WXTJ Executive Board Statement on the Events of May 4th, 2024 + Actions You Can Take
Actions You Can Take to Assist Arrested Students
1. Phone/Email the Commonwealth Attorney to Drop All Charges
James Hingeley – Albemarle County Commonwealth Attorney
Phone: 434-972-4072
Email: jhingeley@albemarle.org
Hello,
My name is __, and I am a [student/faculty member/staff member/alumni/parent/prospective student/community member] asking that you drop the charges against all arrested at the University of Virginia for demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine on May 4th, 2024. These protestors were ABIDING by UVA tent policy, which was nefariously changed without notice on the morning of May 4th. Deploying militarized troops on students, faculty, and community members protesting the ongoing genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians is shameful, and I urgently ask you to drop the charges against everyone arrested.
Thank you.
2. Phone/Email to UVA Student Affairs – Policy, Accountability, and Critical Events (PACE)
Marsh Pattie – Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
Phone: 434-924-0777
Email: jmp8r@virginia.edu
Donovan Golich – Associate Director of Policy, Accountability, and Critical Events
Phone: 434-297-9422
Email: xub2hj@virginia.edu
Hello,
My name is __, and I am a student/faculty member/staff member/alumni/parent/prospective student/community member asking that you call off all disciplinary actions and referrals to UJC against students for demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine on May 4th, 2024. Deploying militarized troops on students, faculty, and community members protesting the ongoing genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians is shameful, and I urgently ask you to halt any and all disciplinary actions and UJC proceedings against students.
Thank you.
3. Email to University Judiciary Committee
Harper Jones – Chair
Email: fnu8fv@virginia.edu
Melinda Wong – Vice Chair for Trials
Email: vaq9qn@virginia.edu
Allison McVey – Vice Chair for Sanctions
Email: vkk2bj@virginia.edu
Anna Prillaman – Vice Chair for First Years
Email: brt7pb@virginia.edu
Jeronimo Lau Alberdi – Vice Chair for Graduate Students
Email: erv8qc@virginia.edu
Hello,
My name is __, and I am a [student/faculty member/staff member/alumni/parent/prospective student/community member] asking that you do not enact disciplinary sanctions against students for demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine on May 4th, 2024. These protestors were ABIDING by UVA tent policy, which was nefariously changed without notice on the morning of May 4th. Deploying militarized troops on students, faculty, and community members protesting the ongoing genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians is shameful, and I I urgently ask you to halt any and all disciplinary proceedings against protestors.
Thank you.
4. Phone/Email to UVA Housing to Allow Arrested Students into Their Dorms
Gay Perez – Executive Director of Housing & Residence Life – (434) 243-3605 – bgd2j@virginia.edu
Hello my name is [your name] and I live in [on grounds housing area]. I am emailing to demand that you advocate for the return of my neighbors who were brutalized and arrested by the University Police Department for standing up against the ongoing genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation against Palestinians. They are effectively homeless at the moment and you have a duty to protect them. I will not accept that you cannot do anything as an answer because you at the very least need to advocate for students to administrators like Marsh Pattie and Donovan Golich who can do something about this matter.
5. Student Email to UVA Professors
Hello Professor [_____],
I am emailing today because I am heartbroken and terrified of the university’s administration. I had to watch my community get beat up, maced at close range, and dragged away like animals for protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine. I had to watch cops prepare to brutalize my community with a smile on their faces. I could not count how many of my loved ones were injured. [Personalize this section please. Add if you had to support people through what happened, if you had chemical contaminants affect you, if you had mental health issues because of it]
I cannot go on with normal student life knowing this institution would rather support and rationalize more violence here and onto Palestinians abroad than disclose their investments and divest from genocide carried out by the Israeli occupation. I implore you to [grant me accommodations for the end of the semester/advocate for your students amongst your supervisors to let seized belongings taken by UPD and Facilities go to supportive faculty willing to distribute stolen items/organize your colleagues to advocate for students/push your supervisors to drop the charges against the arrestees] [Reiterate that none of this would have happened if the University simply disclosed their endowment investments and divested from genocidal institutions. PERSONALIZE!!!]
[Your email signature]
WXTJ Executive Board Statement on the Events of May 4, 2024
originally posted to the @wxtjradio Instagram page on May 5th, 2024