CALL TO ACTION: Oppose SMUSA’s Decision to Ratify a Pro-Life/Anti-Choice Group
March 9th, 2010As most of you have already heard, last week we were informed that a pro-life group, Students 4 Life was ratified as a society by the SMU Student Association (SMUSA). This is the same group of students that organized the Jose Ruba talk Echoes of the Holocaust last year, which was an upsetting event for many of the people in attendance and showed a clear disregard for women’s and human rights. Groups who are dedicated to working for the removal of women’s legal rights to abortion should not be allowed on the SMU campus.
See Here for a more complete list of arguments against ratifying the group.
We will be attending the SMUSA Board of Directors meeting this Friday, March 12 at 4:30pm. All interested students are encouraged to come out and show that they do not support SMUSA ratifying an anti-choice/pro-life group. We will be meeting in the Women’s Centre at 4pm.
In the meantime, we need your help in showing SMUSA that the student and broader community do not support their decision. We encourage you to call or write to the President of SMUSA and members of the Board of Directors to express your opposition. We also strongly encourage groups and organizations to write letters and endorse our campaign against the ratification of pro-life groups on campuses. See here for some arguments to use in your letter.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Matt Anderson, SMUSA President: president@smusa.ca ; (902)496-8701
Board of Directors:
Alwyn Gomez, Board Chair: Alwyn.gomez@smu.ca
Other Board members: Brian.hall@smu.ca , Bradley.flinn@smu.ca, Charbel.touma@smu.ca, Kerry.o’rourke@smu.ca, Samantha.higgins@smu.ca, Wenhua.sun1@smu.ca