Colson Whitehead Cancels His Commencement Speech at UMass Amherst nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Speakers at USC and CUNY have withdrawn from commencement ceremonies, while one at Michigan criticized administrators for failing to divest. The 2024 graduation season is well underway, even as protesters continue to occupy lawns on campuses across the nation. But students aren’t the only ones pushing their institutions to divest from companies that support Israel’s war in Gaza; now, commencement speakers are getting in on the activism too. In her May 2 address to graduating students at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, Jodi-Ann Burey, a cancer survivor, speaker, writer, and host of the podcast Black Cancer, used her speech to criticize administrators for refusing to divest from Israel.
Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesA pair of celebrated writers scheduled to speak at a University of Southern California graduation ceremony that was shifted online have announced they will not be attending, accusing the school of gravely mishandling student protests against the war in Gaza that have rocked its campus in recent weeks.The university called off its “main stage” commencement ceremony on Thursday, citing concerns for the safety of the more than 65,000 people who had bee
Novelist C Pam Zhang and academic Safiya Noble called on their fellow speakers to join them in condemning school officials over their “refusal to engage in dialogue” on campus.
C Pam Zhang and Safiya U Noble to deliver keynote address at USC Rossier 2024 Commencement ceremonies usc.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usc.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.