Speech First is
Merging with
Defending
Education!

After years of wins for the right to free speech on college campuses, the Speech First board has made a strategic decision to merge our efforts with Defending Education. We believe that our mission to safeguard the constitutional rights of students in higher education complements Defending Education’s work protecting students in America’s primary, secondary, and postsecondary schools, while leveraging DE’s sizeable research, government relations, and media capacity. By joining forces, consolidating resources, and sharing our mission with Defending Education, the fight for free speech in education will be strengthened.

Through this merger, we are confident that the mission of Speech First will be carried on in a more effective and holistic manner than if we stayed an independent organization.

Our numerous successes, like our recent victory against Texas State University, underscore the necessity of this mission. All these wins are a result of the support of friends like you who are committed to protecting the right to free speech.

Please rest assured that all legal rights to Speech First court cases have been transferred to Defending Education. This retains our right to sue if there is any backsliding—and because both organizations use the same appellate lawyers, this process was seamless.

Our mission to defend speech is entering an exciting new chapter. Together, as Defending Education, we will achieve even greater wins for the constitutional right to free speech across all educational landscapes in America.

Thank you for fighting alongside us, amid the assaults of woke ideologies. We are truly strong together.

If you want to continue following our efforts, click here to learn more about Defending Education .