Resolution presented by the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars to the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA). The resolution says Whereas we live in a period of increasing conflict and war affecting Americans, Africans and peoples world-wide, Whereas the defense of democratic freedoms requires the free flow of information, free speech, and open debate. The resolution mentions laws, executive policies, the USA Patriot Act, the Homeland Security Act, human rights, refugees, the African Studies Association (ASA), academic freedom, freedom of expression, the U.S. President, members of the U.C. Congress, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General,...
Resolution presented by the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars to the annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA). The resolution says Whereas we live in a period of increasing conflict and war affecting Americans, Africans and peoples world-wide, Whereas the defense of democratic freedoms requires the free flow of information, free speech, and open debate. The resolution mentions laws, executive policies, the USA Patriot Act, the Homeland Security Act, human rights, refugees, the African Studies Association (ASA), academic freedom, freedom of expression, the U.S. President, members of the U.C. Congress, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the African Union, a visa policy free of racial and religious profiling, the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), and Kirstin Peterson.
