March 22, 2021 Ms. Lindsay Elin Director of External Affairs, Facebook Ms. Mary deBree Director of Content Policy Facebook To Ms. Elin and Ms. deBree: On behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF), we urge you to reject the political lobbying efforts pressuring Facebook to equate critical conversations that use the term “Zionist” withContinue reading “To Ms. Lindsay Elin, Director of External Affairs and Ms. Mary deBree, Director of Content Policy Urging FaceBook Reject Political Lobbying Efforts Pressing FaceBook to Equate Critical Conversations That Use the Term “Zionism” With Hate Speech”
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Letter to His Majesty King Mohamed VI and Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani of Morocco Concerning Professor Maâti Monjib Sentenced to One Year in Prison in February 2021 And Is Being Persecuted as The Result of His Commitment to Historical Truth and Democracy
March 19, 2021 His Majesty King Mohamed VI King of Morocco The Royal Palace Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco fax + 212 537-768515 His Excellency Saadeddine Othmani Prime Minister Government of Morocco fax: + 212 537-731010/769995/768656 Your Majesty and Your Excellency: California Scholars for Academic Freedom, a group of over 200 scholars throughout California committed toContinue reading “Letter to His Majesty King Mohamed VI and Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani of Morocco Concerning Professor Maâti Monjib Sentenced to One Year in Prison in February 2021 And Is Being Persecuted as The Result of His Commitment to Historical Truth and Democracy”
Letter to the California Board of Education Asking it to Vote No On The Current ESMC Draft and Have it Rewritten By True Ethnic Studies Scholars and Not Politicians
March 11, 2021 Dear State Board of Education: We write on behalf of the California Scholars for Academic Freedom with regard to the recent developments concerning the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) draft. We urge you to Vote No on the current ESMC draft and instead have it be rewritten by true ethnic studiesContinue reading “Letter to the California Board of Education Asking it to Vote No On The Current ESMC Draft and Have it Rewritten By True Ethnic Studies Scholars and Not Politicians”
Letter to Ms. Kara McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U. S. Department of State in Opposition to Adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of Anti-Semitism
February 22, 2021 Ms. Kara McDonald Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor US Department of State c/o Ms. Megan Freeman freemanmc@state.gov Dear Ms. McDonald: On behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom, we write with concern regarding your remarks on February 1st supporting the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition ofContinue reading “Letter to Ms. Kara McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U. S. Department of State in Opposition to Adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of Anti-Semitism”
Letter to Tony Thurmond, Superintendent, California Department Of Education re: CS4AF Opposition to Current Revisions of the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC)
January 21, 2021 Tony ThurmondState Superintendent, CA Department of Education 1430 N StreetSacramento, California 95814 Re: California Scholars for Academic Freedom OPPOSITION to Current Revisions of CA ESMC Dear Superintendent Thurmond, On behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom, we write to protest the current version of the CA Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC), whichContinue reading “Letter to Tony Thurmond, Superintendent, California Department Of Education re: CS4AF Opposition to Current Revisions of the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC)”
Letter to Zoom President Yuan, President Zuckerberg of Facebook and President Wojcicki of Youtube Condemning Their Platforms’ Censorship of an Open Classroom at San Francisco State University
October 23, 2020 Mr. Eric Yuan, President of Zoom Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, President of Facebook Ms. Susan Wojcicki, President of Youtube To Whom It May Concern: The nearly 250-strong membership of California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF) hereby declares its unequivocal condemnation of an act of blatant censorship carried out by Zoom, Facebook, and GoogleContinue reading “Letter to Zoom President Yuan, President Zuckerberg of Facebook and President Wojcicki of Youtube Condemning Their Platforms’ Censorship of an Open Classroom at San Francisco State University”
Letter to San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney Calling on Them to Condemn Censorship of a Class Webinar by Zoom
November 11, 2020 President Lynn Mahoney, SFSU Provost Jennifer Summit, SFSU Chancellor Tim White, CSU Dear President Mahoney, Provost Summit, and Chancellor White: As you are well aware, on September 23rd, Zoom shut down a class webinar, organized by faculty at San Francisco State University, because of objections to an invited speaker. Zoom’s censorship—its imposingContinue reading “Letter to San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney Calling on Them to Condemn Censorship of a Class Webinar by Zoom”
Letter Congratulating Professor Janet Napolitano on Their Appointment to the Board of Zoom Communications, Inc. Calling on Them to Correct Zoom’s Recent Censoring of an Open Classroom at San Francisco State University
November 19, 2020 Dear Professor Janet Napolitano, We write on behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom (cs4af),* an organization of more than 200 academics who teach in some 20 California institutions of higher education and who are committed to the defense of academic freedom at our institutions and elsewhere. We wish to congratulate youContinue reading “Letter Congratulating Professor Janet Napolitano on Their Appointment to the Board of Zoom Communications, Inc. Calling on Them to Correct Zoom’s Recent Censoring of an Open Classroom at San Francisco State University”
Letter to California Department of Education in Support of the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the New California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) and in Response to Attacks on the ESMC
This letter was published by Mondoweiss on July 21 2020 at https://mondoweiss.net/2020/07/academics-back-inclusion-of-arab-american-studies-into-ethnic-studies/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-email-mailpoet July 5, 2020 California Department of Education 1430 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814-5901 Dear California Department of Education: We write on behalf of the California Scholars for Academic Freedom with regard to the attacks on the California Ethnic Studies Model CurriculumContinue reading “Letter to California Department of Education in Support of the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the New California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) and in Response to Attacks on the ESMC”
Letter to University of California President Napolitano Applauding the UC Decision to File a Lawsuit to Challenge the Recent Order From ICE to Compel International Students With F-1 Visas to Leave the US if Universities Do Not Hold a Majority of Their Courses in Person
July 9, 2020 President Janet Napolitano Incoming President Michael Drake University of California Dear President Napolitano and Incoming President Drake, We, the California Scholars for Academic Freedom,* a group of over 200 scholars in academic institutions in California, write to applaud your decision to file a lawsuit to challenge the recent order from Immigration andContinue reading “Letter to University of California President Napolitano Applauding the UC Decision to File a Lawsuit to Challenge the Recent Order From ICE to Compel International Students With F-1 Visas to Leave the US if Universities Do Not Hold a Majority of Their Courses in Person”
CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM 