OK thanks all - this is helpful! Rebecca On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Ruth Chang <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > FWIW, I signed the petition even though I'm APA Ombuds and knew the APA > was working on the statement. For the reasons Helen gives - it helps George > and sends a message to others. No one at the APA, I think, will be offended > if this petition gets lots of signatures; I suspect officers of the APA > will welcome widespread support for George. > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Right, Helen, but that petition was *to the APA*, which now seems an >> unfair and inappropriate target of a petition, was my point. >> >> Rebecca >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:29 PM, helen lauer <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> a trick i learned in Amnesty International -- in the old days when we >>> actually used to support prisoners of conscience through letter writing >>> campaigns on a one-to-one basis, or any way adoption group-to-prisoner, >>> which would be a small many-to-one relation, was that getting inundated >>> from various and independent sources with an outcry of concerns, the more >>> heterogeneous the better the outcry, is what gave governments the impetus >>> to do something on behalf of a prisoner of conscience detained without >>> trial or undergoing maltreatment, it would get that person released, >>> because to persist in maintaining the situation of incarceration and >>> abusing the individual dissident was more embarrassing to the government >>> than letting the dissident go free and carry on as he might if undetained. >>> The parallel such as it is, speaks for itself I trust. >>> The more varied petitions and objections raised in a meaningfully >>> articulate way from desks claiming authority and gravitas of any sort at >>> all, the better, be it the NYT, Emory University or the US State Dept or >>> Homeland Security Office, it all rolls into one anyway, so I'm told by >>> students of Gramsci. >>> >>> "I am George Yancy" -- to rely on a French reference point of last year >>> or so. >>> Although I'm not. >>> But we are. >>> >>> Helen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> >>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 7:08 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: George Yancy >>> >>> If the APA is already taking action, then should we still sign the >>> petition? Doing so seems pragmatically odd. I want to be maximally >>> supportive and helpful here, but not do pointless things. >>> >>> So very sorry this is happening. >>> >>> Rebecca >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Alison M Jaggar < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> Wow! Not your father's (or even mother's) APA! And our dues make >>> possible this prompt and practical action! Thank you everyone. >>> >>> Alison >>> >>> >>> Alison M. Jaggar >>> University of Colorado at Boulder College Professor of Distinction, >>> Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies >>> Affiliate Faculty in Ethnic Studies >>> University of Birmingham, UK, Distinguished Research Professor of >>> Philosophy, >>> Boulder, CO 80309-0232 >>> 303-492-8997 (direct line) >>> 303-492-6132 (dept. office) >>> 303-492-8386 (fax) >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Feminist ethics and social theory <[log in to unmask]> on >>> behalf of Eva KITTAY <[log in to unmask]> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:26 AM >>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>> *Subject:* George Yancy >>> >>> You all received the email from Sarah Hoagland. 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