To University of Pennsylvania Interim President Dr. J. Larry Jameson and Board of Trustees Chairman Ramanan Raghavendran:

The resignations of UPenn’s President Elizabeth Magill and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Scott Bok were a necessary initial step in meeting the five demands laid out in this Boycott Petition.

But Board Members' recent standing ovation and applause for Elizabeth Magill just prior to her resignation are still ringing in our ears as we write these words on how best to move forward. Meanwhile, nothing has changed in the day-to-day double-standard lives of UPenn faculty and students.

Not a single of the Administration's Action Plan/Task Force publicity stunts and newly formed committees will make a material difference in combating deeply rooted, permissible, and prevalent Jew-hatred on campus because nothing proposed is meant to adjust the systemically unbalanced internal scales of justice that continue to punish some and reward others based on race, religion, and other personal characteristics and points of view.

As stated in our Boycott Petition, we believe UPenn continues to breed an Animal Farm where "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." UPenn’s Administration, a select group of professors, and a cadre of UPenn admissions and hiring teams ignite and enforce that notorious brand of 'openness' where you are welcome to engage in free speech so long as you agree with them. And the penalties for disagreement are severe.

We believe ongoing investigations will continue to prove that UPenn promotes bigotry and enforces harmful hypocrisy using three specific levers: access to free speech, access to protection from discrimination, and access to a fair judicial process.

We believe that Congressional subpoenas would expose brazen bigotry, procedural abnormalities, and morally lopsided outcomes in UPenn’s cloistered judicial process and reinforce the verified claims of faculty and student victims already in the public domain.

Therefore, UPenn students and alumni, and those who stand with us in solidarity will continue to boycott UPenn (Action Items below) until the following five demands are met.

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We demand a leadership overhaul and seek courageous leaders who can:

1.    Stick to the educational mission of the School and not make UPenn a political organization. Administration and Board of Trustee political neutrality are essential.

2.    Enforce the School’s student and faculty codes of conduct fairly and equally, without regard to race, religion, or other personal characteristics and points of view. Here again, a policy of identity neutrality is essential to prevent favoritism of one group over another.

3.    Replace Administration, Board of Trustee Members, faculty, and other staff who promote bigotry by failing in their responsibilities to enforce or abide by codes of conduct fairly and equally.

4.    Oust the student organizations, faculty and Administration officials who've systematically targeted, harassed, and discriminated against individuals or groups in our Community.

5.    Investigate all the admissions teams and processes (student, faculty, administration, security) and every talent pipeline for discriminatory behavior and for admissions personnel who continue to generate discriminatory Animal Farm outcomes. 

Until we see transparent and measurable evidence of these five changes, we are urging UPenn students and alumni to continue to boycott UPenn. This boycott action is meant as an act of moral solidarity between students and alumni, with a call to action not to give, but ultimately not to give up.

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Student and Alumni Boycott Action Items (5): 

1.     STUDENTS: JOIN our alumni donor activists and Help DEFUND UPenn. STOP paying FULL tuition to UPenn and Reduce UPenn Tuition Income by $50k+ per student.

     a.  Graduate as quickly as possible. There is NO additional cost to taking an extra course/credit during Fall and Spring semesters. Graduating a semester early causes UPenn to lose at least $25k/student in tuition, PLUS income derived from food housing income, and fees.

    b. For those taking summer classes, reduce UPenn tuition payment by an additional $25k+ (5 credits @$5k+ per credit). Summer class students are welcome at many other colleges including much less expensive schools with less expensive housing/meal-plan options, and UPenn fully accepts these credit transfers.

    c. Explore semester abroad and year abroad academic options. Penn Abroad is UPenn's program that allows students to study in a foreign country. UPenn's charges for participation in a semester or year-long study abroad program are equivalent to on-campus tuition and general fee charges. BUT some of those charges/fees go to foreign institutions.

THIS MATH ADDS UP QUICKLY TO SIGNIFICANT UPENN REVENUE LOSSES and per-student revenue is estimated at $70k per student when including tuition and non-tuition income (tuition, housing, meal plans, academic fees).

