A message to our students: We write today with hearts full of sadness and outrage. Your university administration has failed you. It has failed to protect you and support you, and in doing so, it has made clear where its priorities lie: in silencing protests and maintaining the status quo at the cost of your rights of free speech and assembly. Read more...
I feel compelled to write this letter from faraway South Africa as a gesture of support and solidarity for UCLA students and those at other US universities who have been protesting in solidarity with Palestine and have been met with violence and arrest for their efforts. Read more...
This post was updated May 5 at 8:44 p.m. Dearest Students: On May 2, I woke up to the news that police had taken down your Palestine solidarity encampment. Read more...
This post was updated May 5 at 8:42 p.m. Dear “Chancellor” Gene Block: As the mother of a senior who is on the cusp of graduation after four tumultuous years, I watch with utter horror from across the country. Read more...
This post was updated May 2 at 9:06 p.m. As Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, we call upon the governor of California, the mayor of Los Angeles, the University of California system and all other complicit authorities to grant full legal, academic and disciplinary amnesty for all protesters. Read more...
This post was updated May 2 at 9:02 p.m. It began with ear-piercing screams of wailing babies loudly emitting from speakers. Counter-protesters tearing down the barricades. Read more...