UO Gaza Hunger Strike: Protect free speech

‼️🚨CALLING ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS🚨‼️

Show up to rally for free speech this Wednesday May 28th at 12pm in front of Lawrence Hall!

Some UO students among us have received emails from admin threatening disciplinary action including suspension and expulsion for speaking out about the Gaza genocide. These threats are unnecessarily intrusive, a violation of student free speech, and a hindrance to campus social life.

UO admin extensively tracks and surveils student organizers, weaponizing social media presence and protest footage to aid in their repression. International and particularly undocumented students are especially at risk for repression, in addition to facing attacks by the federal government. Campus organizers have called for reasonable sanctuary campus protections for months that have still not been met with agreement - instead, we have faced increasing restrictions including limits on sound.

Students, staff and faculty need a campus that protects organizers’ right to free speech. We need a campus that is a safe space for international and undocumented students, and deserve to know that admin are committed to this effect.

This rally will highlight the ongoing hunger strike @uogazahungerstrike raising awareness about mass-starvation in Gaza and their demands. Should we have to be punished for speaking out about something everyone knows is happening?
Please add to our numbers and show up this Wednesday!