Friend,
As protests heat up on college campuses, more than 2,000 people have been
arrested nationwide.(1)
On UCLA's campus, police in riot gear violently dismantled the
pro-Palestinian encampment, arresting 210 protestors -- many students and
staff.(2) The University of Southern California canceled valedictorian
Asna Tabassum's commencement speech after she shared pro-Palestinian
sentiment online.(3)
No matter our beliefs about the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we
should agree on one thing: Young people should be able to exercise their
Constitutional right to peacefully protest.
College students across California are having their rights violated, and
we want to help them understand those rights. Our partner, ACLU Northern
California, has provided critical information for protesters about their
rights, and we've created these quick social media explainers to get the
info out. Now we need you to help us share!
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Whether it be Kent State or the Greensboro sit-ins, police violence
against students has never been on the right side of history.
In fact the largest employee union in the University of California system
said on Thursday that it was preparing to ask some or all of its members
to authorize a strike over the treatment of protesters at UCLA.(4)
And there is no denying that the current protests are changing the course
of history and are a necessary part of our democratic process. Protests
have spread to more than one hundred campuses in the U.S. and are now in
universities abroad, and Congress is finally moving toward real action
because of the campus protests.
We can help protect the students who are fighting for what they believe in
by making sure they know their rights. We've made graphics based on the
ACLU materials on the right to protest, which you can share on your own
social media or with students that you know. And be sure they have the
phone number of their local ACLU affiliate so they can report violations
of their rights.
Click one of the links above to share this information far and wide --
especially with the college students in your lives!
Thank you for standing for our democratic rights!
–Irene, Annie, Angela, Isidra, Mario, Marvin, Alyssa, Jen, and Lindsay
(the Courage team)
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