Alongside ten other faculty members, I received a back-channel invitation to discuss campus events with EVCP Hunt.
Today, all of us wrote back to decline his invitation. I appreciate the will to dialogue, but #UCLA should negotiate with student stakeholders, #UAW4811, and #UCAFT. Dialogue should be public and transparent, without coercion.
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An #Ontario#university is the first major educational institution in #Canada to reach an #agreement with on-campus protestors and vows not to invest in companies benefitting from the war in #Gaza.
Ppl with no history of activism for accessibility suddenly being concerned about ADA violations when it has the effect of quashing a group they want to suppress. UC itself has used this tactic in the past.
Abled-led progressive groups not thoroughly considering accessibility issues not just to head such tactics off at the pass, but to actually be accessible.
A poster was shared on social media to promote the protest. A description of the event said protesters were "delivering a message to #McGill administration that we refuse to stand by quietly while they remain complicit in #genocide."
Both #faculty and #encampment members took issue with how the president directed blame for those incidents, with the former saying it could hinder meaningful dialogue and the latter saying they’re being #scapegoated.
The faculty group on Friday said they’re around the encampment almost 24/7 and they’re concerned the information coming the #university “does not align with what most of us have seen first hand at the encampment.”
About 20%.
"UC investments in entities with ties to weapons makers, #Israel, #Blackrock, #Blackstone and 24 other companies targeted by divestment proponents amount to about $32 billion of #UC's $175 billion...
Utrecht University’s board has promised to “reasses” its ties to the Zionist Entity. We recognise this message for what it is: a tactic to placate the masses, keep us silent while the death toll rises to over 45,000 people in Gaza.
We have stated our demands time and time again. However, the university remains insistent on being complicit to genocide and would rather call the riot police on its own students and staff, rather than stand on the right side of history.
Come and join us in demanding an end to our University’s ties to apartheid and genocide. Bring whatever resources you can, as much food and supplies as possible, and join us in the streets as we take back our university.
🇵🇸 In our thousands, in our millions, we are ALL Palestinians. 🇵🇸'
Ondertussen wordt Janskerkhof 15 ontruimd, nadat genocide-wegkijker Anton Pijpers (voorzitter van het College van Bestuur van de UU) eerder op de avond langs was geweest voor zijn neoliberale borrelpraat. De studenten (en docenten) pikken het niet meer! En terecht! :solidarity: 🍉
'For the third time, Utrecht University has chosen to send in riot police against its own students and staff rather than sever ties with an apartheid state.'
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