[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Support Africana: Friday morning please don't forward to lists

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Gregory Rothman <gregdov at gmail.com>
> Date: March 10, 2011 1:49:49 AM EST
> To: Gregory Rothman <GregDov at gmail.com>
> Subject: Support Africana: Friday morning please don't forward to  
> lists
>
> We are going to be getting started a closer to nine, give me a call  
> if you are interested/able in being involved. 631-745-9486
>
> SAVE THE AFRICANA CENTER PRESS CONFERENCE
>
> Students, faculty, & community members gather to show support and  
> national significance of Africana to Cornell's board of Trustees
>
>
> On Friday March 11th, at 10:00am The Save the Africana Center Action  
> Committee will be holding a press conference in front of Willard  
> Straight Hall on Ho Plaza on the Cornell campus in Ithaca NY.   
> Students, faculty, and community members will gather to tell the  
> board of trustees that they continue to be dissatisfied with the  
> administration's decision regarding the Africana Studies and  
> Research Center.  The press conference will address the Africana  
> Studies and Research Center’s position as a flagship in Africana and  
> Black Studies, corporatization of the university as marked by a  
> continued lack of dialogue, and call for the immediate reversal of  
> Provost Fuch’s decision.
>
>
> At the end of last semester Provost Fuchs announced a unilateral  
> decision to demote the Africana Studies and Research Center to a  
> program within the College of Arts and Sciences.  The Administration  
> promises that the move will be accompanied by increased funding and  
> support but has not demonstrated their ability to do so.  Although  
> the Provost claims that this move is in Africana's best interest,  
> his blatant disregard for the voices who have an invested interest  
> in the Center make it clear that he doesn't understand why the  
> Africana Studies and Research Center needs to exists in the first  
> place.
>
>
> The Save Africana Center Action Committee consists of students,  
> alum, faculty, staff, and community members who are aware of the  
> often tumultuous history and international significance of the  
> center.  The group is committed to full reversal of the decision and  
> will not let it's controversial announcement be forgotten like the  
> administration hopes.
>
>
> WHO: Save Africana Center Action Committee; Students, faculty,  
> community members
>
>
> WHAT: Press conference explaining the national significance of the  
> ARSC to Cornell's Trustees
>
>
> Where: Ho Plaza, in front of Willard Straight Hall on the Cornell  
> University Campus, NY 14853
>
>
> When: On Friday March 11th, at 10:00am
>
>
> Why: The administration's unilateral decision about the future of  
> Africana & disregard for experts in the field and the voices of  
> those involved with the Center.
>
>
> Press contact: Greg Rothman
>
> Save Africana Action Committee: Media Team
>
> Gregdov at gmail.com  (631)-745-9486
>
> http://saveasrc.blogspot.com/
>
>

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