Harvard Ethnic Studies Coalition

Our demands are very simple. Read them below. #EthnicStudiesNow @Harvard

We’re back, baby!!! Join us TOMORROW 3:30 PM outside Mass Hall to demand an Ethnic Studies Department at Harvard.

HAPPENING NOW Harvard community, stop by the Science Center now to make a sign to #DefendDiversity! We cannot go back on affirmative action or other civil rights. @PBHAserves @HarvardBSA @HarvardFuerza @HarvardESC @KuumbaSingers @Harvard_Natives @InequalityHKS @MuskaanArshad

On 11/1 @CityofBoston will evict & arrest unhoused people in encampments at Mass & Cass under the guise of public health. Join us to demand that @Harvard does not contribute to a dangerous, carceral strategy to disappear unhoused people: tinyurl.com/HarvardMassCass (🧵1/10) #masspoli

A panel of Harvard professors concluded that Lorgia García Peña, a beloved Latinx-studies professor, was a victim of discrimination. When they strongly recommended that her case be reviewed, Harvard refused. nyer.cm/IMiTpLT

“The ninety-nine-minute meeting went on as if the student, who remained standing, were not there.” This is the final sentence to a heartbreaking but throughly researched summary of the violent process that was @lorgia_pena tenure denial at @Harvard.

Harvard’s denial of tenure process to @CornelWest reflects Harvard's continued expulsion of faculty who, like Prof. West, critique white supremacy, racial capitalism, Zionism and the military-industrial complex. Sign the petition to #TenureDrWest at tiny.cc/ProfWestPetiti… 💥

On Feb.18, @BostonGlobe reported that Prof @CornelWest - a prominent philosopher, social critic, author, intellectual, @Harvard prof, AND longstanding ally of HGSU - had been denied tenure consideration. We condemn this decision and stand in solidarity with Prof West.

On Feb. 18, @BostonGlobe reported that Prof. @CornelWest — a prominent philosopher, author, intellectual, and @Harvard professor — had been denied tenure consideration at Harvard. ABHW condemns Harvard’s decision. #RespectProfWest Sign the petition at tiny.cc/ProfWestPetiti…

Harvard’s denial of tenure process to @CornelWest reflects Harvard's continued expulsion of faculty who, like Prof. West, critique white supremacy, racial capitalism, Zionism and the military-industrial complex. Sign the petition and learn more at tiny.cc/ProfWestPetiti…

Harvard University is not committed to racial justice in any profound sense. Harvard’s disrespect for @CornelWest is part of the University’s deeper-rooted investment in systemic racism. Learn more about our demands and sign the petition below: tiny.cc/ProfWestPetiti… ✊🏾💥

On Feb. 18, @BostonGlobe reported that Prof. @CornelWest — a prominent philosopher, social critic, author, intellectual, and @Harvard professor — had been denied tenure consideration at Harvard. We condemn Harvard’s decision. sign the petition below👇🏿 tiny.cc/ProfWestPetiti…

… Harvard must also recruit & retain more tenured/tenure-track Black scholars & scholars of Black, Ethnic, & Indigenous studies, & publicly & financially commit to creating an Ethnic Studies department. Join us by signing the petition at tiny.cc/ProfWestPetiti… ✊🏾💥 (6/6)

We demand Harvard provide Prof. West with the opportunity to pursue tenure through a fair assessment of his merit, abolish the corrupt ad-hoc committee in the tenure process,... (5/6)

On Feb. 18, @BostonGlobe reported that Prof. @CornelWest — a prominent philosopher, social critic, author, intellectual, and @Harvard professor — had been denied tenure consideration at Harvard. We condemn Harvard’s decision and demand they #RespectProfWest. A thread. 💥 (1/6)

"the denial of tenure process to Prof @CornelWest is a testament to @Harvard continued expulsion of faculty who offer incisive analysis of white supremacy, racial capitalism, Zionism and the military-industrial complex, all of which Prof. West fervently critiques." @HarvardESC

“The loss of Brother West, a towering intellectual and prophetic voice on our campus, would deal a devastating blow to an already near disenchanted community of color,” the letter from Harvard doctoral students reads. @CornelWest @HarvardESC thecrimson.com/article/2021/2…