Guest columnist Leslie Royce Resnik, president of Royce Public Relations, has three decades of agency public relations, branding, writing and event planning experience. She is an honorary board member of the National Council of Jewish Women/Cleveland (NCJW/CLE) and serves on the boards of the John P. Murphy Foundation, Kent State Fashion Museum and J Street Cleveland.

If you’re like many Americans, you probably know that freedom of speech, religion and the press are guaranteed by the First Amendment. But you might have to look up the other two -- the right to assemble peaceably and to petition the government.

In fact, a 2024 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey found that more than half of Americans cannot name most of the rights protected under the First Amendment.

So why focus on

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