2.     STUDENTS: STOP relying on UPenn’s Security and Administration for a fair outcome and speedy process and information transparency.  Beware the Administration’s perennial security, new committee, and antisemitism sensitivity training publicity stunts. 

    a.  STOP relying on UPenn's internal judicial process for fair outcomes. Alumni lawyers and others can provide students with legal services (pro bono) for students and faculty who need advice, protection, and legal representation outside UPenn’s judicial process. Example: https://www.legal-protection.org/ Filing lawsuits against Jew-hating organizations and specific individuals at UPenn who intimidate and harass is costly and time-consuming for the defendant and a more effective approach than trying to convince the Administration to voluntarily enforce its codes of conduct fairly or changing Jew-hater behaviors through the School's new sensitivity training classes.

     b.  STOP relying on the Administration for change from within.  Apply pressure on the Administration to enforce its own stated codes of conduct act by activating EXTERNAL agencies and organizations, including all relevant state and federal government and security options (FBI, local and state police). Reminder: 911 calls are recorded can can be reviewed and used to increase local police patrols in the UPenn area.

     c.   STOP relying on The Daily Pennsylvanian and other news organizations to accurately report on, capture, or track discrimination and intimidation activities against Jews. Create a coordinated media agency/surveillance team. Continue to share phone video, social media, and other data with relevant authorities, political bodies, non-profit organizations and corporations looking to hire UPenn students for internship and full-time roles.

     d.   STOP accepting Required course classroom behavior that violates School codes of conduct. Publicly challenge UPenn’s required SAS courses where students and professors violate Student Code of Conduct policies or faculty academic responsibilities as outlined in the faculty handbook (Section IIa). Minimize demand for faculty courses endorsing hateful speech/discriminatory behavior. 

3.     ALUMNI: STOP contributing or conferring any financial or non-financial benefit or goodwill of any kind to UPenn, including interviewing, representing, fund-raising, recruiting, advising, volunteering, cheerleading. ALIGN YOUR WALLETS WITH YOUR VALUES. 

     a.  When solicited for donations, go beyond simply stating “No.” Take the time to explain the reason for not providing donations and removing UPenn from estate planning, so that the Administration can verifiably capture and measure the immense impact of all financial donors, however large or small. 

     b.  When solicited for your time and advice, go beyond simply refusing. Again, take the time to explain the reason for not contributing your advice and time. Identify specific Administration leaders, students/groups, and professors who violate the School's student and faculty codes of conduct.

     c.   STOP Cheerleading on behalf of UPenn, literally and figuratively.

         i.     STOP showing up to School ceremonies, graduations, School sports events, and alumni reunions. Make publicly known the reason for your decision. 

         ii.     If you choose to show up: Organize to make your values heard in School ceremonies, graduations, sports events, and alumni reunions. 

     d.    REMOVE family names/namesakes from buildings and professorships whose public statements are at odds with school codes of conduct or one's own values. DEFUND namesake professorship endowments.

4.     ALUMNI: STOP hiring students or partnering with those who actively or passively encourage or promote violence and hatred and endorse the actions of terrorists. 

     a.  Ensure your firm has a designated person responsible for maintaining the full and growing list of offenders seeking roles. 

     b.  Train hiring managers on how to vet for values, and not just abilities and skills or other criteria important to the firm. 

     c.   Share methods across your firm for capturing all social media and news footprints when deciding on the values of potential hires or business partners.

5.     STUDENTS + ALUMNI: STOP buying and wearing UPenn-logo paraphernalia. This is a big franchise business for UPenn and a source of free branding for UPenn. And STOP Cheerleading on behalf of UPenn, per Action item 1.

For new students, we recommend you not apply to UPenn. Withdraw your application.

     a.  If you insist on enrolling at UPenn, do not enroll in the School of Arts & Science; focus your studies on degrees and majors that have not been corrupted by single-voice ideology and hypocrisy. Find alternative means or places to fulfill what you think an Arts & Sciences education should be.

     b.  If you insist on SAS, don’t take any class taught by faculty members who violate code of conduct policies. FACULTY are at the leading edge of influencing students with their perspective on Jews. Pick your courses wisely and speak to current students. Research professors' social media footprints.

     c.  Get ready to challenge UPenn’s required courses where students and professors violate Student Code of Conduct policies or faculty academic responsibilities.

 

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