The agent wrote:
I’m saddened to write this because I’m a proponent of free speech and have been brought up to allow everyone to have their say. But I also realize that there are other considerations that institutions are faced with.
This afternoon I was contacted by the University of Michigan instructing me to withdraw their invitation due to the removal of funding from the donors, because of their interpretation of Ms. Walker’s comments regarding Israel.
They are Not willing to fund this program and the university/Women’s center do not have the resources to finance this on their own.
Political commentator Van Jones set as virtual MLK event speaker for SVSU
Dec. 17, 2020
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Van Jones (Photo provided/American Program Bureau, Inc.)
Saginaw Valley State University in January will welcome Van Jones, a political commentator who regularly appears on nationally-televised TV programs, to deliver the keynote address for the 12th annual Great Lakes Bay Regional Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. This year s event will be presented virtually.
Jones will appear 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 in an SVSU-hosted live event, streamed free online. To view the event, participants must register at svsu.edu/mlk.
The Yale-educated attorney serves as president and founder of Dream Corps, a nonprofit focusing on social justice. He appears regularly on TV as a correspondent on CNN and a commentator on political talk shows such as NBC’s “Meet The Press.”