UIC event with Steven Salaita cancelled, but the rest of the tour IS ON, including Bassem Tamimi on October 7th

Please share this message widely.

Steven Salaita has had to cancel his Oct. 7th afternoon appearance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

Here is a message from Professor Salaita:

“Dear Colleagues:

“I am so grateful for your invitation and your support. I deeply regret that, on advice of counsel, it may be most prudent to postpone my on-campus talk [ONLY at UIC. All other engagements going forward as scheduled].

“This is to say nothing about how much I would like to convene with you and how much I am buoyed by your friendship and solidarity. I hope this period will soon pass and that I can give a talk [there] in the not-too-distant future.” — Steven Salaita

To recap, due to legal reasons which he cannot publicly discuss, Professor Salaita has had to cancel his Oct. 7th appearance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. But all other public events will go forward as scheduled — at Northwestern, University of Chicago, Columbia College and DePaul University:

** Monday, October 6 – Northwestern University’s Evanston campus, 5 PM, Harris Hall, Room 107 (Harris Hall is the building nearest to the northeast corner of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue). s://www.facebook.com/events/830023617042514/

** Tuesday, October 7 – University of Chicago, 5:30 PM at the International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 E. 59th Street. With remarks by grassroots West Bank activist Basem Tamimi and the Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah. s://www.facebook.com/events/286012651602655/

** Wednesday, October 8 – Columbia College, 7 PM, 600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 101, Ferguson Lecture Hall. Joining Prof. Salaita will be Professors Iymen Chehade, and Dr. Peter Kirstein! s://www.facebook.com/events/1497447710508123/

** Thursday, October 9 – DePaul University, 4 PM, O’Connell Hall Rm 360 (1036 W. Belden Ave). s://www.facebook.com/events/750534571685970/

Steven Salaita’s tour is organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Loyola University, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Columbia College, DePaul University, and the University of Illinois/Chicago, and the multi-issue LGBT organization Gay Liberation Network.

The October 7th University of Illinois event, now cancelled, was co-sponsored by the following University of Illinois at Chicago units: Asian American Studies Program, Department of African American Studies, Department of English, Gender and Women’s Studies Program, History Department at the University of Illinois – Chicago, Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, International Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, School of Art and Art History, Students For the Advancement of Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights at the University of Illinois – Chicago, The Graduate Employees Organization at the University of Illinois – Chicago, and the UIC Social Justice Initiative.

The tour is co-sponsored by the 8th Day Center for Justice, American Muslims for Palestine, Anti War Committee, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice, Chicago Area CodePINK, Chicago Area Peace Action, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America, Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, Evanston Neighbors for Peace, Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice, Haymarket Books, International Socialist Organization, Jewish Voice for Peace – Chicago, La Voz de los de Abajo, March 19th Anti-War Coalition, Moratorium on Deportations Campaign, Northwest Indiana Veterans For Peace, Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice, Occupy Naperville, Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, U.S. Palestinian Community Network, UIC Social Justice Initiative, and World Can’t Wait Chicago (list in formation).

Tour updates are posted here:  s://www.facebook.com/events/714970348587355/