Friends, pl. see below ... if you are aware of such existing collaborations, or would like to engage in them, do pl. respond as requested. thanks ashish Ashish Kothari Apt 5 Shree Datta Krupa 908 Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004, India https://ashishkothari.in -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [GTA-Assembly] Specific Request for Rojava Solidarity Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:46:57 -0400 From: Marina Sitrin (via global-tapestry-alternatives-assembly Mailing List) <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear friends/compañer@s/hevalti, On March 13th a group of people connected to over a dozen universities from Mexico, Canada & the US - including the universities in Rojava - met and proposed a few specific things that we can do to support the universities in Rojava in this critical moment. The urgency of the situation was explained in the meeting and an update from on the ground was made, which I can share. In sum - “Negotiations” are still taking place with the Syrian state and universities in Rojava – with the future of autonomy, women’s participation, jineology, the right to education in indigenous languages all at risk. In this context, expressing solidarity and the intention to continue (or create) relationships with the universities in Rojava - as they are now - is essential and could be very helpful as the "negotiations" continue. As a new Americas Scholars Network for Rojava we agreed to move ahead with a campaign to collect letters expressing the intention to collaborate with universities in Rojava, or/and outlining past collaborations. The universities in Rojava will write the memo that will go with the letters for their “negotiations”. These letters can come from departments, programs, individuals in universities (ideally all on letterhead) and people and groups that are a part of knowledge production, such as movement education groups, publishers, bookstores etc.. A template for these letters is below. *Please send letters to: [email protected], **[email protected], [email protected]* We can share the sociology department at Binghamton U.'s letter & another in Spanish if requested. We are happy to talk about this and review any draft letters as is useful. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zXgyn9XRmIuJDvGCe_PB_YeGhxMIPQHJrkwdlqgG... Solidarity & Struggle! Marina & Ozlem ([email protected] & [email protected]) P.S. Please share as widely as possible - around the globe.