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The Democratize Yale teach-in was fantastic, with 250 students, alumni, & faculty rallying to protest Yale President McInnis's attempts to cut a "deal" with Trump. Huge congrats to the student organizers, @aaupyale.org, and the Stand Up for Yale alumni group - and Sam Waterston! 🧵 of photos for ya!

Yale AAUP@aaupyale.org

Democratize Yale! Join students, faculty, alumni, and community members for a teach-in on academic freedom, shared governance, free expression, and Yale’s autonomy from unlawful federal coercion. 📍 Yale Cross Campus 🗓 TOMORROW: Sept. 1 🕜 1:30 PM #AcademicFreedom #DemocracyAtYale #YaleIsNotForSale

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Greg Pak

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2 Sept

Yale Student Body President Alex Chen is a hell of an organizer. Last school year, he was part of the Yale College Council's push to fund support for summer storage for low-income students after Dean Pericles Lewis told students they should "acquire less." yaledailynews.com/articles/ycc...

Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

2 Sept

Professor Daniel Martinez HoSang, @aaupyale.org president, speaks at the teach-in about the Yale admin not meeting with faculty while restricting freedom of speech. '“You can’t be lecturing us about democracy and refuse to even take meetings with faculty,” HoSang said.' ctmirror.org/2026/09/01/y...

Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

2 Sept

While the Democratize Yale teach-in was describing Yale's new rules against free speech on Cross Campus, Yale Dean Pericles Lewis and Professor Beverly Gage were lecturing first year students at a required event called "The University and Democracy." Whew. yaledailynews.com/articles/fir...

Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

2 Sept

Meanwhile, students and alumni handed out "Welcome to Yale / A University Without Democracy" zines outside of Woolsey Hall to make sure students going to hear Dean Lewis's presentation on "The University and Democracy" learned about the other side.