[Lasa] Maria Paola Romo letter updates

[JUAN ALFREDO MARTINEZ BORRERO]

Please remove me from this political list. I expected to keep it as an academic organization but, unfortunately, our American colleagues have turned it into a political platform.
Saludos desde Ecuador

Juan Martínez Borrero
El 2 de dic. de 2021 17:20 -0500, Julie Gamble <jcgamble en gmail.com>, escribió:
> December 2, 2021
> Dear Ecuadorian LASA listserv members,
> We hope this email finds you well as the semester starts to wrap up. We wanted to reach out and thank you all for your solidarity.
> We write to you today to share some exciting news.The University of Pennsylvania’s student newspaper has successfully published our letter as a guest column in today’s edition of the Daily Pennsylvanian. In addition, the DP followed up with a staff article highlighting María Paula Romo’s position at CLALS. These two columns could not have been published without your collective support. We thank you again.
> So, what is next? We hope that the University takes our guest column and demands seriously through a response.
> In the meantime, we have thought about next possible actions. We hope to put additional pressure on the administration. In doing so, we thought one strategy could be to send to different key members of the Penn community a follow up email in light of the publication of the articles. If you have time and are willing, we offer a draft letter and key emails of the Penn community below. Also, if you know more people within the Penn community, it would be fantastic if you would consider reaching out and asking others to write to the administration to express your concerns.
> Please let us know if you have any questions. We thank you again for your time as we know demands are plentiful these days.
> In solidarity,Julie and Nicholas
> _________________________________________________________________________Key Institutional Email addresses:Provost: provost en upenn.edu
> Vice Provost for Global Initiatives: vp-global en upenn.edu
> Professor Tulia Falleti, Director of CLALS: falleti en sas.upenn.edu
> Professor Ann Farnsworth Alvear, Previous Director of CLALS: farnswor en sas.upenn.eduGlobal Affairs Institute, Perry World House:horom en sas.upenn.edu
>
> Student Groups/Associations:Silvia Ayala, Co-chair of Undergraduate Student Advisory Board: rayala en sas.upenn.eduNikole Bonillas, Co-chair of Undergraduate Student Advisory Board: nikoleb en sas.upenn.eduLa Casa Latina: vpul-lacasa en pobox.upenn.edu
> The Andean Representation: mogle en sas.upenn.edu
> Mujeres Empoderadas: MEatPenn en gmail.com
> La Vida Magazine: lavidaupenn en gmail.com
> La Unidad Latina: lul.devastatingdelta en gmail.com
> Lambda Theta Alpha: betaepsilonLTA en gmail.com
> Email subject: Maria Paola Romo at Penn
> Dear XXX,
> I write in reference to the guest column and staff article published in the Daily Pennsylvanian today about the visiting scholar appointment of Ecuador’s former Minister of Government, María Paola Romo.
> I am dismayed by the fact that a known human rights offender is at Penn. Given Ms. Romo has been at Penn this entire Fall 21 semester, it is disturbing that her position has just now come to light. It is also disappointing that there has not been more transparency about Ms. Romo’s hiring. In solidarity with the guest column that came out in the DP today, December 2, 2021, I would like to hear from the University with the following:
>  1. What is Penn’s policy for awarding Visiting Scholar positions to politicians? Many universities have policies against awarding such positions to any politicians, including those who have been convicted and destituted for crimes against humanity. 2. Why has CLALS removed Ms. Romo’s web page while maintaining the appointment? All other Visiting Scholars have them, and events and appointments are publicized. 3. Why is the CLALS Director not responding to a Change.org petition against the appointment with over 10,000 signers?
> I believe it imperative that the University carefully address these three propositions. The academic community has taken note of where Penn stands on this issue and how it relates to the university’s current reputation and responsibility for ongoing research on Latin America.
> Sincerely,
> XXXX
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