Passing this on from Karyn Pomerantz.
Al
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Columbia University Librarians:
>
> As library workers, we oppose the escalated and violent suppression of
> speech, as well as increasing crackdowns on the free exchange of
> ideas—two pillars of our academic community that Columbia claims to
> uphold—that have come to define the 2023–2024 academic year. Locked
> campus gates, whether against our Harlem neighbors or members of our
> university community, are a disturbing symbol of the anti-democratic
> and anti-intellectual climate the current Columbia administration is
> attempting to make the new normal.
>
> We endorse Columbia University Apartheid Divest’s six demands
> (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cuad.org/__;!!DZ3fjg!7cmFAWcay3X52JY67ALfjtCpE5JxMQBpL7x_kl0ygA0g3s7ashCOEluiqMC4pUlP4G9z9dp85xVDmnTk8e7s3WI0C4Q$ ).
>
> We reject anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, anti-Black racism,
> antisemitism, and Islamophobia. We reject the conflation of advocacy
> for Palestinian rights with antisemitism, as thoughtfully articulated
> by the April 10th Jewish faculty op-ed in the Columbia Spectator
> (https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://tiny.cc/h7juxz__;!!DZ3fjg!7cmFAWcay3X52JY67ALfjtCpE5JxMQBpL7x_kl0ygA0g3s7ashCOEluiqMC4pUlP4G9z9dp85xVDmnTk8e7sGQB43zg$ ).
>
> We stand in solidarity with students, faculty, and staff seeking
> unfettered access to our libraries, archives, and special collections
>
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cu-librarians-free-palestine.cargo.site/__;!!DZ3fjg!7cmFAWcay3X52JY67ALfjtCpE5JxMQBpL7x_kl0ygA0g3s7ashCOEluiqMC4pUlP4G9z9dp85xVDmnTk8e7sKunCSOI$ .
>
>
> Karyn Pomerantz
> Co-editor of the multiracialunity.org blog
> Visit
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://plp.org__;!!DZ3fjg!7cmFAWcay3X52JY67ALfjtCpE5JxMQBpL7x_kl0ygA0g3s7ashCOEluiqMC4pUlP4G9z9dp85xVDmnTk8e7siSyIWFo$>