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June 24, 2020   President Rudy Fichtenbaum American Association of University Professors 1133 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Pres. Fichtenbaum,   The California Scholars for Academic Freedom, a group of over 200 academics based at California institutions of higher education focused on protecting academic freedom, and the CFA-San Francisco State UniversityContinue reading “Letter to American Association of University Professors President Rudy Fichtenbaum supporting AAUP’s Awarding the Georgina M. Smith Award to Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi That Has Come Under Pressure to Rescind the Award”

June 25, 2020 Chancellor Rebecca Blank University of Wisconsin-Madison Dear Chancellor Blank, The California Scholars for Academic Freedom, a group of over 200 academics from different California institutions of higher education focused on protecting academic freedom and freedom of expression*, is writing in support of Dr. Samer Alatout, an Associate Professor in the Department ofContinue reading “Letter to U. of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank re:David Horowitz Freedom Center Attack on Professor Samer Alatout”

Dear Mr. Tezcan, We hope that you are well in these harsh days. We are sehirhepimizin (SEHİR is all of ours) initiative, which established to represent 7000 Sehir students and our 2000 Sehir family members against unjust attempts towards our university. As an initiative, we have; – Made A press briefing in The Grand NationalContinue reading “Letter from Sehir Hepimizin to CS4AF in response to our letter to H. E. Recep Erdogan concerning the New Law 7243”

H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Cumhurbaşkanlığı Külliyesi  06560 Beştepe-Ankara-Turkey Fax: (+90 312) 525 58 31 E-mail: contact@tccb.gov.tr April 29, 2020 Dear President Erdoğan, We, the members of the California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF),* are writing to express our concern about the implications of a recent law adopted by the Turkish Parliament despite the principled oppositionContinue reading “Letter to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan re: New Law 7243 which amends the Turkish Higher Education Law and Which Includes Provisions Detrimental to the Future of Academic Freedom in Turkey”

Timothy P. White, Chancellor, California State University twhite@calstate.edu Lynn Mahoney, President, San Francisco State University, lynnmahoney@sfsu.edu Dear Chancellor White and President Mahoney:   We, the California Scholars for Academic Freedom,** a group of over two hundred scholars throughout California, write to you today about our concerns over the recent cancellation of two Palestine-specific classes in the ArabContinue reading “Letter to Timothy P. White, Chancellor, California State University and Lynn Mahoney, President, San Francisco State University re: Cancellation of 2 Palestine-Specific Classes in the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies (AMED) program at San Francisco State University”