BY Yasmin Saikia & Chad Haines Nikolas Gannon/Unsplash . Yasmin Saikia and Chad Haines co-direct the Center of Muslim Experience in the U.S. at Arizona State University. They are signatories of an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, signed by over 4,000 scholars across leading American universities and colleges, calling for a ceasefire in […]
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Department of History, University of Michigan, Delays Grade Posting until May 12th in Support of Striking Grads
Monday, April 24, 2023 To the University President, Provost, and Administration: We are deeply troubled by reports that the administration intends to punish faculty, staff, and department chairs who refuse to assign grades for work that they have not personally assessed. We find these actions to be an infringement on faculty autonomy, and we reject […]
Ecospirituality: Spiritual connection with Nature transcends Politics, Religion
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How to Create Positive Change: Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali at Progress Network (Video)
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Open Letter to Sec’y Blinken: James Cavallaro Should not be Disqualified on Inter-American Human Rights for Criticizing Israeli Apartheid
Open Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding the withdrawal of Professor James Cavallaro’s nomination for commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States Secretary of State Antony Blinken 2201 C St NW Washington, DC 20520 202-647-6575 secretary@state.gov RE: U.S. State Department withdrawal of leading human rights expert’s […]
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