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Katherine Franke

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Katherine Franke

@ProfKFranke

James L. Dohr Professor of Law (retired) at Columbia University, and author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition

New York, USA

law.columbia.edu/faculty/kather…

Joined May 2015

Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Nov 27, 2023
Really? After three Palestinian-American students were shot in New Hampshire, you're coming back to doxx and defame our students? Shame on you. Shame on you. Shame on you.
Accuracy In Media
@AccuracyInMedia
Nov 27, 2023
TOMORROW: The Antisemitism Accountability Project will return to Columbia University (116th & Broadway) at 9:00am. See you there!
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Aug 15, 2024
President Minouche Shafik threw me under the bus when she testified before Congress, but I'm still an employee of Columbia University, she's not. Turns out that capitulating to the bullies didn't work out well for her. It never does.
Columbia University
@Columbia
Aug 15, 2024
Minouche Shafik Steps Down as President of Columbia University president.columbia.edu/news/announcem…
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Oct 16, 2024
I have filed an ethics complaint against @OuttenGolden, the law firm that I hired to represent me when @Columbia launched an unfounded & politicized investigation of me because I condemned violent attacks ag pro-Palestinian student protesters on our campus.
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Jan 29, 2025
Facts: a Columbia student who sprayed peaceful protesters w/ a noxious gas, putting sev'l of them in the hospital, was paid $400,000 by Columbia, yet peaceful protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza now risk having their visas revoked as supporting terror. World upside down.
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Oct 28, 2023
Columbia/Barnard faculty have signed an open letter supporting our students, making the point that identifying with the suffering of Gazans and historically contextualizing the current war in Israel/Gaza is not anti-Semitic. Please read and share.
docs.google.com
Columbia Faculty Letter: Grave Concerns About the Well-Being of Our Students
This letter has now been published here: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSxEIf0j1H6v3R4549yxfetSBy1ioc6VHyJa3vKfvgyVFX9TAluk_1laTuSBKAyzqjF3hJT9EVw0P7a/pub. Please follow this link...
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Jan 10, 2025
"I have come to the view that the Columbia University administration has created such a toxic and hostile environment for legitimate debate around the war in Israel and Palestine that I can no longer teach or conduct research at Columbia."
ccrjustice.org
In Solidarity With Katherine Franke, Our Former Board Chair
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Apr 27, 2024
In my view, @Columbia is a real estate holdings venture that tolerates academic classes as a side hustle. If it actually delivers on the threat to close down the campus & evict students & faculty, then it'll have merely excised the side hustle, revealing its true beating heart.
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Feb 23, 2024
The lawsuit filed ag @Columbia this week claims that Columbia has maintained an environment hostile to Jewish students. Peaceful student protests are described as "pro-Hamas mobs" & the evidence of my antisemitism includes that I am teaching a course on the history of Palestine.
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Apr 19, 2024
The President of @Columbia lied in her Congressional testimony on Wednesday. Several times. One of those times relates to comments I have made about the safety of our students at Columbia. Consider this a correction and a demand for an apology. 🧵
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Oct 16, 2024
Replying to @ProfKFranke
My attorney at @OuttenGolden was so appalled by the unethical behavior of the firm, dropping me as a client for political reasons with no notice or explanation, that she quit the firm after being a partner for 24 years.
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Apr 30, 2024
I've never, I repeat, never seen a university voluntarily admit that it was violating federal anti-discrimination laws. It was one thing (a very bad thing) for @Columbia's president to capitulate to the zealots at the congressional hearing, but admitting a violation of Title VI?
Columbia University
@Columbia
Apr 30, 2024
April 30 statement from Ben Chang, University spokesperson. For the complete statement and further information, please visit the link: communications.news.columbia.edu/news/campus-up…
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Oct 16, 2024
Replying to @ProfKFranke
Law firms bear a duty of loyalty to their clients when they agree to represent them, yet @OuttenGolden “fired” me as a client bec some of its partners were uncomfortable with my support for @Columbia students who had been attacked for supporting Palestinian rights.
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Apr 9, 2024
In case you don't know: @Columbia suspended students before a hearing or evidence of misconduct. The suspensions meant they had 24 hours to leave university housing, lost access to dining halls/food & to health care - never mind that they couldn't finish their classes.
Palestine Legal
@pal_legal
Apr 8, 2024
Imagine being @Columbia and suspending your students because you think you can cow them into submission; and they release the following powerful statement: "My commitment to Palestinian liberation has only grown stronger."
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Katherine Franke
@ProfKFranke
Oct 16, 2024
Replying to @ProfKFranke
@OuttenGolden's own website boasts a commitment to "advance the goals of employees and protect their rights against injustices in the workplace," but they seem to have a Palestine exception to this commitment.
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