January 29, 2025
MEDIA ADVISORY | For Immediate Release
Contact: UFF Press
Florida is at the forefront of an assault against public education, restricting the subjects students can study from K-12 to the colleges and universities. Educators from all of Florida’s public colleges and universities are confronting and pushing back against a vast censorship on what Florida’s students have the right to learn.
Join us at an in-person press conference at the Board of Governors meeting this week as we speak out on the negative impact censorship and curriculum laws had have on our higher education institute, our students and our state.
What: In-person press conference
When: Thursday, Jan. 30
Time: 8:30 am
When: Before the Board of Governors meeting begins, outside of meeting location:
University of North Florida
John A. Delaney Student Union West Building 58
3rd Floor Ballroom
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
Who: A host of speakers representing interests of those who work in higher education, students, and community members will be speaking as part of this event, including:
- Carole Gauronskas, Vice President, Florida Education Association
- Mark Halley, University of North Florida Professor, President of United Faculty of Florida-UNF
- Matthew Leon, University of North Florida Professor
Local media interested in attending should RSVP at [email protected]
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The United Faculty of Florida represents over 25,000 faculty at all 12 public universities, 15 colleges and Saint Leo University, along with graduate assistants at four universities.
