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Freedom of Assembly

What We Defend

Freedom of assembly is the right of individuals to come together to express shared ideas, and it is one of the rights expressly guaranteed by the First Amendment. This includes the right to peaceably protest and to gather, and it also extends to the right to associate 鈥 essential guarantees for ideas to flow freely. 

These freedoms have allowed students to organize to express popular and unpopular ideas alike, and have enabled the development of on-campus protest movements, like the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, through which students and the public come together in support of various political and religious causes.

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Freedom of assembly and why it鈥檚 important

The First Amendment prohibits the government from abridging 鈥渢he right of the people peaceably to assemble.鈥 This basic freedom ensures that individuals can gather together to advocate for causes, beliefs, movements, or protests.

YOUR RIGHTS EXPLAINED: Freedom of assembly

Resources

Learn more about your free assembly rights in 果冻传媒app官方's research library.

Explore the Issues

Do鈥檚 and Don鈥檛s of Campus Activism

Planning on engaging in activism on campus? Check out the following tips before gearing up.

Know Your Rights

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FAQ for Student Protests on Campus

Planning a campus protest 鈥 or already part of one? To help get to know your rights, here are some answers to questions we鈥檝e seen come up time and again in over a decade and a half of defending students鈥 right to free speech and free assembly.

Know Your Rights

Defending Your Rights

FIRE defends the rights of students and faculty through several core services.

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