//Echoing our [[psu|Open Letter to PSU and all American Universities]] and our [[Open Letter to UO]]. See also: [[Seattle|Seattle Iron Front]]// ====University of Washington==== June 12-13th Board of Regents meeting - Sally Clark, VP of Community Safety - Victor Balta, Spokesperson - President Ana Marie Cauce 301 Gerberding Hall Box 351230 Seattle, WA 98195 ==== Union Resolutions, Official Responsa, Media Accounts ==== * In February, UW’s president said the university will not divest from Boeing. * [[https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/05/10/whats-happening-with-the-pro-palestinian-protests-at-the-university-of-washington/]] * [[https://www.dailyuw.com/news/uw-and-liberated-zone-organizers-hold-initial-conversations-both-decline-to-comment/article_7e3c713c-0a7e-11ef-b657-77e4bfc6688b.html|Uunited Front's 3 demands]] Financial and Academic Boycott of Israel 2. Cut ties with Boeing 3. End repression of the Palestinian campus intifada. UW Spokesperson Victor Balta, UF spokesperson Zhu Rong * [[https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/05/10/university-statement-on-encampment-and-counter-protest-on-sunday/|UW Administrations statement asking for de-escalation and voluntary de-camping]] * [[https://www.dailyuw.com/news/timeline-an-inside-look-at-the-march-for-israel-next-to-uw-s-liberated-zone/article_5adcb402-1156-11ef-913c-abfea20ef362.html|March for Israel]] organized by "Pursuit Church" and other allies * [[https://www.dailyuw.com/news/liberated-zone-at-uw-remains-undamaged-following-standoff-with-counterprotesters/article_81d4855c-0d65-11ef-8c5a-a7fd8440159d.html|Standoff with counter-protestors]] * [[https://www.dailyuw.com/news/details-emerge-on-uw-s-agreement-for-encampment-disbandment/article_67afa14c-147d-11ef-80ba-23287a920cd2.htm|May 17th Details on agreement to disband occupation]] ===== Palestinian Liberation coalition ===== * "United Front for Palestine" spokesperson Juliette Masjid * May 28th [[https://www.dailyuw.com/opinion/statement-of-jewish-staff-faculty-and-students-regarding-uw-president-cauce-s-response-to-the/article_633ebe64-1cba-11ef-a292-73bca0524b97.html|Letter from Jewish anti-zionists]] * may 16th [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kX9N3yHUHBOM3_Pa2wxcuVX474fUcOuo/view|Jewish anti-zionists]] * [[https://jewishcurrents.org/what-does-from-the-river-to-the-sea-really-mean]] ===== Israel Coalition ===== - "Pursuit Seattle" 4740 NE 17th St. 6pm Sundays. [[https://www.thepursuitnw.com/seattle/]] Russel Johnson, pastor - “We're here to like, show our support for Israel, and advocate for the 133 hostages that are still being terrorized in Gaza, and show the university that the encampments aren't the monolith,” first-year student Emmit Dehart said. - “The antisemitic spirit on this campus will not do,” Johnson said. Last week Pursuit hosted a similar march at the University of Southern California. “I knew we needed to do something in our own backyard as well, since we're on frat row [where] UW is what — two, three blocks away?” Johnson said. “ And they have a growing now violent, antisemitic Hamas encampment. So we intentionally did it there. Because it's in proximity to, you know, what the campus has unfortunately allowed. And so we wanted to really send a message to Jewish students on campus as well as the Jewish community at large that there's a group of Christians in Seattle that still stand with them, and are praying for them and are supporting them.” - Randy Kessler, StandWithUs regional director - Ari Hoffman, Seattle Talk Show host 570 KVI, Bikur Holim, west coast editor of post millenial - David Solvoy, IDF soldier - [[https://www.standwithus.com/seattle2024]] ===== Seattle Iron Front ===== * [[https://www.seattletimes.com/life/culture/wing-luke-museum-closes-after-staff-walk-out-over-an-exhibit/|26 Staff walkout of Wing Luke museum on 22nd May]] * [[https://www.wingluke.org/|WingLuke.org - 30th May and 31st May statement]] * [[https://www.instagram.com/p/C7VICM9vsCv/?img_index=4|WLM4Palestine objects to Exhibit panel on Antizionism as anti-Semitism]]