Watch welcome remarks from Shilo Brooks, President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center; and conversation featuring David French, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times, and Anne Wicks, the Don Evans Family Managing Director, Opportunity and Democracy, George W. Bush Institute
A discussion on freedom of expression and how robust protection for all viewpoints is essential for a free society.
Shilo Brooks is President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center and Professor of Practice in the Department of Political Science at SMU. He was previously Executive Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, where he taught in the Department of Politics.
David French is a columnist for The New York Times. A graduate of Harvard Law School, David was previously a senior editor at The Dispatch and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He is a former constitutional litigator and a past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. David is a New York Times bestselling author, and his most recent book is Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. David is a former major in the United States Army Reserve and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.
Anne Wicks is the Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity and Democracy at the George W. Bush Institute, where she develops and oversees policy, research, and engagement work on education, economic growth, immigration, and democracy. She was previously Associate Dean at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education. She has also held leadership roles at Teach for America, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, and Stanford University.
