With hundreds of supporters signing on to their petition, Georgia Tech chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) successfully appealed sanctions they faced over an April 2019 teach-in on Palestine.
Read MoreThe Georgia Tech chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) has been sanctioned by the university for refusing to allow a non-student employee of Hillel to attend their general meeting and offer a “counter-narrative” promoting Israel. The students, who are representing themselves, have appealed the decision and need your support.
Read MoreHarvard College reversed a discriminatory, eleventh hour decision to charge a student group $300 in security fees for an event on Black-Palestinian solidarity featuring Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Dr. Cornell West and Palestine Legal’s Dima Khalidi, which took place on the evening of Tuesday, April 2. A university official had informed a member of Harvard’s Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at 5pm the day before the event that the fees were being charged due to concerns that the event was “controversial.”
Read MoreAn appeals office has once again dismissed San Francisco Hillel’s claim that the student group was denied a table at a Know Your Rights fair at San Francisco State University (SFSU) on the basis of religion. The decision, issued last week, affirmed an earlier finding by campus investigators that Hillel's identification as a Jewish organization played no role in the denial.
Read MoreIn response to the students’ appeal, the California State University Chancellor’s Office remanded the case back to San Francisco State University to give the campus “an opportunity to cure defects in the investigation.”
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