By KAREN ANN KURLANDER
May 18, 2021 at 5:21 PM
The 2021-2022 Summit Board of Education, from left: Vanessa Primack, Yon Cho, Chris Bonner, Michael Colón, Donna Miller, Walidah Justice and Melanie Cohn.
The 2021-2022 Summit Board of Education, from left: Vanessa Primack, Yon Cho, Chris Bonner, Michael .
Credits: Karen Ann Kurlander / TAPinto Summit
Michael Colón is sworn to a new term as Board Member by Lou Pepe.
Michael Colón is sworn to a new term as Board Member by Lou Pepe.
Credits: Karen Ann Kurlander / TAPinto Summit
Walidah Justice is sworn in as a member of the Summit Board of Education.
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FIRE’s 2020-2021 Free Speech Essay Contest: More winning essays
This year’s prompt asked students to draw on current events, historical examples, personal experiences, or other FIRE resources to pen “a persuasive letter or essay [to] convince your peers that free speech is a better idea than censorship.”
Below, we’re printing the essays from our second and third place winners.
And if you’re a high school student or teacher, find age-level resources on free expression, civil liberties lesson plans, and more at thefire.org/high-school.
Second Place Entry
Glendale, Ariz.
Free Speech: The Foundation of a Vibrant Democracy
Jan 21, 2021 Ruth Mace Prime passed away peacefully at her beloved home early in the morning of Jan. 13, 2021. Her son Jon was by her side. She died from complications of congestive heart failure at age 90. Born in Brooklyn on June 28, 1930, to Romaine and Earl Mace, she spent her childhood in Morristown, New Jersey. Ruth graduated from The Kent Place School and later pursued music at Smith College. She then went on to teach kindergarten at The Peck School in Morristown. Her marriage to George Bramhall ended in divorce in 1955, and she moved to Keeseville with her two small children, Peter and Darcy.