A tenured professor at UCI University, Dr Tiffany Willoughby-Herard speaking during her arrest for protesting the war on Gaza last night made stark observations about where tax payers money is going as she stood by her students as they protested against their universityβs complicity in Israelβs genocide on Gaza, demanding divestment. They were confronted with law enforcement aggression and arrests.
On May 15, 2024, several hundred heavily armed police were called in to break up a peaceful encampment at UC Irvine in solidarity with the p
She showed up for her students now Iβm asking you to show up for Dr. Willoughby Herard. This is the professor I researched under during postgrad, who guided me to precolonial African gender and family structures and an impactful researcher of Black and World history in her own right. There is no way to meet her and speak with her and not find yourself to do more and to be more. Pls also understand that UCI loves to play hard but crumbles when the repression and censorship it attempts rises to an external level, the Orange Curtain (oc) loves its veil of supremacy. Pls sign and share with others who move for a truly and fully free Palestine and for the global liberation of all Black ppl
