[1] Speaking at an inaugural event for the center, Floyd Abrams, a noted First Amendment attorney, highlighted the Bush administration's criticisms, ridicules, and threats against those who try to disseminate information and said that "almost everything in government is kept secret beyond any laws of reason.

[3] In March 2013, Larry Flynt presented a talk as the Tully Center's Distinguished Speaker to celebrate 25 years since the precedent-setting Hustler v. Falwell Supreme Court case.

[4] Other past speakers have included Daniel Ellsberg,[5] New York Times reporter Brian Stelter,[citation needed] Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!,[6] Floyd Abrams,[1] Irving Feiner,[7] and Alan Alda.

[9] The speakers, including Kristina Borjesson, Louis Clark, and Thomas Tamm discussed the important role whistleblowers and the press play in promoting accountability and the challenges they face.

[11] In conjunction with the Society of Professional Journalists and the Institute for Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University, the Tully Center hosted John F. Sopko who was appointed to be the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction in October 2016.

[citation needed] In February 2017, the Tully Center held a screening of Tickling Giants, a documentary which followed how Dr. Bassem Youssef finds creative, non-violent ways to protect free speech and fight a president who abuses his power.

[citation needed] In October 2017, The Tully Center hosted Nadine Strossen, the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union for a discussion of Free Speech on College campuses.