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Dabke Flashmob at Israeli Apartheid Wall

Posted on March 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

Dabke Flashmob at Israeli Apartheid Wall

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Statements of Support from Student Groups

Posted on March 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

-Statement of support for Columbia SJP from the Freedom School, a committee at the Intercultural Resource Center: “As a group founded upon the ideals of radical political education we recognize that the existence of our group is predicated upon the administration allowing student groups to peer educate on various oppressions. We take this clear transgression…

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Student Groups Stand in Solidarity with SJP

Posted on March 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

Here are student groups who have signed on to Columbia SJP’s statement regarding the removal of its banner from Barnard Hall, and have written their own statements about the issue. These groups support SJP’s right to have its voice represented on campus, some of them regardless of political affiliation: Proud ColorsNative American Council (NAC)Students Against…

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Student Governing Board Statement on SJP Banner Removal

Posted on March 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

The mission of the Student Governing Board is to represent and serve the needs of Columbia University student organizations whose concerns are religious, spiritual, political, ideological, activist, humanitarian, or identity-conscious in nature. The SGB is dedicated to the principle of community self-government, and believing that in the final analysis, those students’ needs can best be…

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Press Coverage of Recent Events – IAW, Banner Removal, Speak-out

Posted on March 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

 http://youngist.org/post/79469339434/barnard-college-censors-students-for-justice-in http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/03/11/students-justice-palestine-banner-removal-sparks-debate-free-speech-display-policy http://bwog.com/2014/03/11/israel-apartheid-week-causes-a-stir-at-barnard/ http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2014/csjp120314.html http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/palestine-solidarity-group-banned-northeastern-students-threatened-expulsion http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/03/15/groups-join-sjp-speak-out-against-barnard-banner-removal(this is spec covering speak out) http://columbialion.com/blog/sjp-hangs-pro-palestine-apartheid-week-banner-on-barnard-hall-prompting-response-from-hillel-board-member/ http://smpalestine.com/2014/03/12/columbia-u-swiftly-pulls-plug-on-freedom-of-speech-in-response-to-pro-palestine-activism/ http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/13/a_war_on_campus_northeastern_university (includes shout out to us)

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Center for Constitutional Center letter to Barnard Administration

Posted on March 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

Dear President Spar: We at the Center for Constitutional Rights are writing to convey our serious concerns with Barnard College’s recent removal of a Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine (C-SJP) banner advertising Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) events. The removal of the banner appears to have been based on the viewpoint of the message. This undermines the free…

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Official Statement Regarding Barnard Administration’s SJP Banner Removal

Posted on March 11, 2014 by columbiasjp

  On March 10th, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine hung a banner on Barnard Hall. The banner was placed after members of C­SJP went through the required bureaucratic channels and processes in order to give voice and presence to our week­long events as part of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), a global period of action…

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Academic Freedom

Posted on February 16, 2014 by columbiasjp

Academic Freedom Recent bills have been introduced in the New York and Maryland State legislatures, as well as in the United States Congress, have called for measures to punish academic groups that support boycotts of Israel by threatening the funding of institutions with which they are associated. A similar bill is expected to be introduced…

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NSJP Statement of Thanks and Solidarity with the American Studies Association

Posted on February 13, 2014 by columbiasjp

NSJP Statement of Thanks and Solidarity with the American Studies Association On Monday morning, the National Council of the American Studies Association announced that its membership had voted – by a thundering two-thirds majority – to support the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. As members of the student movement, we thank…

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SJP endorses the Columbia Prison Divestment Campaign

Posted on February 13, 2014 by columbiasjp

SJP endorses the Columbia Prison Divestment Campaign As of June 30, 2013, Columbia owned 230,432 shares, worth a market value of roughly $8 million, in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison company in the United States. For the past thirty years, CCA has been profiting from the increased incarceration of peoples within…

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