{"id":40,"date":"2018-01-07T14:13:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T19:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2023-09-01T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:27:48","slug":"witness-and-advocates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/witness-and-advocates\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness and Advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Free-Speech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Free-Speech.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Free-Speech-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Free-Speech-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/Free-Speech-1024x539.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Fukt Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\"><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">The Witness and Advocates group of the Caucus for a Critical Political Science (CCPS) supports the values of academic freedom, free intellectual inquiry, and social justice necessary to sustain true democracy.\u00a0 It is constituted to bear witness, collect resources, and organize networks of colleagues, who will stand with Critical Political Science members as well with all those working to advance the stated mission of Critical Political Science that come under attack for ideological or political reasons. Our goal is to share resources with our members and supporters by tracking threats to the values of the CCPS as reported by members, professional associates of CCPS members, or reliable news sources. We will work to mobilize our members and their networks to resist attacks on basic academic freedoms, intellectual independence, democratic values, and the progressive academic community as CCPS strives \u201cto making the study of political science relevant to building a more democratic and egalitarian economic, social, and political order.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size: 12pt\">If you are experiencing political harassment or other issues related to academic freedom we are here to help. Please complete <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfPa7uC4cA9L4goyozJV7dmfQ5MPoM5gnNkk6221F5l8MapHw\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">this form<\/a><\/strong> and a committee member will get back to you. For additional resources, please visit our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/witness-and-advocates\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/strong> page, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facultyfirstresponders.com\">Faculty First Responders website<\/a><\/strong>, or contact <strong><a href=\"isaac.kamola@trincoll.edu\">Isaac Kamola<\/a><\/strong>, Trinity College.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/8731086-3x2-940x627.jpg\" alt=\"Resisting the Harassment of Faculty\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/8731086-3x2-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/8731086-3x2-940x627-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/01\/8731086-3x2-940x627-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif\">Getty Images: Scott Olson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement The Witness and Advocates group of the Caucus for a Critical Political Science (CCPS) supports the values of academic freedom, free intellectual inquiry, and social justice necessary to sustain true democracy.\u00a0 It is constituted to bear witness, collect resources, and organize networks of colleagues, who will stand with Critical Political Science members as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/witness-and-advocates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Witness and Advocates&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15449,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}