{"id":5,"date":"2024-08-26T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/community-values\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:27:05","slug":"community-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/","title":{"rendered":"Community, Civility &#038; Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span>Dear Members of the BU Community,<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Boston University has a foundational commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/about\/about-free-speech-and-expression\/\">free speech<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/handbook\/ethics\/academic-freedom\/\">academic freedom<\/a>. These principles are central to the open exchange of ideas and are the hallmark of an institution committed to learning and discovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"subpage-exp-content\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<!-- The Content Starts --><\/p>\n<p>BU also has a foundational commitment to welcoming faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds, places, and perspectives. Our commitment to ideas and our broad diversity creates our rich intellectual environment.<\/p>\n<p>This website on Community, Civility &#038; Free Speech is devoted to communicating about the University\u2019s resources, policies, and practices related to free speech and academic freedom; events and demonstrations; campus safety; and how to report instances of bias and harassment. I hope it will serve as an important hub for information for our community.<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot to do to create a community in which each of us can thrive: It requires individuals to commit to regarding one another with dignity and respect. These behaviors cannot be dictated by policies or rules; instead, they rest upon our values, our commitment to discovery, learning, service, and being curious and willing to learn about people and ideas that are different than our own. Know that I will lead with these values in mind, and that I will engage with you in the work to foster civil discourse across our University.  <\/p>\n<p>Our mission grounds us in the use of speech for the benefit of one another and society. This website is a starting place. I welcome your feedback and ideas as we work together to create the environment we aspire to have.    <\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Melissa L. Gilliam,<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<p><!-- The Content ends -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><button class=\"button-primary subpage-readmore-btn\">Read More<\/button><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"layout-wide\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" title=\"President Gilliam Safe &amp; Welcoming Campus Environment Message (Teleprompter)\" src=\"\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/interface\/embed\/embed.html?v=ym2ZU2WH\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Members of the BU Community, Boston University has a foundational commitment to free speech [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/communityvalues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}