MASON CITY – North Iowa Area Community College will offer a program on The Constitution and Religion on Monday, September 17, in Beem Forum 200 on the NIACC campus from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
This free public forum will be facilitated by NIACC instructor John Schmaltz and will commemorate Constitution Day which is held on September 17 of each year.
This year’s program will examine the topic of religion in the original Constitution, the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment, and the landmark Supreme Court cases on religion and the Constitution.
NIACC’s presentation of this forum complies with the federal law requiring every school that receives federal funds to provide students with a program on the Constitution. This program will be the eighth offered to NIACC students and the public. Free copies of the Constitution will also be given out. The Constitution Forum is offered to the public as well for no charge through NIACC’s Lifelong Learning Institute.
