My Statement on the Draft CUNY Policy on "Expressive Conduct"
Photo from PSC-CUNY Website #CUNYFreeExpress I attended the CUNY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEARING at HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BRONX today, June 20, 2016. Here below is my "STATEMENT ON Universities by definition ought to be democratic spaces where respect for democracy and the principles it encompasses must apply to processes, procedures and activities, particularly those presented as protecting freedom of speech and assembly. Unfortunately, the policy under consideration is troubling in all respects. The procedures, process and activities that produced this policy show clear evidence of what WW Schattschneider described as the “mobilization of bias.” Applied to the CUNY SITUATION, those in power have determined the agenda, selected those to whom the right to participate was conferred, decided on the timing of allowing the rest of us know about proposed changes, as well as the extent of our participation (which has been highly circumscribed). This policy also bears no...