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Published on Jadaliyya: CS4AF Letter in Support of Arab American Studies and Model Ethnic Studies Curriculum in California

July 5, 2020 California Department of Education 1430 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814-5901 Dear California Department of Education: We write on behalf of the California Scholars for Academic Freedom with regard to the attacks on the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) draft. California Scholars for Academic Freedom is a group of over 200 scholars …

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Published on Mondoweiss: Academics back inclusion of Arab American Studies into Ethnic Studies

Dear California Department of Education: We write on behalf of the California Scholars for Academic Freedom with regard to the attacks on the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) draft. California Scholars for Academic Freedom is a group of over 200 scholars throughout California committed to fighting all forms of racism, xenophobia, and antisemitism. We are scholars, …

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Sign Petition: Defend Ethnic Studies for Our Students! Save Our Curriculum at the CA Dept of Ed Now!

Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi and the Campaign support this petition to defend ethnic studies in California. We urge supporters to sign on at the link: https://www.change.org/p/defend-ethnic-studies-for-our-students-save-our-curriculum-at-the-ca-dept-of-ed-now?use_react=false Students of color deserve to see themselves in school curriculum. The fact that they don’t is a problem. For 50+ years there has been a movement for racial justice and equity in …

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Call for Proposals: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice

Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice An International Conference Call for Proposals Date: March 12-30, 2018 Deadline: November 15, 2017 Organized by: Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies San Francisco State University USA Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute for International Studies, Birzeit University Palestine   Institute of Women Studies Birzeit University Palestine & …

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November 3, Paris: Rabab Abdulhadi : Genre et sexualités en Palestine

Friday, November 3 2:00 pm Université Paris VIII Vincennes – Saint-Denis 2 rue de la Liberté, Saint-Denis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/370266976727908/ Rabab Abdulhadi (Université d’État de San-Francisco) : Genre et sexualités en Palestine Discutante : Azadeh Kian (CEDREF-Paris 7) « L’impulsion à essentialiser les expériences des femmes Arabes/Musulmanes/Moyen-Orientales/Centrales-Asiatiques dans un modèle unique de féminité, qui est ensuite …

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November 1, London: Palestine: A Century of Colonialism and Resistance

Wednesday, November 1 5:00 pm Russell Square SOAS University of London Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/388291181587383/ Speaker: Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State University) Chair: Gilbert Achcar (SOAS) November 2, 2017, marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration by which British colonial authorities authorized the establishment of a Zionist settler project in Palestine. Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, Director and Senior …

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Letter from the Middle East Studies Association of North America

The original text of this letter is available on the MESA NA website:  Dr. Leslie E. Wong President, San Francisco State University president@sfsu.edu Dr. Timothy P. White Chancellor, California State University twhite@calstate.edu Dear President Wong and Chancellor White: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee …

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Open Letter by California Scholars for Academic Freedom

The original Open Letter is available at the CS4AF website: June 28, 2017 Dr. Leslie Wong, President San Francisco State University president@sfsu.edu CSU Board of Trustees lhernandez@calstate.edu Dear President Wong and CSU Board of Trustees: We write on behalf of California Scholars for Academic Freedom (cs4af)* to express opposition to the ongoing defamation, intimidation, and …

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