[Fdu] Academics for Peace-Toronto Solidarity Message
cynthia.wright at utoronto.ca
cynthia.wright at utoronto.ca
Mon Mar 20 15:58:01 EDT 2017
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We, Academics for Peace-Toronto, are writing regarding a fundraising
campaign to support academics in Turkey who have been removed from their
university posts either after signing the peace petition or due to a
general political oppositional stance.
As you may already know, there have been several crackdowns on academics
in Turkey. Many have been detained, jailed, and dismissed from their posts
through statutory decrees. Among those affected are the “Academics for
Peace (https://barisicinakademisyenler.net/English)”, who signed a
declaration calling on the Turkish government to end human rights
violations in the Kurdish provinces.
As Academics for Peace-Toronto, we endorse the crowdfunding that has been
initiated by the Research Institute on Turkey (http://riturkey.org/) and
Bostonbul (http://www.bostonbul.org/?page_id=88), both 503(1)c non-profits,
and GIT-NA (http://gitamerica.blogspot.ca/) with the goal to raise an
initial amount of S105,000 USD to support at least 35 academics for 6
months. The funds will be fully allocated to the financial support of the
Academics for Peace through close collaboration with the Education and
Science Workers’ Union, Egitim-Sen (http://egitimsen.org.tr/), and other
associations which are actively assisting the purged Academics for Peace at
the local and international level.
Here is how you can show your solidarity:
Donate at this link
(https://www.youcaring.com/academicsforpeaceinturkey-763983). There is no
amount too small. https://www.youcaring.com/DismissedAFPTurkey
(https://www.youcaring.com/DismissedAFPTurkey)
All contributions are fully tax deductible within legal limits. Your
employer may match your donation -please use the name Research Institute on
Turkey, Inc. with Tax ID # 81-4004031.
For more information please see here
(https://www.bridgetoturkiye.org/donation-match/), talk to your HR Rep, or
contact solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com
(mailto:solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com).
Forward this email to your networks and encourage them to get involved in
this campaign.
To get in touch with Academics for Peace-Toronto, please email us at
torontoacademicsforpeace at gmail.com
(mailto:torontoacademicsforpeace at gmail.com)
For those who reside in Toronto, we have two upcoming public events:
1. Panel, “From Academics for Peace to Everyday Resistance in
Kurdistan” on March 23rd, 2017 at the University of Toronto Faculty of
Arts & Science, Room 2108, organized by Historical Materialism Toronto in
collaboration with Academics for Peace-Toronto. Here is the event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/414975815502486/?notif_t=plan_edited¬if_id=1489538439938910
(https://www.facebook.com/events/414975815502486/?notif_t=plan_edited¬if_id=1489538439938910)
2. Movie Night in Solidarity with Academics in Turkey on March 24th,
2017 at Robert Gill Theater. Here is the event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/387800378262394/
(https://www.facebook.com/events/387800378262394/)
Following the screening of "Bûka Baranê", the screenplay writer of this
documentary, İrfan Aktan, will join us via skype and one of the Academics
for Peace from Turkey will give a short talk.
In solidarity,
Academics for Peace-Toronto
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We, Academics for Peace-Toronto, are writing regarding a fundraising
campaign to support academics in Turkey who have been removed from their
university posts either after signing the peace petition or due to a
general political oppositional stance.
As you may already know, there have been several crackdowns on academics
in Turkey. Many have been detained, jailed, and dismissed from their posts
through statutory decrees. Among those affected are the “Academics for
Peace (https://barisicinakademisyenler.net/English)”, who signed a
declaration calling on the Turkish government to end human rights
violations in the Kurdish provinces.
As Academics for Peace-Toronto, we endorse the crowdfunding that has been
initiated by the Research Institute on Turkey (http://riturkey.org/) and
Bostonbul (http://www.bostonbul.org/?page_id=88), both 503(1)c non-profits,
and GIT-NA (http://gitamerica.blogspot.ca/) with the goal to raise an
initial amount of S105,000 USD to support at least 35 academics for 6
months. The funds will be fully allocated to the financial support of the
Academics for Peace through close collaboration with the Education and
Science Workers’ Union, Egitim-Sen (http://egitimsen.org.tr/), and other
associations which are actively assisting the purged Academics for Peace at
the local and international level.
Here is how you can show your solidarity:
Donate at this link
(https://www.youcaring.com/academicsforpeaceinturkey-763983). There is no
amount too small. https://www.youcaring.com/DismissedAFPTurkey
(https://www.youcaring.com/DismissedAFPTurkey)
All contributions are fully tax deductible within legal limits. Your
employer may match your donation -please use the name Research Institute on
Turkey, Inc. with Tax ID # 81-4004031.
For more information please see here
(https://www.bridgetoturkiye.org/donation-match/), talk to your HR Rep, or
contact solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com
(mailto:solidarity.afp.turkey at gmail.com).
Forward this email to your networks and encourage them to get involved in
this campaign.
To get in touch with Academics for Peace-Toronto, please email us at
torontoacademicsforpeace at gmail.com
(mailto:torontoacademicsforpeace at gmail.com)
For those who reside in Toronto, we have two upcoming public events:
1. Panel, “From Academics for Peace to Everyday Resistance in
Kurdistan” on March 23rd, 2017 at the University of Toronto Faculty of
Arts & Science, Room 2108, organized by Historical Materialism Toronto in
collaboration with Academics for Peace-Toronto. Here is the event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/414975815502486/?notif_t=plan_edited¬if_id=1489538439938910
(https://www.facebook.com/events/414975815502486/?notif_t=plan_edited¬if_id=1489538439938910)
2. Movie Night in Solidarity with Academics in Turkey on March 24th,
2017 at Robert Gill Theater. Here is the event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/387800378262394/
(https://www.facebook.com/events/387800378262394/)
Following the screening of "Bûka Baranê", the screenplay writer of this
documentary, İrfan Aktan, will join us via skype and one of the Academics
for Peace from Turkey will give a short talk.
In solidarity,
Academics for Peace-Toronto
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