See below our letter to UC San Diego leadership, also copied to UC leadership systemwide: September 16, 2025 Office of the Chancellor University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr #0005 La Jolla, CA 92093 Dear Chancellor Khosla and Campus Counsel Park, Recently, it was reported that the University of California Office of the […]
Category: freedom of speech
CUCFA Letter on Academic Freedom
Dear Colleagues, The San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA) fully supports the statement from the UC-wide Council of Faculty Associations (CUCFA) linked here, about the urgency of defending academic freedom and the free speech rights of instructional faculty and students to express support for the Palestinian people and/or criticize the actions of the Israeli government. We […]
Free Speech is not a Felony
We are writing regarding the arrest and charges filed against UAW members from Scripps Institute of Oceanography arrested for allegedly writing chalk messages in support of their union. You can find more info here. A group of faculty have organized a petition to send to the District Attorney, asking that the charges be dropped. SDFA is […]
Joint Letter in Support of Librarian Academic Freedom
August 18, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Joint statement by CUCFA and CA-AAUP: On July 26, 2018 UC negotiators rejected a proposal by the UC-AFT Unit 17 that academic freedom be recognized as a right of all UC librarians as academic employees. UC […]
Statement on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by the Board of the SDFA
The San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA/AAUP) has no official position in regard to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. We recognize that our membership is divided on this issue and that it is beyond the mission and the scope of the Association to articulate an official view. Therefore, the Board will not speak on behalf of its members […]