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454					
455        Defending free speech since 1999
456  
457				</h2>
458
459													<h3 class="eyebrow" data-animation-duration="300" data-animation="fadeInUp" data-animation-delay="300">
460						
461        History
462  
463					</h3>
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469        <p>Since its founding, FIRE has assisted students and faculty in vindicating their rights to free speech and academic freedom.</p><p><a class="btn" href="/about-us/our-history" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="95fdcd7e-478b-48ec-8bbe-15e91be41fc5" data-entity-substitution="canonical"><span class="inner-text">Read OUR History</span></a></p>
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505        Our Principled Record
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518        <p>In our two decades of First Amendment advocacy, we have zealously worked on behalf of individuals from a broad swath of American society who are representative of our nation’s remarkable social, political, religious, and cultural diversity.</p><p><a class="btn" href="https://www.thefire.org/donate/membership/our-principled-record" target="_blank"><span class="inner-text">Learn More</span></a></p>
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532                    <img loading="lazy" width="640" height="360" src="/sites/default/files/styles/640x360/public/2025/02/FIRE%20logo%20tug%20of%20war%20graphic.jpeg.webp?h=6377f7ce&amp;itok=vRPJxpL5" alt="Red and blue illustrated people engaged in tug-of-war with the FIRE flame logo in the background">
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563						FIRE is truly a one-of-a-kind workplace. Every day, I am surrounded by people with vastly different perspectives all coming together to defend the principles we all hold dear. Nowhere else have I seen such brilliant, passionate people dedicated day-in and day-out to something beyond themselves.
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574						Join Our Team
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576
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581        <p>
581Before joining FIRE, University of Michigan student Dominic Coletti&nbsp;served as the managing news editor for The Michigan Daily student newspaper. In 2022,&nbsp;Dominic was awarded one of FIRE's prestigious summer internships,&nbsp;and after graduating he joined our team full time in 2023. As a program officer on our Campus Rights team, he advocates on behalf of student&nbsp;journalists and others on campus whose rights have been violated. FIRE kindles a collaborative, inclusive, fast-paced workplace culture that has helped us achieve our goals for more than 20 years. Plus, we have phenomenal perks!</p><p><a class="btn" href="/careers" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="df9bc365-fc6b-40d8-9967-e982792e2818" data-entity-substitution="canonical"><span class="inner-text">CAREERS</span></a></p>
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606        Meet Our People
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619        <p>FIRE is a mission-driven organization of hardworking, dedicated team members committed to defending and sustaining the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.</p><p><a class="btn" href="/node/23279"><span class="inner-text">the fIRE team</span></a></p>
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633                    <img loading="lazy" width="640" height="360" src="/sites/default/files/styles/640x360/public/2023/11/FIRE%20staff%20team%20get%20involved.png.webp?h=854a7be2&amp;itok=DkuWAmyc" alt="Members of FIRE&#039;s team">
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661          
662        Defending Your Rights
663  
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675        <p>FIRE defends and sustains the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought — the essential qualities of liberty — and carries out this mission through several core services.</p>
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691                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2025/11/student%20protesters.jpg.webp?h=82f92a78&amp;itok=k4msKABI" alt="student protesters holding bullhorns and signs">
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705            <header>
706                            <h4 class="title">
707              <a href="/defending-your-rights/individual-rights-advocacy" class="js-link-event-link">                Individual Rights Advocacy
708              </a>              </h4>
709
710                            
711                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">Helping You</h5>
712                          </header>
713
714                                      <div class="description">
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717        <p>FIRE’s signature, core defense program provides free, non-legal assistance to individuals whose fundamental civil liberties are violated.</p>
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733                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2025/06/Judge%20gavel%20and%20background%20with%20American%20flag.jpg.webp?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=qspgA_t4" alt="Judge gavel and background with American flag">
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747            <header>
748                            <h4 class="title">
749              <a href="/defending-your-rights/legal-support" class="js-link-event-link">                Legal Support
750              </a>              </h4>
751
752                            
753                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">In the Courts</h5>
754                          </header>
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759        <p>FIRE strategically litigates in courts nationwide to vindicate the First Amendment and due process rights of everyday Americans.</p>
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790                            <h4 class="title">
791              <a href="/defending-your-rights/reforming-college-policies" class="js-link-event-link">                Reforming College Policies
792              </a>              </h4>
793
794                            
795                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">Fixing Higher Ed</h5>
796                          </header>
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801        <p>FIRE’s College Policy Reform team works to proactively and systematically challenge campus policies that violate the free speech rights of students and faculty.</p>
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817                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2021/03/05134646/capitol-flag-congress.jpg.webp?h=252f27fa&amp;itok=EqrAoigA" alt="Flag in foreground of U.S. Capitol">
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833              <a href="/defending-your-rights/legislative-policy-reform" class="js-link-event-link">                Legislative Policy Reform
834              </a>              </h4>
835
836                            
837                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">Changing Laws</h5>
838                          </header>
839
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843        <p>FIRE defends your individual rights at the state and federal level by advocating for rights-protective legislation and against bills that would abridge those rights.</p>
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879						The City of Alpharetta stomped on my right to freedom of speech and they would have gotten away with it if not for FIRE. FIRE taught Alpharetta that everyone has the right to free speech, including people who are poor or homeless.
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890						FIRE Has Your Back
891					</h2>
892
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894							Our Impact
895						</h3>
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