Statement of Support for Professor Oliver Baker

Update on our previous Statement of Support (Dec 10) The Coalition for a Just University applauds the Centre County District Attorney’s Office’s decision to drop the misdemeanor charges against Professor Oliver Baker for the events that took place at the August 27 Student-Faculty Unity Rally to vaccinate Penn State. Professor Baker was also found not …

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CJU Opposes “Pray the Gay Away” Event at Penn State

The Coalition for a Just University joins with the Penn State chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the Penn State Students Against Sexist Violence, University Park Undergraduate Association, Lion PRIDE, Queer and Trans People of Color, and the many other students, staff, and faculty who have expressed outrage at the impending visit of …

CJU Statement on Penn State Vaccine Mandate

We welcome the news of a vaccine mandate for University Park faculty and staff. We have seen that mandates increase vaccination levels at other institutions, and any step to make our community safer is a good one. However, this announcement is coming quite late. Many of our faculty, staff, students, staff, and community members have suffered …

Teach-Out(side) Oct 4-7

Members of the Coalition for a Just University will be taking part in a TEACH OUT(SIDE) event from October 4th through 7th (Monday through Thursday) to continue to advocate for a vaccine mandate, increased testing, enforcement of masking in buildings, and safety precautions at all large Penn State events. With rising Covid cases and hospitalizations …

Statement Regarding Sept 3 Racial Incident

The Coalition for a Just University (CJU) joins the authors of the “More Rivers to Cross” reports and the local chapter of NAACP in questioning both Penn State’s apparent failure to treat the recent attack on a Black employee as an incident of racial harassment and violence, and the laxity of charges filed against the …