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Targeted Scholars, Targeted Institutions

Fighting the Attacks on Higher Education


Tempest invites you to a panel of scholars and activists discussing attacks on academic freedom, campus protest (particularly Palestine solidarity protest), and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Speakers will also address the detention and deportation of Palestine supporters and other activists, institutional responses, and strategies for fighting back.

Targeted Scholars, Targeted Institutions

Fighting the Attacks on Higher Education

A panel discussion featuring:

Sherry Wolf, senior organizer of American Association of University Professors—Rutgers University, JVP member, and Tempest member

Joshua Hamilton, former Director of the Multicultural Center at the University of North Texas.

Professor Bryan McCann, United Campus Workers; secretary of the Louisiana State University AAUP. 

Professor Pranav Jani, president, AAUP-Ohio State University; advisor, SJP-Ohio State

Kristen Godfrey, Arizona PhD student, organizer, and Tempest member  

Moderated by Professor Dana Cloud, AAUP-University of Cincinnati


Thursday, April 10 from 8:00-9:30 PM ET via Zoom.

Register here.

Please join us for a discussion of attacks  on academic freedom and protest:

  • attacks on the academic freedom of faculty 
  • detention and deportation of protesters, particularly Palestine solidarity activists,and international students
  • state and federal legislation curtailing academic freedom and eliminating diversity, inclusion, and access efforts
  • institutional responses to such repression
  • the intersection of these cases in a national pattern
  • how organizations and actions have challenged these attacks 
  • lessons and strategies for activism and resistance

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