Freedom of Speech/Assembly
This section on Freedom of Speech/Assembly includes attacks on student protestors through arrests and university discipline; firing and other public attacks on faculty for speaking as private citizens; and laws and policies designed to limit the exercise of free speech and the right to assembly, like increasingly severe “time, place, manner” restrictions on campus assembly.
Resources
Drop the Charges! Palestine Exception at UCSD E-Mail Campaign
E-mail campaign to support dropping charges against several professors who participated in Gaza solidarity encampments at UC San Diego.
Against University Complicity in Fascist Times: An Action Guide for Faculty and Staff
Jewish Voice for Peace’s 2026 Day of Actions in Higher Education guide.
Discriminating Against Dissent
AAUP and MESA study of data on the weaponization of Title VI antisemitism claims in higher education.
Letter Requesting Information About Alleged Antisemitism on Pomona College Campus
US House of Representative’s Committee on Education and Workplace request for information on students and events relating to alleged antisemitic events.
Demands of University Administrators
Recommendations from National American Association of University Professors to local chapters.
Trump’s Executive Order Aims to Punish Protests of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, Promotes Anti-Palestinian Discrimination
Statement from Palestine Legal Media about Trump’s 2025 Executive Order on Antisemitism and restriction of free speech.
Open Letter to NYU Leadership
Documenting Shifts in Campus Climate in North America
Middle East Studies Association (MESA)’s Task Force on Civil and Human Rights statement and survey meant to collect data that documents incidents of harassment, intimidation, and discrimination, as well as general changes in climate on college campuses.