On March 7, 2023, the University of Denver Sturm College chapter of the Federalist Society invited Ilya Shapiro to campus for a talk the focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in academia as antithetical to free speech and calling for dismantling of DEI departments. In response to justifiable student outrage, University administrators severely curtailed students’ freedom of speech, threatened honor code violations, and even threatened to raise questions of students’ character and fitness before licensing authorities.
Below is a copy of CHBA’s letter to DU administrators expressing our concerns.
A recording of the full speech can be found here.