[Peace] sign petition to support Prof. Elizabeth L. Sweet

[martin smith]

please forward widely...

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/supportsocialjustice/index.html

This petition is to support:

(1) gender, race and social justice studies at the university,

(2) the reappointment of Prof. Elizabeth L. Sweet to the Department of Urban and Regional Planning.



Dr. Elizabeth L. Sweet, a Native American women faculty member, has
dedicated her career to addressing systemic inequality and injustice
through her interdisciplinary pedagogy, her mentorship to students and
her collaboration with organizations on campus, in Chicago and abroad.
She has demonstrated exemplary commitment to "cross cultural
investigation of gender, race, ethnicity and class in processes of
community development" as stated in the mission statement of the
concentration on Community Development for Social Justice of the
Department of Urban and Regional Planning. 


We firmly believe that the decision to not retain Prof. Sweet
debilitates an already weakened department. We, UIUC Students for
Gender, Race and Social Justice Interdisciplinary Studies, request:

a) clarification regarding the decision making process, 

b) a plan for recruiting and retaining underrepresented faculty, 

c) the department's vision regarding the future of the
concentration in community development for social justice, and how the
department will accommodate current and incoming students in this field
of study, 
d) willingness on behalf of the department and the university
administration to engage in a dialogue with students about the future
of studies on gender, race and social justice at the university. 



			Sign the petition




      
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