Mt.Hamilton Society - Greg Lukianoff, FIRE and Free Speech

For more than 25 years, Greg Lukianoff has worked at the forefront of free speech advocacy, defending expressive rights on campus, in the courtrooms, and throughout the culture. In this luncheon conversation, Greg will discuss the evolving threats to free expression from across the political spectrum, including censorship pressures in higher education, government overreach from both sides of the aisle, and the emerging challenges of the digital age. He will also explore the cultural and institutional trends shaping the future of free speech, the reforms needed to protect it, and the problems likely to define the next chapter of the debate.

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Greg Lukianoff is an attorney, New York Times best-selling author, and the President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression(FIRE). He is the author of , , and FIRE’s . He co-authored with Jonathan Haidt, with Rikki Schlott, and, most recently, with Nadine Strossen. 
Greg is also an Executive Producer of , a feature-length documentary that explores the collision between comedy, censorship, and outrage culture, both on and off campus, and of , an award-winning feature-length film about the life and career of former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser.
Greg has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and numerous other publications. He frequently appears on TV shows and radio programs, including the CBS Evening News, The Today Show, and NPR’s Morning Edition. In 2008, he became the first-ever recipient of the Playboy Foundation’s Freedom of Expression Award, and in 2024, he became the first-ever recipient of the Russell Kirk Center’s Richard D. McLellan Prize for Free Speech and Expression. He has testified before both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives about free speech issues both within and outside of American higher education.

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Please join the Mont Hamilton Society in this 17th year since our founding, to hear and interact with Greg Lukianoff on this important topic.

This meeting, including lunch, will be in-person for no more than 24 individuals only. We think you will enjoy the intellectual stimulation, the edification, the camaraderie, and meeting new people.

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From a satisfied Mont Hamilton Society member:

"Thanks as always to you for the fun and engaging lunch discussions you put together regularly - I always enjoy them and the dose of intellectual sanity they provide!" Luke Perkocha, MD, MBA

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About the Mont Hamilton Society - In 1947 Friedrich Hayek, an economist and social philosopher who later won the Nobel Prize, organized a meeting at Mt. Pelerin, a resort in Switzerland. Hayek convened a modest sized group of (39) economists, historians, philosophers and journalists for the purpose of supporting research and discussion on the role of markets vs. government. The Mont Pelerin Society is now a large and prestigious international organization.

In 2009, a group of friends began to meet in San Jose for the purposes of improving their understanding of economic theory, applying it to current events and sharing their understanding with others as well as promoting a joyous sense of camaraderie. In recognition of the example set by the Mont Pelerin Society, they decided to name their group the Mont Hamilton Society. Members understand the realities of the business world, share an interest in economic thinking, and value civil discourse from a variety of perspectives. Faculty and students from the Department of Economics at San Jose State University are frequent guests at Society meetings. In June 2017 the Mont Hamilton Society became the San Jose affiliate chapter of the Bastiat Society, an AIER.org project, hence our name from then till late last year was: Mont Hamilton/Bastiat Society. However AIER decided late in 2024 to discontinue the Bastiat Society program, so we are reverting to our original name: The Mont Hamilton Society and continuing on our own.

There are no membership fees or organizational meetings at this time, but all interested are encouraged to join and participate.

If you would like to be on our invitations list, or know someone else who might like to receive notice of our 7 - 10 luncheon or other events per year, or if you have any questions, please send an email to:

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You or your suggested contact(s) will receive an announcement/invitation and a reminder or two for each event as they are scheduled, or a prompt answer to your question/s.

These events are discussions, not standard lectures. To facilitate this, the in-person gatherings before Covid Lockdowns were kept "small," typically 12 - 24 individuals only. Some presentations are video recorded, depending on demand and available resources. Constructive feedback on our events and interest in recordings is welcome, since we are continuing to evolve our meeting formats.

Thank you for your interest.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Scott's Seafood (90 min. free parking: 93 East San Carlos, NE corner at 2nd), 200 South 1st Street, San Jose, United States

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