Thank you
for the ongoing support throughout our campaign in fighting political
repression at UMass Boston and working to create a university that
encourages student activity instead of challenging it. Every email sent
to the administration and every signature on our petition has made a
tremendous difference and has put us in a great position to win. The
public show of solidarity through petitions, emails and attempts to
participate in our hearings has most definitely put pressure on the
administration and they are now granting us one more hearing so they can
completely hear us out on the case.
That
being said, this is not over. Our funds are still frozen and we are
still depending on your solidarity in our efforts to pressure the
university to grant us our funds. In order to win this we need to flood their e-mail in boxes with messages of support!
Please continue to:
- Sign and share the petition through facebook, email, etc.
- Write emails to Student Events and Organizations Chair Ignacio Chaparro (seoc@umbgov.com), Student Activities director Shelby Harris (Shelby.harris@umb.edu) and Chancellor J. Keith Motley (chancellor@umb.edu).
- And please join us at our final hearing this Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. in Room 3315 of the Campus Center.
While it is
very important to us that we get our funds as soon as possible so that
we can use them to build upcoming events, this campaign is most
importantly about the fight for winning a different kind of university.
We need a university where students have a bigger voice and more power
to participate in decision making. We need a university that encourages
critically thinking and activism. Students should be rewarded for trying
to engage with the issues that are affecting our lives not punished.
Winning this campaign would be an important step forward for the
possibilities of winning such a school.
For more backround information please check out our statement published on SocialistWorker.org-- U Mass Stifles Free Speech
