Faculty members release statement of solidarity in wake of anti-Semitic Valentine’s Day card
TO THE EDITOR:
We, members of the Central Michigan University faculty, have all learned of an anti-Semitic incident on our campus, one that glibly made light of the genocide of the Jewish people (and other marginalized groups) during the Holocaust.
President George Ross issued a statement that this horrendous deed is not representative of our community. He said that such an act, while protected by the First Amendment, is unacceptable. At Central Michigan University, he stated, “we stand up against hate, protect the safety of all, and build bridges of understanding that bring people together.”
But let us be more clear.
First and foremost, we stand in unflinching solidarity with Jewish communities on our campus and beyond. We uphold you now and always. We will do everything in our power to protect you, to listen to and hear your truths, to affirm and teach your histories and current-day experiences, and to celebrate your people.
Further, we reject acts of hate against any group of fellow humans on our campus and in our communities at home and abroad. Here, too, we vow to uphold the values of a diverse society that treasures the multiplicity of voices, experiences and identities.
We condemn any rhetoric or any group that provides fertile ground for hate speech. We will not hesitate to name things for what they are. Speaking out against hate and intolerance isn’t a partisan act; it is a moral imperative rooted in the fight for justice, dignity and human rights.
We won’t make peace with hate on our campus or anywhere else.
- Christi Brookes
- Laura Cochrane
- Amanda E. Garrison
- Elbert P. Almazan
- Andrew Dietzel
- Alan P. Rudy
- Sara Moslener
- Donna Ericksen
- Harry Mika
- Michael Mamp
- Elizabeth A. Meadows
- Janice H. Tomasik
- Rebecca M. Hayes
- Tracy Brown
- David Jesuit
- Kelly J. Murphy
- JoEllen DeLucia
- Stephanie Mathison
- Andrew Blom
- Sarah Surface-Evans
- Talat Halman
- Rob Noggle
- Lisa DeMeyer
- Matt Johnson
- Pete Orlik
- Kate Rosier
- Patty Williamson
- Andrew M. Wehrman
- Jennifer Schisa
- Scott C. Schumann
- Alexandra Ulana Klymyshyn
- Sandy Folsom
- Michael Evans
- Wafa Hozien
- Cathy Willermet
- Carlin Borsheim-Black
- Neil Christiansen
- Matthew Liesch
- Maureen N. Eke
- Philip L. Hertzler
- Guy Newland
- Lisa Gandy
- Cathy Hicks Kennard
- Nathan Weed
- David Whale
- Jennifer Luedtke Kennedy
- Rob Faleer
- Shannon Palmer
- Dusty Myers
- Stacey Kerr
- Elizabeth A. Bradshaw
- Brigitte Bechtold
- Jeffrey Weinstock
- Ethan A. Kolek
- Laurel Zwissler
- Tim Hartshorne
- Jorge Brea
- Jason R. Kennedy
- Gil Musolf
- Mary-Garland Jackson
- Mark E. Deschaine
- Marcello Graziano
- Katrina Piatek-Jimenez
- Justin Smith
- Michael Libbee
- Merlyn Mowrey
- John Robertson
- Elina Erzikova
- Craig Ericksen
- Reid Skeel
- Amy Little
- Jim McDonald
- Kathleen Woehrle
- Jeffrey Edwards
- Debraj Chakrabarti
- Steven Gorsich
- Susan Grettenberger
- Kris McDermott
- Ari Berk
- David Zanatta
- Michelle Steinhilb
- Anna Monfils
- Xantha Karp
- Stephen Juris
- Nate Smith
- John Lopes
- Paul Collins
- Mark P. Reilly
- Kirsten Weber
- Will Anderson
- Tim Connors
- Keeley Stanley-Bohn
- Al Wildey
- Suzanne Woods
- Daniela Richter
- Bill Leibfritz
- Joanna White
- Kennen White
- Stacey Lim
- Elaine DiFalco Daugherty
- Anthony D. Feig
- Heather Trommer-Beadslee
- Mary Senter
- Joanne Dannenhoffer
- J. Cherie Strachan
- Nancy Eddy
- Jeffery Betts
- Jill Taft-Kaufman
- Caitlin Hamstra
- Charlotte Amaro
- JoDell Heroux
- Joseph Anderson
- Ted Troxell
- Jennifer Kitchen
- Kris Sanford
- Sarah Pfohl
- Maria Mercedes Gonzalez
- Nina Nash-Robertson
- Annette Thornton
- Aaron Lacluyze
- LaToya Lain
- Gretchen Papazian
- Janet M. Sturm
- Cindy Davia
- Tyler Morkin
- Renee Babcock
- Bruce Bonnell
- Liann Yates
- Denny St. John
- Jay C. Batzner
- David Smith
- Daniel Patterson
- J. Holton Wilson
- Nicole Sparling Barco
- Joe Finck
- Bill Wandless
- Daniela Teodorescu
- Joe Sommers
- Jennifer Weible
- Marian Matyn
- Wiline Pangle
- Rachel Caspari
- Bryan Gibson
- David Kinney
- Dean Pamela S. Gates
- Deric R. Learman
- April M. Burke
- Acting Dean Betty Kirby
- Amy Ford
- Steve Berglund
- Anne M. Hornak
- Acting Associate Dean Megan Goodwin
- Casey Robards
- Tracy Collins
- Jonathan W. Riggs
- Catherine Tobin
- Paul Anderson
- Polly Pritchard
- Interim Associate Dean Denise Webster
- Aparna Lhila
- Lindabeth Binkley
- Jodi Brookins-Fisher
- Tara McCarthy
- Brooke Harrison
- Mark Freed
- Anne Hiebert Alton
- Stephanie Galli
- Leslie Wallace
- Stephen A. Jones
- John Pfeiffer
- Jeff Johnston
- Amy McGinnis
- Michelle Estradé
- Michael Papa
- Kim Chorvath
- Lorrie A. Murray
- Eric Russell
- Kevin Pangle
- Joyce Baugh
- Roger Hatch
- Brad Swanson
- Susan C. Griffith
- René Revis Shingles
- Evelyn Smith
- Joyce Henricks
- Michael Volker
-CMU Faculty
- CMU’s Multiculturalism & Diversity Education Council
- Jon Humiston
- David Proctor
- Christine Berthume
- Rae Marie Buchholz
- Dan Daugherty
- The Executive Board of the Union of Teaching Faculty
- Janis M. Voege
-Other signatures outside of faculty proper
