The Ninjas would like to express full solidarity with and support for Take Back NYU! and their occupation of Kimmel Center for Student Life. I encourage all you Ninjas in the Washington Square area to stop by the rally today at noon, or at any point during the occupation. They need all the support they can get!
More information:
NYU is the latest university to join a wave of global student occupations in the name of student empowerment. The Kimmel Center for University life is official a reclaimed space.
What you can do:
Come support the occupation!
Send a letter to the administration in solidarity
Send an e-mail to your professors, peers, listservs, facebook groups you name it! Tell the world.
Have your parent write a letter or e-mail to the university
Print & distribute the following demands from:
http://takebacknyu.com/
Love and Rage
//EDIT//
If anyone picks up any media hits re: Ninjas at the rally, send them our way! The Ninjas are out and about!
And keep it the fuck up TBNYU! You are all doing a FANTASTIC and NECESSARY thing.
//LAST EDIT TODAY I PROMISE//
First and foremost, the actions taken by the Ninjas at the rally this morning SHOULD NOT be dominating the conversation surrounding the occupation, either here or anywhere else. I'll sit down with anyone and argue to the death about our tactics and whether they were feminist or not (even if I think it's silly and ridiculous), but that's not what the day or the action was about. If you are reading this because of something you read or saw related to the occupation, then please turn your attention to TakeBackNYU! because they are still occupying and still need support from the outside.
If you want advice about how to support from here, first check out the TBNYU link above.
Here's a letter to John Sexton (prewritten) that you can sign and email http://takebacknyu.com/2009/02/20/letter-to-nyu-administration/
If you're in the New York area, there is a rally outside Kimmel at Midnight, and the more people the better. Also, there are a lot of people who have been out there for hours who I'm sure would appreciate some blankets, or at least a big bear hug.
There are at least 2 Ninjas on the inside right now (myself included, as of 9 tonight), plus 50 something other rad radical men and ladies. Think happy feminist thoughts for us!
Don't worry, we'll be returning to your regularly scheduled radical feminist blogging ASAP. If you just tuned in today since the rally, scroll through and read and if you have thoughts about our actions or this occupation, etc, we would LOVE to post them here so check the sidebar about how to submit to us. All emails, including dissenting ones, will be posted.
More information:
NYU is the latest university to join a wave of global student occupations in the name of student empowerment. The Kimmel Center for University life is official a reclaimed space.
What you can do:
Come support the occupation!
Send a letter to the administration in solidarity
Send an e-mail to your professors, peers, listservs, facebook groups you name it! Tell the world.
Have your parent write a letter or e-mail to the university
Print & distribute the following demands from:
http://takebacknyu.com/
Love and Rage
//EDIT//
If anyone picks up any media hits re: Ninjas at the rally, send them our way! The Ninjas are out and about!
And keep it the fuck up TBNYU! You are all doing a FANTASTIC and NECESSARY thing.
//LAST EDIT TODAY I PROMISE//
First and foremost, the actions taken by the Ninjas at the rally this morning SHOULD NOT be dominating the conversation surrounding the occupation, either here or anywhere else. I'll sit down with anyone and argue to the death about our tactics and whether they were feminist or not (even if I think it's silly and ridiculous), but that's not what the day or the action was about. If you are reading this because of something you read or saw related to the occupation, then please turn your attention to TakeBackNYU! because they are still occupying and still need support from the outside.
If you want advice about how to support from here, first check out the TBNYU link above.
Here's a letter to John Sexton (prewritten) that you can sign and email http://takebacknyu.com/2009/02/20/letter-to-nyu-administration/
If you're in the New York area, there is a rally outside Kimmel at Midnight, and the more people the better. Also, there are a lot of people who have been out there for hours who I'm sure would appreciate some blankets, or at least a big bear hug.
There are at least 2 Ninjas on the inside right now (myself included, as of 9 tonight), plus 50 something other rad radical men and ladies. Think happy feminist thoughts for us!
Don't worry, we'll be returning to your regularly scheduled radical feminist blogging ASAP. If you just tuned in today since the rally, scroll through and read and if you have thoughts about our actions or this occupation, etc, we would LOVE to post them here so check the sidebar about how to submit to us. All emails, including dissenting ones, will be posted.