<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I just want to share that some of my students have also told me they are planning to hold a protest at the talk/event tomorrow, FYI. No idea how big any of the crowds will be, but this is all definitely pointing to the possibility of some disturbance on campus tomorrow. <div><br></div><div>In solidarity,</div><div>Farah<br>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 8, 2025, at 3:39 PM, Dana Simmons via Sehefac <sehefac@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear SEHE friends,</div><div>Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA are holding a large event at the Belltower tomorrow 5/9 at 12pm.</div><div>Given the presence of provocateurs on campus, I am concerned for the safety of faculty, staff and students. SEHE faculty will move classes online tomorrow. I hope that you will feel comfortable sharing this with colleagues and instructors, so that they are aware and might consider moving their classes online.</div><div>I wish you all well in these times. Thank you for your solidarity.</div><div>Dana</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Dana Simmons<div>Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Society, Environment and Health Equity</div><div>Cooperating Faculty, Department of History</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/on-hunger/paper" target="_blank">On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America from Starvation to Ozempic</a> available May 13 from UC Press (Open Access)</div></div></div></div>
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