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[The York University Faculty Association recently sent out this note
to members. Other solidarity actions are being planned so watch this
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
color="#000000">In addition to joining the
group, YUFA members can support academics in
Turkey by taking one or more of the following
steps: </font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">* </font><font
color="#990000"><b>Sign </b><a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://academicboycottofturkey.wordpress.com/petition/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><b>this
petition</b></span></a><b>.</b></font><font
color="#000000"> Help support the targeted
boycott of complicit universities in Turkey.</font></font></div>
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color="#000000"><br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">* </font><font
color="#990000"><b>Donate to </b><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.youcaring.com/academicsforpeaceinturkey-763983"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none"><b>this fund</b></span></a><b>.</b></font><font
color="#000000"> Help provide financial
support for purged and exiled academics.
Donations go to the Research Institute on
Turkey, the association that is organizing
financial support for academics in Turkey.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">* </font><b><font
color="#990000">Forward this message.</font></b><font
color="#000000"> Contact colleagues in your
department or at other universities, allies,
members of your community, etc. A version of
this appeal is also available in French,
German, and Turkish </font><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:none"><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.yufa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Call_Solidarity_Academics4Peace_Turkey.pdf"
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"
moz-do-not-send="true">here</a></span><font
color="#000000">.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">* </font><b><font
color="#990000">Learn more about the
situation.</font></b><font color="#000000"> Get
the latest updates at the Academics for Peace </font><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://barisicinakademisyenler.net/"
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">website</span></a><font
color="#000000">. You can also read </font><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.yufa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/What_to_do_Turkey_PeaceAcademics.pdf"
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">this
backgrounder</span></a><font color="#000000"> on
the YUFA website.</font></font></div>
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color="#000000"><br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">* </font><b><font
color="#990000">Send a letter from your
organization to the government of Turkey.</font></b><font
color="#000000"> As an example of what to
write and where to send it, check out </font><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="http://mesana.org/pdf/Turkey20171017.pdf"
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">this letter</span></a><font
color="#000000"> from the Middle East Studies
Association of North America.</font></font></div>
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color="#000000"><br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">* </font><b><font
color="#990000">Observe the trials.</font></b><font
color="#000000"> If you’re unable to attend in
person, but could ask a human rights
organization to send a delegate, please email </font><a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="mailto:bakuluslararasi@gmail.com"
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">bakuluslararasi@gmail.co<wbr>m</span></a><font
color="#000000">.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
color="#000000">In recent weeks, YUFA has
contributed $2,000 to a relief fund established
by <a onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://ei-ie.org/en/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">Education
International</span></a>, the international
union to which the <a onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);" target="_blank"
x_onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.caut.ca/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">Canadian
Association of University Teachers</span></a> (CAUT)
affiliates.</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
color="#000000">On December 7, YUFA
sent solidarity greetings to an international
conference on academic freedom that will focus
on the situation facing academics in Turkey. You
can read YUFA’s full message of support <a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.yufa.ca/yufa-solidarity-with-academics-in-turkey/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">here</span></a>.</font></div>
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color="#000000"><br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
color="#000000">Read this post <a
onclick="return checkLinkHref(this.href);"
target="_blank" x_onclick="return
checkLinkHref(this.href);"
href="https://www.yufa.ca/how-yufa-members-can-support-academics-in-turkey/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">online</span></a>.</font></div>
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<div><b><font size="4" color="#990000">York
University Faculty Association</font></b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">YUFA is the
professional association and certified
bargaining agent for approximately 1,500
faculty, librarians and archivists, and
post-doctoral visitors at York University.</div>
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