Thanks, Marina ... I'm repeating your mail as it may not have reached some lists. 

ashish 


    
On 18/03/26 5:09 pm, Marina Sitrin
      wrote:

    

    

      
      

        
Thank you
          Ashish!

          

          I am happy to help support the process of writing a letter. If
          you go to the google doc link you will see there are three
          templates you can use. One is if you have collaborated in some
          way with Rojava, including having a speaker or going to a
          workshop. Another is if you intend to - hope to - have some
          engagement with Rojava. The third is about the impact the
          Jineology Academy has had, including thinking about women and
          gender in your work/organizing. 

          

          The negotiations taking place are quite serious and could
          result in women no longer participating in the universities.
          In Kurdish no longer being used as a language of instruction,
          and many more devastating things. Showing the importance of
          the universities - as globally known and respected
          institutions - can help a lot as they continue to explain the
          importance of Rojava and the universities in particular. So
          far, in the past 14 years, hundreds of thousands of people
          have been educated in these institutions - the. majority of
          them women. 

          

          Please do let me know if you would like support in writing a
          letter. I am open to helping in whatever way.

          

          In solidarity,

        
Marina

      

      

      

        
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at
          1:56 AM Ashish Kothari <ashishkothari@riseup.net>
          wrote:

        

        

          

            
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

            


              

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                    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) <global-tapestry-alternatives-assembly@lists.riseup.net>
                  

                  

                    Reply-To:
                    
                    marina.sitrin@gmail.com
                  

                  

                    To:
                    
                    global-tapestry-alternatives-assembly@lists.riseup.net
                  

                
              

              

              

              

                

                  
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: info@defendrojava.org, ozlemgoner84@gmail.com, emre125@gmail.com

                    
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_YeGhxMIPQHJrkwdlqgGw3s/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.kg4t8ea8j7

                    
Solidarity & Struggle!

                        Marina & Ozlem (marina.sitrin@gmail.com & ozlemgoner84@gmail.com)

                    
P.S. Please share as
                        widely as possible - around the globe.

                      

                  

                

              

            

          

        

      

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