The Riverside Faculty Association endorses a petition demanding the withdrawal of the “Protest Guidelines” (UCR has now taken these protest guidelines offline) issued recently by the UCR Dean of Students.

We believe these Guidelines are a blatant attempt to abridge students’ right to free speech and dissent at UCR.  The Guidelines include requirements that exceed the Regents’ policies on protest and that may be in violation of laws enacted by the California State Legislature (SB 1370, AB 2581) to protect freedom of speech on University campuses.

We encourage UCR faculty, staff, students and members of the community to sign the petition. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/say-no-to-ucr-protest-guidelines/