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
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You all received the email from Sarah Hoagland.  I have received word from Amy Ferrer, Cheshire Calhoun and Tina Botts that an APA statement is already being drafted.

Eva Feder Kittay
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Stony Brook University/SUNY
Phone: 212-333-4670













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