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A Letter to Chancellor Fox on President Yudof’s Open Letter on Tolerance
Earlier this month, President Yudof sent an open letter to the UC community regarding policies of tolerance. However, while focus was placed on hateful speech and actions on our Jewish and Israeli students and colleagues, no mention was made of … Continue reading
UCSD Campus Climate: Still Hostile
In advance of today’s Campus Climate Council meeting (2-4pm in Chancellor’s Complex 111A), the SDFA is speaking out against racist comments and student harassment that occurred at a recent Associated Students meeting. There, Students for Justice in Palestine proposed a resolution … Continue reading
Posted in diversity, letter to administration, principles of community
Tagged campus climate council, divestment, student harassment, students for justice in palestine
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Open Letter to the UC Regents: Police Violence at UC Riverside – With response from President Yudof
Dr. Charles Thorpe, Associate Professer of Sociology at UCSD, posted the following open letter to the UC Regents at change.org to condemn police aggression at last week’s protests at UC Riverside (captured in the youtube video by a UCSD student … Continue reading
Letter to UC Riverside Chancellor White Condemning UCR’s “Protest Guidelines”
One month ahead of the Regents Meeting that will take place at UC Riverside on 17-19 January, the UCR administration has just adopted a series of anti-protest measures under the guise of promoting “safe protests”. The Board of the SDFA … Continue reading
CUCFA Cites Conflicts of Interest, Concerns over Hiring of Kroll Security Group and William Bratton to Investigate UC Police Violence
On November 27th, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) sent the following letter to President Yudof in response to his decision to hire the Kroll Security Group, and its Chairman William Bratton, to conduct an investigation of police violence … Continue reading
UC Davis Physicists Speak Out For Students, Against Chancellor Katehi
As further evidence that the deteriorating conditions at UC campuses affect all members of the faculty, the UC Davis Department of Physics released a statement on November 22nd, issuing an apology to students on behalf of the faculty, and calling … Continue reading
Academic Council Speaks out over Police Actions at Berkeley, Davis
The UC Academic Council sent a pointed letter to UC President Yudof on Nov. 20th, emphasizing their outrage at police abuse, the responsibility of the Chancellors in these actions, and the divestment of education support as an ultimate cause for … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, letter to administration, petitions, UC budget cuts
Tagged divestment in education, President Yudof, uc academic council, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
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Letter to the Chair of the UCSD Academic Senate: UC Protests and Police Aggression
The following letter was sent by SDFA Chair Ivan Evans to the Chair of the UCSD Academic Senate, Prof. Joel Sobel, on Saturday, November 19th. Prof. Dear Professor Sobel: As you are no doubt aware, police aggression in response to student … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, Academic Senate, letter to administration, protest and collective action
Tagged Joel Sobel, police aggression, police brutality, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
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AAUP Statement in Support of Free Expression in the University of California
On Sunday, November 20th, the national Council of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) passed the following resolution in response to police actions at UC Berkeley and Davis. On November 9, police officers dispatched by the administration of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, AAUP, letter to administration, petitions, protest and collective action
Tagged free speech, police aggression, police brutality, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
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CUCFA Condemns Police Violence
From the Council of UC Faculty Association website: This week, we have seen excessive force used against non-violent protesters at UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, and UC Davis. Student, faculty and staff protesters have been pepper-sprayed directly in the … Continue reading