Dear Members of Occupy Philadelphia:
We, the undersigned faculty members of Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges, write to express our support for Occupy Philadelphia. We urge the City of Philadelphia to continue its good-faith engagement with the Occupy movement, to honor and extend the permit it has granted for peaceful protest at City Hall, and to ensure that the arrested members of the movement are given just due process
As educators, we commend the Occupy movement’s advocacy of Philadelphia’s youth populations and public schools, including its protests against unjust youth curfew laws . We express solidarity with college students facing a dwindling job market, and we decry the elimination of subsidies on student loans.
As employees of institutions of higher learning who pay federal, state, and municipal taxes, we align ourselves with the 99% who struggle for the repeal of corporate welfare, demand an end to financial industry bailouts, and call for decent wages, necessary social services, and healthcare for all.
As faculty at institutions with Quaker roots, we applaud the Occupy movement’s commitment to non-violent protest for social change and its vital enactment of a consensus-based democratic process . In the spirit of anti-war activism, we join the call for an end to the US military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and US military imperialism around the globe.
As teachers at small liberal arts colleges, we celebrate the Occupy movement’s educational outreach, free libraries, and enactment of free speech and freedom of information . As classroom facilitators, scholars, writers and creative workers who are committed to progressive action, we thank Occupy Philadelphia for helping to invigorate our classrooms and awaken our students.
Sincerely yours,
Homay King, History of Art and Film Studies, Bryn Mawr College
Christina Zwarg, English, Haverford College
Patricia White, Film and Media Studies, Swarthmore College
Gustavus Stadler, English, Haverford College
Bethany Schneider, English, Bryn Mawr College
Kate Thomas, English, Bryn Mawr College
Jody Cohen, Education, Bryn Mawr College
Michael Tratner, English, Bryn Mawr College
Sanford Schram, Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
Sharon Ullman, History, Bryn Mawr College
Erica Cho, Film and Media Studies, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges
Farhid Azfar, History, Haverford College
Rosi Song, Spanish, Bryn Mawr College
Rajeswari Mohan, English, Haverford College
John Muse, Comparative Literature, Haverford College
Jennifer Harford Vargas, English, Bryn Mawr College
Johanna Gosse, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Imke Meyer, German, Bryn Mawr College
Luciano Martinez, Spanish, Swarthmore College
Louis Massiah, Film and Media Studies and Black Studies, Swarthmore College
Hoang Tan Nguyen, English, Bryn Mawr College
Jerry Miller, Philosophy, Haverford College
Julia Littell, Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
Craig Borowiak, Political Science, Haverford College
Jim Baumohl, Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
David Karen, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, History, Bryn Mawr College
Michael Rock, Economics, Bryn Mawr College
Mary Osirim, Sociology and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Bryn Mawr College
Anna Ward, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Swarthmore College
Nate Wright, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
Roberto Castillo Sandoval, Spanish, Comparative Literature, Haverford College
Banu Nilgün Uygun, Anthropology, Haverford College
Maria Cristina Quintero, Spanish, Bryn Mawr College
Michael Allen, Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
Susan White, Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
Gary McDonogh, Growth and Structure of Cities, Bryn Mawr College
Radcliffe Edmonds, Classics, Bryn Mawr College
Wilfred Franklin, Biology, Bryn Mawr College
Helen G. Grundman, Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College
Robert Washington, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
Bethel Saler, History, Haverford College
Dennis McAuliffe, Italian, Bryn Mawr College
Madhavi Kale, History, Bryn Mawr College
Catherine Conybeare, Classics, Bryn Mawr College
Razack Karriem, Growth and Structure of Cities, Bryn Mawr College
Andrew Friedman, History, Haverford College
Alice Donohue, Classics, Bryn Mawr College
Jim Wright, Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College
Philip Kilbride, Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College
Amanda Weidman, Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College
Giuliana Perco, Italian, Bryn Mawr College
Tim Harte, Russian, Bryn Mawr College
Alison Cook-Sather, Education, Bryn Mawr College
Mark Matlin, Physics, Bryn Mawr College
Laura McGrane, English, Haverford College
Elly Truitt, History, Bryn Mawr College
