PRESS ADVISORY: On May 28, Join FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez in Los Angeles for a Discussion of the Growing Threats to Free Speech Across America
LOS ANGELES — Please join FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez for an in-person discussion of the administration’s efforts to chill dissent and censor a free press. Gomez has spoken out as the U.S. president and his FCC chairman harass and bully news outlets that don’t toe the administration’s authoritarian line. “Let’s be clear about what this administration is doing,” she recently told CNN. “It is on a campaign to censor and control.”
The Los Angeles forum is an opportunity to learn more about Gomez’s fight against the fundamental threat to our democracy. Attendees will also hear from journalists, experts and community members about the impact this intimidation has had on local residents. There will be opportunities for the press to interview Commissioner Gomez and others in attendance.
Please RSVP to join the forum on Wed., May 28, as we discuss Gomez’s crucial work and hear more about what can be done to protect First Amendment freedoms and defend democracy.
What: Public Interest in Free Speech: A Conversation with FCC Commissioner Gomez
When: Wed., May 28, from noon to 3 p.m. PT
Where: The University Club at California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive
Who: The Honorable Anna M. Gomez, commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (speaker); U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (speaker); Dr. Safiya U. Noble, MacArthur Fellowship recipient and UCLA professor (panelist); Alejandra Santamaria, president and CEO, Southern California Public Radio (speaker); Gabriel Lerner, editor emeritus of La Opinión (panelist); Jessica J. González, co-CEO, Free Press (moderator)
RSVP: https://bit.ly/fpfccla
Free Parking: Check in at the parking kiosk for free VIP parking in Lot 4
Lunch: provided
Interviews: Please email Timothy Karr at tkarr@freepress.net to set up interviews with any of the speakers and panelists
Background: In April, Gomez announced the launch of her “First Amendment Tour” to hear more about the urgent challenges people across the country are experiencing in the face of the administration’s campaign of censorship and control. Los Angeles is the second stop on Gomez’s tour, and Free Press is hosting this event with its five Los Angeles-based staff.