updated Mon. April 1, 2024
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Legal Talk Network
January 31, 2018
After a career as a nurse working with children, she started devoting her time to something called the Tinker Tour, an educational program that travels the country and teaches kids about their First Amendment rights, because she believes they need those rights. Mary Beth Tinker: So my motivation to talk toÃâà...
The College Fix
April 24, 2017
It's tough being a liberal Democrat who supports free speech on campus these days, like the University of Pennsylvania's Jonathan Zimmerman. The history professor recently shared his gloom in The Philadelphia Inquirer that he's become a de facto “conservative” in the realm of the campus, whereÃâà...
Constitution Daily (blog)
February 24, 2017
At the National Constitution Center on Constitution Day 2013, she launched her “Tinker Tour” to promote “youth voices, free speech and a free press.” The tour continues. Nicandro Iannacci is a web content strategist at the National Constitution Center. Recent Historical Stories on Constitution Daily.
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
May 4, 2016
She will give a public lecture, “Youth Voices for Mighty Times,” at the Iowa City Public Library Thursday, hosted by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. The Hoover library also sponsored her Corridor school visits, part of Tinker's larger “Tinker Tour USA” inÃâà...
Student Press Law Center
September 12, 2014
Students want to be heard on the social and political issues, including issues of local school policy, directly affecting their lives. Their unique perspective is important for adult policymakers to hear and respect. With the erosion of mainstream news media coverage, “embedded” student journalists are often the public's onlyÃâà...
IU Southeast Horizon
October 22, 2013
On Oct. 9 2013, Tinker and Student Press Law Center attorney, Mike Hiestand, visited IU Southeast as part of the Tinker Tour USA, which is a project of the Student Press Law Center. The goal of the tour is to promote youth voices and teach people about the importance of First Amendment rights. During herÃâà...
Politico
September 15, 2013
Tinker will visit her first school Monday in Philadelphia. After that, she's scheduled to travel by RV to 18 states and the District of Columbia as part of what's being called the “Tinker Tour.” She'll log 10,000 to 15,000 miles, the equivalent of driving across the country three to five times, before her tour ends NovÃâà...
Forest Hills Connection (blog)
May 9, 2013
Along with attorney Mike Hiestand, who has helped 15,000 students, teachers and administrators navigate student speech issues over the past two decades, I'm going on the “Tinker Tour” — a bus (or RV) trip across the country to promote youth voices, free speech and a free press. Advertisements.
