Reframing Civic Engagement For Children & Caregivers

About this episode

The episode features Dr. Allison Matulli discussing civic engagement for children and caregivers, focusing on the First Amendment and community empowerment.

Allison Matulli, Ed.D., J.D., M.Ed. is an author, law professor, childhood educator, and Free Speech advocate and Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum. Dr. Matulli has dedicated her career to helping communities and their children understand the law, with specific attention to the First Amendment. Combining her legal training and education background, she is also the founder of The Little Lawyers , which empowers communities and children to learn the law. Dr. Matulli recently completed her Ed.D. with a doctorate thesis on Free Speech and Digital Citizenship. She is also a Global Fulbright Scholar focusing on how children experience freedom of speech in various countries worldwide, both online and offline. She is a lecturer at Howard University and serves as a criminal justice adjunct professor at Florida International University and affiliate faculty at the Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership. Her book, Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid's Guide to the First Amendment (Hachette/Running Press Kids) has garnered broad interest from educators and free speech advocates and was named a Junior Library Guild Selection and included in the Chicago Public Library's…

People in this episode

Host: Maria Morukian

Guests: Allison Matulli, Ed.D., J.D., M.Ed., Allison Matulli

Topics covered

• civic engagement
• children's education
• First Amendment
• free speech
• community empowerment

Keywords

• civic engagement
• First Amendment
• children's rights
• free speech
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Freedom Forum, The Little Lawyers, Howard University, Florida International University, Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership

Books & works: Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid's Guide to the First Amendment, We Are Free

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