Mobilizations at CU and Nationally Say: CU SHOULD NOT FIRE WARD CHURCHILL
April 10, 2007 on 1:21 am | In Act NowWednesday April 11, 12:00 p.m., UMC Fountain
Join Students and Faculty for Academic Freedom at the UMC Fountain, University of Colorado at Boulder, to march on Regents, demanding the CU administration stop its political witchhunt.
Thursday April 12, 7:00 p.m., G1B20 Duane Physics, CU-Boulder
Ward Churchill Must Not Be Silenced: Critique of CU’s “Investigative Report”
Featuring:
- Eric Cheyfitz, professor of American Indian Studies, Cornell Univ.
- Michael Yellow Bird (Hidatsa/Arikara), professor of Indigenous Nations Studies, Univ. of Kansas
- Emma Perez, professor of Ethnic Studies, Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
Flyer here.
Audio of Eric Cheyfitz discussing Ward Churchill on KGNU here.
National Emergency Forum to Protect Dissent and Critical Thinking: Why Ward Churchill Must Not Be Fired
Saturday, April 28 ~ 10:00am – 3:30pm
Muenzinger Auditorium EO50
Welcome
- Tom Mayer –- Prof. of Sociology, CU-Boulder 5mins
The Implications for Students and Faculty
- Aaron Smith, Ann-erika White Bird, Dave Staub — CU Students, Students for True Academic Freedom
- Elisa Facio — Assoc. Prof. of Ethnic Studies, CU-Boulder
- Dean Saitta — President of the Faculty Senate and Professor of Anthropology, University of Denver
The Impact on Indigenous Studies, Critiques of Empire
- Chris Mato Nunpa — Assoc. Prof. of Dakota and Indigenous Nations Studies, Southwest Minnesota State Univ.
- Matthew Abraham –- Asst. Prof. of English, DePaul University (Chicago)
- Jennifer Harbury (by video) –- noted attorney, author and activist for human rights reforms in Guatemala and the US
Lunch
- Remarks — Vijay Gupta, Member of CU-AAUP, Prof. of Civil Engineering, CIRES, CU-Boulder
Solidarity Messages with Introduction
- Reggie Dylan, Organizer, National Defend Critical Thinking Initiative
Keynote: “Drawing the National Connections”
- Alan Jones — Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Psychology/Neuroscience, Pitzer College
Followed by a roundtable with forum speakers
- Moderated and with opening remarks by Emma Perez, Assoc. Prof. of Ethnic Studies, CU-Boulder