Arlo Weil, Geology, Bryn Mawr College
Don Barber, Geology, Bryn Mawr College
Heather Curl, Education, Bryn Mawr College
Marc Howard Ross, Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
Amiram Amitai, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Bryn Mawr College
Elliott Shore, History and Libraries, Bryn Mawr College
Gabriele Cipollone, Athletics, Bryn Mawr College
Lynne Elkins, Geology, Bryn Mawr College
Alicia Walker, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Cynthia Bisman, Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
Matt Ruben, English, Bryn Mawr College
Christine Koggel, Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College
Jeremy Elkins, Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
David Ross, Economics, Bryn Mawr College
Linda Susan Beard, English, Bryn Mawr College
Aurelia Gómez Unamuno, Spanish, Haverford College
Linda Caruso Haviland, Dance, Bryn Mawr College
Ulrich Schönherr, German, Haverford College
Dennis Brunn, Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
James Krippner, History, Haverford College
David Hardcastle, Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College
Amit Prakash, History, Bryn Mawr College
Robert Dostal, Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College
Stephen McGovern, Political Science, Haverford
Madeline Cantor, Dance, Bryn Mawr College
Erika Marquez, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
Roberta Ricci, Italian, Bryn Mawr College
Andrew Brook, Philosophy, Bryn Mawr
Laurie Kain Hart, Anthropology, Haverford College
Bill Malachowski, Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
Jamie Taylor, English, Bryn Mawr College
Azade Seyhan, Comparative Literature, Bryn Mawr College
Enrique Sacerio-Gari, Spanish, Bryn Mawr College
Farnaz Perry, Arabic, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges
Gridley McKim-Smith, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Kaye Edwards, Independent Collge Programs, Haverford College
Anne Dalke, English and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Bryn Mawr College
Aurora Camacho de Schmidt, Spanish and Latin American Studies, Swarthmore College
Thomas Lloyd, Music, Haverford College
Peter Gaffney, English, Haverford College
Hank Glassman, East Asian Studies, Haverford College
Kim Benston, English, Haverford College
Maud McInerney, English, Haverford College
Jill Stauffer, Peace, Justice and Human Rights, Haverford College
Imke Brust, German, Haverford College
Wendy E. Chmielewski, Swarthmore College Peace Collection
George Lakey, Peace & Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
Heidi Jacobs, Music, Haverford College
Anita Isaacs, Political Science, Haverford College
Emma Lapsansky-Werner, History, Haverford College
Elizabeth Wehner, Astronomy, Haverford College
Kathleen Wright, Philosophy, Haverford College
Lynne Butler, Mathematics, Haverford College
Jason Lambacher, Political Science, Haverford College
Frances Rose Blase, Chemistry, Haverford College
Indradeep Ghosh, Economics, Haverford College
Roger Lane, History (Emeritus), Haverford College
Asali Solomon, English, Haverford College
Bruce Partridge, Astronomy (Emeritus), Haverford College
Alice Boone, English, Haverford College
Steven Lindell, Computer Science, Haverford College
Darin Hayton, History, Haverford College
Deborah Roberts, Classics, Haverford College
Aryeh Kosman, Philosophy (Emeritus), Haverford College
Nikhil Anand, Anthropology, Haverford College
Shellae Versey, Psychology, Haverford College
PJ Brendese, Political Science, Haverford College
Lee Smithey, Sociology & Anthropology, Peace & Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
Brian R. Johnson, Russian, Swarthmore College
Olga Sendra Ferrer, Spanish, Swarthmore College
Christy Schuetze, Anthropology, Swarthmore College
Krista Thomason, Philosophy, Swarthmore College
Keat Murray, English, Swarthmore College
Shane Minkin, History, Swarthmore College
Enrique Treviño, Mathematics, Swarthmore College
Nathalie F. Anderson, English, Swarthmore College
Sibelan Forrester, Russian Language and Literature, Swarthmore College
Timothy Burke, History, Swarthmore College
Jeanne Marecek, Emerita Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College
Sharon E. Friedler, Music and Dance, Swarthmore College
Mark Wallace, Religion, Swarthmore College
Nina Johnson, Sociology and Anthropology and Black Studies, Swarthmore College
Thomas Whitman, Music, Swarthmore College
Peter Baumann, Philosophy, Swarthmore College
Bruce Dorsey, History, Swarthmore College
Ian Zuckerman, Political Science, Swarthmore College
Jocelyne Noveral, Biology, Swarthmore College
Rachel Sagner Buurma, English, Swarthmore College
Benjamin Cherel, French, Bryn Mawr College
Steven Levine, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Contact: Homay King
Bryn Mawr College
101 N. Merion Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
