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Media Highlights TV • August 9, 2023 

# Erec Smith participates in the event, “Defending Free Expression and Intellectual Diversity: What Trustees Need to Know,” hosted by *The American Council of Trustees and Alumni*

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##### [Erec Smith](/people/erec-smith)

Research Fellow, Cato Institute, and Cofounder, Free Black Thought

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