Kristofer Petersen-Overton Reappointed!! Celebration Rally at Brooklyn College this Thurs, 12pm

Attention CUNY Community, As of today, Kristofer Petersen-Overton has been unconditionally reappointed to teach his Middle East course for this Spring 2011 semester. Brooklyn College finally responded to the swiftly galvanized public pressure from CUNY folks, the community, and supporters (literally) worldwide who had heard about his case and spoke out. See BC President Karen Gould’s letter reprinted below.

We will hold a Celebration Rally at Brooklyn College this Thursday, on schedule at 12pm, and call on all supporters of university justice and academic freedom to join us. We all who fought this fight collectively won alongside Kristofer, we tremendously benefit from this victory, and so we all deserve to celebrate! See you there. (And take a look at the joyous new flyer!)

We Stopped the Attacks on Academic Freedom! Kristofer Petersen-Overton is back!

Just a week before the start of spring semester classes, Kristofer Petersen-Overton was fired . . . → Read More: Kristofer Petersen-Overton Reappointed!! Celebration Rally at Brooklyn College this Thurs, 12pm

ALL OUT ON THURSDAY!!!

BoT meeting tomorrow: protest tuition hikes!!!

***Please Forward Widely***

CALLING ALL CUNY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS!

DON’T LET PUBLIC EDUCATION GO EXTINCT!

Tuition has gone up 44% since 2003.

Now the CUNY Administration is doing it to us again with a proposed

5% tuition increase for Spring 2011, and 2% tuition increase for Fall 2011

To make things worse, Baruch College is also planning to lay off Adjunct Lecturers

and create 150-200 student-sized Franken-classes across departments!

TELL THE CUNY BOARD OF TRUSTEES WE WON’T TAKE IT ANY MORE.

***Rally outside the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting***

Monday, November 22, 3:30 pm

Join the Adjunct Project caravan from the Graduate Center to Baruch! Meet in the GC lobby on Monday at 2:45pm to walk to the rally together.

Contacts: Carl (646.413.1347) and Conor (979.204.9253)

Rally location and details:

Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue (corner of 24th Street), Vertical Campus.

We will rally outside from 3:30 . . . → Read More: BoT meeting tomorrow: protest tuition hikes!!!

October 7th: National Day of Actions to Defend Public Education

http://www.defendeducation.org/