Press Conference in Defense of
Professor Loretta Capeheart

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A press conference was held at Northeastern Illinois University on April 23, 2009 to defend Professor Loretta Capeheart. The NEIU administration has attacked her for playing a leading role in the faculty union (AFT) and 2004 strike; for her defense of students arrested for protesting a campus CIA recruitment event; and for her other statements supporting minorities, labor, and academic freedom. She has been denied appointment to her duly elected post as department chair; denied merited awards; and defamed by NEIU's vice president in a faculty council meeting. To sign the petition in support of Professor Capeheart: www.petitiononline.com/j4lc/petition.html

Professor Capeheart is suing NEIU’s President, Vice-President, and Provost for violation of her free speech rights and retaliation against her for exercising these rights in defense of labor, minorities, and academic freedom.

In this excerpt from the press conference, Professor Capeheart is joined by: Hector Reyes, Ph.D., Physical Science Dept, Assistant Professor, Harold Washington College; Susan Rosa, Ph.D. Associate Professor, History NEIU; Russell Bennjamin, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Political Science NEIU; Sharon K. Hahs, President NEIU; Samuel Vega, Union for Puerto Rican Students. Video is 10 min. For more information: 773-552-0394

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