We encourage you to join our campaign #StonyBrookDropTheCharges . Please call and email! Support our students' right to express their solidarity with all who are against war and genocide. 2/2
In response, a group of Stony Brook U faculty & students led a second sit-in on March 27 in the admin building to draw attention to the criminalization of protest at SUNY Stony Brook. #StonyBrookDropTheCharges 3/6
In solidarity with our SUNY Stony Brook students and all people around the world marching & protesting against the genocide in Gaza, we ask you to join us. Please email and call the Stony Brook U administration. #StonyBrookDropTheCharges 6/6
The Stony Brook University faculty also wrote an Open Letter, which has 800 signatures of faculty, scholars students, alumni and community members across the country. If you haven't signed, sign here
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI⦠#StonyBrookDropTheCharges 4/6
Imagine going into exams and facing discipline and court dates because you held a sit-in for Palestinian human rights in the afternoon. In a public building. At your public university. #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
Stony Brook students must have freedom of conscience and the right to protest!Waiting for Maurie McInnis to drop the charges and commit to student -centered safety. #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
@LindaVillarosa we hope you will SCHOOL Maurie McInnis on the importance of protest to a functioning democracy! #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
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Neil deGrasse TysonΒ did you know thatΒ Maurie McInnisΒ is arresting students for peaceful sit-ins about genocide?Β Β #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
Neil deGrasse TysonΒ did you know thatΒ Maurie McInnisΒ is arresting students for peaceful sit-ins about genocide?Β Β #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
The Statesman's Sky Crabtree wrote an excellent piece on the Stony Brook U Open Letter. See
sbstatesman.com/126563/news/fa⦠#StonyBrookDropTheCharges 5/6
Linda Villarosa did you know thatΒ Maurie McInnisΒ is arresting students for peaceful sit-ins about Palestine?Β Β #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
These SBU students' court date has been postponed until mid-May--right in the middle of exams. Hundreds of faculty & staff have called on Maurie McInnis to drop the charges.
#StonyBrookDropTheCharges
A good example is the elevation by Maurie McInnis of Larry Zacarese from βhead of policeβ to βvice president of enterprise risk managementβ, a move that corporatizes βriskβ assessment, thereby prioritizing control of dissent over the academic mission.
#StonyBrookDropTheCharges
Neil deGrasse TysonΒ did you know thatΒ Maurie McInnisΒ is arresting students for peaceful sit-ins about genocide?Β Β #StonyBrookDropTheCharges
@neiltysonplease SCHOOL Maurie McInnis on the importance of protest to a functioning democracy, and to a university! Tell our president that there can be no 'Palestinian exception' to free speech! Students should be allowed to protest peacefully! #StonyBrookDropTheCharges