY Cal Free Speech Movement Visit Site

BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston University Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

BUCKNELL Open Discourse Coalition Visit Site

COLUMBIA Columbia Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

CORNELL Cornell Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

DARTMOUTH Dartmouth Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

DAVIDSON Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought & Discourse Visit Site

FURMAN Furman Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

HARVARD Harvard Alumni for Free Speech Visit Site

JAMES MADISON Madison Cabinet for Free Speech Visit Site

LAFAYETTE Alumni/Alumnae Coalition for Lafayette Visit Site

MACALESTER Macalester Alumni of Moderation (inactive) Visit Site

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Michigan State Alumni for Free Speech Visit Site

MICHIGAN TECH Huskies for Common Sense Visit Site

NORTH CAROLINA UNC Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

PENN Penn Alumni Free Speech Alliance Visit Site

PRINCETON Princetonians for Free Speech Visit Site

STANFORD Stanford Alumni for Free Speech and Critical Thinking Visit Site

UCLA Bruin Alumni in Defense of Free Speech Visit Site

VIRGINIA The Jefferson Council Visit Site

VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE The Cadet Foundation Visit Site

WASHINGTON & LEE The Generals Redoubt Visit Site

WOFFORD Alumni for the Wofford Way Visit Site

YALE Fight for Yale's Future Visit Site

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) - thefire.org.
Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA) - academicfreedom.org
American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) - goacta.org
The Heteodox Academy - heterodoxacademy.org
National Association of Scholars (NAS) - nas.org
Alumni & Donors Unite (ADU) - alumnianddonorsunite.org
University of Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression - thechicagoforum.uchicago.edu
Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship - safs.ca
Free Speech Week - freespeechweek.org
Federalist Society - fedsoc.org
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) - adflegal.org
Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) - fairforall.org
Institute for Liberal Values - ilvalues.org
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) - adflegal.org
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - aclu.org
American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which does not have an MIT chapter.