Statement from AAAS President to Israeli Resolution September 4, 2013 Dear Friends and Colleagues, At the 2013 conference, AAAS became the first academic association to support“The Resolution to Support the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions.” After theannouncement was made, many of the original signatories, board members, andI received supportive emails and many more hostile-threatening emails from nonAAAS members. As president, I wanted to ensure that our members were nottargeted and thus decided to delete the signatories names and the names of ourboard members from the statement that is now published on the Association forAsian American Studies website. While I continue to get hateful emails, I wassaddened to hear that there was a misunderstanding among our AAPIcommunity members about how this resolution surfaced and passed; manyfalsely believed that I led the resolution.As president, I do not propose resolutions nor do I push a resolution forward. Theprocess that is outlined in our policy and procedure dictates a process that, I andthe executive board, must follow. We did our due diligence and followed our P&Pand referred the resolution to the general members to vote on. At the generalbusiness meeting the members who were present voted and the resolutionpassed unanimously. The resolution was written with 29 signatories and no oneon the board took part in the writing or the dissemination of the resolution. Thiswas the will of the membership and my role as president is to ensure thatprocess of followed.This resolution has sparked dialogue (good and bad) among our communitymembers. AAPI community leader have been contacted by various organizationsencouraging them to convince us to reconsider our vote. This is not possible.Our association must abide by the policy and procedures set forth and the voteremains. However, what has become increasingly clear is the need to have asession regarding “The Resolution to Support the Boycott of Israeli AcademicInstitutions.” I hope to engage in conversations with our AAPI community leaderswho have ties with both parties involved to organize a session that will yieldrespectful and healthy dialogue at the 2014 meeting.I thank you for your continued support of our association. Together we aremaking a difference, but we have much to learn and grow from each other. I lookforward to exchanges of ideas and thoughtful dialogue.Sincerely, Mary Yu DanicoPresident, Association for Asian American Studies
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