We are the CUNY Alliance for Inclusion

The CUNY Alliance For Inclusion (CAFI) is a diverse group of scholars and educators at CUNY who defend Israel’s right to exist and are committed to work for a vibrant and collegial academic community free of bias and intimidation.

CAFI was formed in response to the singular hostility towards Israel expressed in counterfactual and regressive public statements, and especially the June 2021 resolution of the PSC-CUNY union, which furthers an antisemitic climate on CUNY campuses.

We invite you to join with us.

CAFI Statement on Anti-Israel Encampments

The CUNY Alliance for Inclusion (CAFI) wants Jewish and Israeli CUNY members and their allies to know that we see you and support you. We recognize the visceral threat of the anti-Israel encampments. For this reason, we oppose both the encampments and the statement made by PSC-CUNY supporting them and opposing the congressional hearings on campus antisemitism.

CAFI affirms the right of all students, faculty and staff to fully engage in academic and social life at CUNY. We support free speech and robust dialogue and oppose encampments, in which protestors engage in harassment, intimidation and violence. These encampments impede learning for all students by creating hostile and noisy environments not conducive to studying and participating in collegiate life.

These protesters engage in behaviors that go well beyond free speech. They actively block students from campus facilities, vandalize property, assault other students, and call for the annihilation of Israel and the genocide of Jews. These activities violate CUNY Policies, the Henderson Rules, New York State Policy, and Federal Title VI Civil Rights Law. They are not protected by the First Amendment.

  • Don’t allow fabrications to become the new normal at CUNY
  • End the contempt for the truth when it comes to Israel
  • Speak up for academic freedom

  • We insist on

    moral and intellectual clarity within the City University of New York and stand against endless inversions of the truth for the purpose of demonizing Israel. We endeavor to overturn the mind-numbing resolution of the PSC CUNY faculty and staff union which condemns Israel for defending itself.

  • We stand with

    students, faculty, and staff who are threatened by the unraveling of civility at CUNY brought about by those who demonize the Jewish State. We call upon the Chancellor and College Presidents to work with faculty, staff, and students to work for the inclusion of all groups within the fabric of life at CUNY.

  • We oppose

    the distortion of human rights advocacy within the PSC union that turns a blind eye to the actual abuse of countless innocent victims by autocratic and terrorist regimes in the Middle East and around the world in order to single out Israel for baseless accusations.