The Teach-In “Freedom of Speech: The Palestine Exception” features three powerful voices on the frontline of struggles to reclaim freedom of speech across US campuses:
- Natasha Lennard is a columnist at The Intercept. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism program at the New School for Social Research in New York, and the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life” (Verso Books).
- IIise Benshushan Cohen, Ph.D. is a Sephardic Jewish scholar-activist from Atlanta. She is active in human rights, transformative justice, and peace-building and is the co-founder Jewish Voice for Peace – Atlanta chapter.
- Momodou Taal is a Ph.D. student at Cornell University in the Africana department. His research focuses on conceptualizations of sovereignty. Momodou Taal is also the host of the Malcolm Effect podcast.
Sponsored by International Affairs Program, School of Social Work, the Department of Political Science, the History Department, the Department of Philosophy, Women and Gender Studies, the International Affairs Club, and Independent scholars from Gonzaga University, and others.
Hosted Thursday, November 2024 | 12-2pm -| HAR 201
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