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The First Amendment Center supports the First Amendment and builds understanding of its core freedoms through education, information, and entertainment. [1]
The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to petition the government. [1] [ verification needed ]
Founded by John Seigenthaler, the First Amendment Center is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum and the Diversity Institute.[ original research? ][ citation needed ] The center has offices in the John Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee,[ original research? ][ citation needed ] and at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.. [1] [ verification needed ]
The center's programs, including the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum,[ original research? ][ citation needed ] provide education and information to the public and groups including First Amendment scholars and experts, educators, government policymakers, legal experts, and students. [1] [ verification needed ] The center is nonpartisan and does not lobby, litigate or provide legal advice. [1] [ verification needed ]
The center's website is a source of news, information, and commentary in the nation on First Amendment issues. [1] [ verification needed ] It features daily updates on news about First Amendment-related developments, as well as detailed reports about U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment, and commentary, analysis and special reports on free expression, press freedom, and religious-liberty issues. [1] [ verification needed ]
