Renowned Free Speech Activist to Speak at Church Farm School

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Image of Zachary Wood via Kelly Campbell.

Church Farm School – an independent boarding and day school in Exton for boys in grades 9-12 – will welcome Zachary R. Wood as a speaker on Friday, Oct. 12 at 7 PM in the school’s Pavilion.

Wood is known for his dynamic perspective on free speech, race, and dissenting opinions. He entered the national spotlight as a senior at Williams College, where he acted as president of the student group Uncomfortable Learning.

Wood strengthened the group’s commitment to inviting speakers with controversial perspectives to speak freely on the college’s campus. Wood is an activist for free speech and a firm believer that civil debate is a crucial part of one’s education. He recently testified before the United States Senate on the necessity of ensuring that college campuses allow for a variety of viewpoints.

Wood is taking his message beyond his college campus and is sharing the details of his own personal story and how his experiences inspired him to be a crusader for open dialogue and free speech. His memoir, Uncensored, tells the story of his troubled upbringing, from a difficult early childhood filled with pain, uncertainty, and conflict to the struggles of code-switching between his home in a rough neighborhood and his elite private school.

Arguing for a new way of interacting with each other in this deeply polarized society, Wood has cemented his position as a deeply necessary voice – not just at Williams College, but for his generation.

Wood was a former Robert L. Bentley Fellow at The Wall Street Journal and graduated from Williams in the spring of 2018 as a Herbert H. Lehman Scholar with a degree in political science. He currently works as an Assistant Opinion Editor of The Guardian.

This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. To RSVP, please contact development@gocfs.net or register online by clicking here.

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