Lucy Elthoft, a seventh grader at Lance Middle School, questions whether the First Amendment does enough to protect religious minorities.
Abby Isermann, a junior at Iola-Scandinavia High School, highlights moments in history shaped by the First Amendment.
We owe it to future generations to protection the freedoms provided by the First Amendment, writes Gibraltar High School senior Annalee Mize.
Without agreement, society turns dysfunctional, writes Ellen Zhang, a junior at Green Bay Southwest High School.
Jonah Vircks, a freshman at Loyal High School, makes a case for why the right to assembly is one of our most important important freedoms.
The WNA Foundation is excited to announce the second annual Wisconsin Civics Games Editorial Writing & Cartoon Contest, which aims to increase civic education and engagement while celebrating the rights established by the First Amendment.
The contest is open to all Wisconsin middle and high school students, including home-schooled students. Essays and cartoons should focus on the importance of the First Amendment. Students are encouraged to draw from personal experiences, current events and historical examples.
Rather than be used to divide, the First Amendment can be used as a way to build a bridge to connect both sides of the aisle. It’s okay to have steadfast beliefs on issues, but we all must be willing to listen with open ears.
Never have I thought about the First Amendment more, in my 15 years of life, than this past year. Much has happened in this country.
I believe citizens of the United States do not realize how different our country would be without our freedoms and democracy. We have had this amendment for so long that it is hard to think about what our country would be like without it. We need to stop taking it for granted, though.
The newest and scariest challenge that free speech in the United States has faced is the battle against misformation. It’s a crisis that threatens the freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.
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