Organizing Committee
Feras Abou-Galala, University of California, Riverside
Dunya Alwan, Birthright Unplugged
Anna Calcutt, New Yorkers Against the Cornell-Technion Partnership
Nada Elia, Antioch University, Seattle
Read Nada Elia’s “A turning point for the US solidarity movement”
Andrew Felluss, Music Producer/Artists Against Apartheid
Manzar Foroohar, California Polytechnic State University
Cynthia Franklin, University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
Read Cynthia Franklin’s “Sightseeing in the Apartheid State: From Ben Gurion to the West Bank”
Jess Ghannam, University of California, San Francisco
Terri Ginsberg, Committee on the Open Discussion of Zionism, New Yorkers Against the Cornell Technion Partnership (NYACT)
Sherna Berger Gluck, California State University, Long Beach
Listen to Sherna Gluck interview Richard Falk on BDS
Salah D. Hassan, Michigan State University
Remi Kanazi, poet, writer, editor
Watch Remi Kanazi perform his poetry on GRIT TV
Rima Kapitan, Kapitan Law Office Ltd.
Read Rima Kapitan’s “On Myths, Straw Men and Academic Freedom”
Charlotte Kates, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
David Klein, California State University, Northridge
Read David Klein’s “Support for Israel must stop”
Dennis Kortheuer, California State University, Long Beach
Michael Letwin, Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War; Former President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325; Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition-NY
David Lloyd, University of California, Riverside
Read David Lloyd’s “Protest takes nonviolent approach toward preserving intellectual freedom in Israel”
Sunaina Maira, University of California, Davis
Rima Najjar Merriman, Al-Quds University
Fred Moten, University of California, Riverside
Read Fred Moten’s “The New International of Insurgent feeling. Watch the video of his speech..
Nadine Naber, University of Illinois, Chicago
David Palumbo-Liu, Stanford University
Read David Palumbo-Liu’s “Millennials are over Israel: A new generation, outraged over Gaza, rejects Washington’s reflexive support”
Edie Pistolesi, California State University, Northridge
Steven Salaita, Virginia Tech University
Fayyad Sbaihat, Carnegie Mellon University
Founding Members
Rabab Abdulhadi, San Francisco State University
Lara Deeb, Scripps College
Sondra Hale, University of California, Los Angeles
Read Sondra Hale’s “Critics of the AAUP Report”
Marcy Newman
Read Marcy Newman’s “The Fallacy of Academic Freedom and the Academic Boycott of Israel”
Magid Shihade, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine