Sociologists for Palestine

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Sociologists for Palestine (S4P) is a democratic and plural collective of sociologists who support the cause of Palestinian liberation. sociologistsforpalestine.org

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Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 9h

It was an honor to listen to @darializaforny.bsky.social's wisdom as she engaged in conversation with @nickocchiuto.bsky.social: "As sociologists what is the point of studying society if we're not going to be active members in it? Care is at the heart of what we do." #BoycottASA

Image of Nicholas Occhiuto and Darializa Avila Chevalier having a conversation at a podium.

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 2d

Close to 300 sociologists showed up to demand a democratic ASA! Members have a right to vote on resolutions that have followed our internal democratic process for inclusion in our ballot. Resolutions related to Palestine should be no exception! #BoycottASA

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Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 6d

ASA Members: SIGN & SHARE! We’re launching our petition to amend the ASA bylaws that codifies member democracy in the referendum process. Help us get to 10% of ASA member signatures! Please note you must be registered as a member of ASA. Tinyurl.com/ASAMemberVoice #BoycottASA

White text with a green background and QR code states the following: RESTORE ASA MEMBER DEMOCRACY. Sign the member petition to clarify the arbitrarty distinction between operational and policy issues in the ASA bylaws, and protect a robus member referendum process. READ, SIGN, AND SHARE THE PROPOSED BYLAWS AMENDMENT PETITION: TINYURL.COM/ASAMEMBERVOICE.
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Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 7d

We couldn’t be more excited about this speaker! Join us for a talk with Darializa Avila Chevalier, Democratic Socialist and Democratic nominee for Congress, and Nicholas Occhiuto on 8/11. They will talk about socialism in NY and how sociology can shape our world. #BoycottASA

White background with orange and blue font. The following message can be read: Darializa, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 13th Congressional District and Sociology PhD candidate at CUNY, and Nicholas Occhiuto, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and Political Director of Darializa’s campaign, will discuss New York politics, socialism, and the potential of sociological thinking to shape our world. Next to the image of a calendar the following message is displayed: Tuesday, August 11, 2026. Next to the image of a clock the following message is displayed: 12-2 PM. The following address is provided: Auditorium, C-Level, CUNY GRADUATE CENTER, 365 FIFTH AVE - NEW YORK CITY. An image of Darializa is at the center of the flyer.

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 13d

Can we count on your help? We want to make sure the leadership of ASA cannot deny its members their right to vote on future resolutions. We need 10% of our membership’s signatures to amend our current bylaws. Sign up for a canvassing shift in NYC here: #BoycottASA

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 19d

Check out the full program of our alternative conference with over 60 sessions (!) in NYC next month. Register today! Program: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc2026 Registration: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc #BoycottASA

White letters on a red background state the following message: Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity and Democratic Futures. A Conference for Sociologists.
Conference Program, August 10-11, 2026, CUNY Graduate Center, 364 Fifth Ave - New York City.

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· 25d

Join us for a rally for a democratic ASA! We will have a disruption planned inside and outside of the ASA hotel. To avoid any protest policing, we will share the exact time and locations of the rally on August 6th RSVP for our rally here: tinyurl.com/ASARally2026 #BoycottASA

Red letters on a black background with green hands holding protest signs and a QR code. The following message can be read: Rally for a democratic ASA. Join Sociologists for Palestine’s rally in the middle of the ASA’s conference in NYC! Exact time and location to be announced on Aug. 6. RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/asaprotest

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jul 7

Do you want to learn how to be a public scholar, navigate the job market, and more? Are you able to mentor the next generation of sociologists? Join our Mentorship event at our alternative conference as we #BoycottASA: tinyurl.com/Sociologists...

Red and green illustrations with a black background. A watermelon and QR code are in the center. The following message can be read:
Join S4P’s Mentorship Event!
Do you want to learn how to be a public scholar, navigate the job market, and more? Are you interested in mentoring the next generation of sociologists?
We are organizing a Mentorship event at our alternative conference as part of Sociologists for Palestine’s alternative conference. Please fill out a form if you are interested in participating as a mentee or mentor: https://tinyurl.com/SociologistsForPalestine

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jul 7

Sociologists stand in solidarity for a democratic ASA and a free Palestine. Sign the boycott pledge, and look out for alternative sessions & organizing events outside of ASA for folks who will be in the NYC area. #BoycotttASA

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jun 23

We're excited to announce an alternative conference for those boycotting ASA! "Resisting Authoritarianism: Global Solidarity & Democratic Futures" will take place in NYC on Aug 10-11 at the CUNY Graduate Center. RSVP today: tinyurl.com/ResistSoc #BoycottASA

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jun 12

How do we go from meeting boycott to member democracy? We remain clear on our goal: heeding Palestinian civil society's call for institutional BDS. We outline at least three paths to get there. Join the movement by pledging to #BoycottASA: tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jun 4

“We have power in this moment of ongoing genocide, and we should use it” Listen to this powerful statement of support to #BoycottASA, and sign the pledge: Tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026 Continue to DM or email your testimonies—Why are you boycotting the ASA meeting? #BoycottASA2026

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jun 4

Thank you to the Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) for endorsing our call for a boycott of the ASA meeting in NYC. Read their powerful statement in support at: Tinyurl.com/JVPboycottASA

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jun 4

Read Professor Majed’s statement and sign the pledge to boycott the ASA meeting until member democracy is restored and the BDS petition is taken to the membership: Tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026 #BoycottASA

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Jun 2

We are finally seeing ASA leadership recognize the ASA meeting boycott and its impacts, to the point where they're extending the deadline to June 15, and committing to an early council meeting to "work towards a resolution." Keep up the pressure! As we've been saying, boycotts work!

We look forward to seeing many members in New York in August for the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting. It is shaping up to be an engaging meeting, and we're excited about the program that has come together.

We extend a sincere thank you to the many volunteers who have contributed their time and energy to making this program possible by organizing panels, reviewing submissions, and supporting the meeting in so many ways. These efforts are meaningful and truly appreciated.

We understand that some members are choosing to boycott the meeting, while others plan to participate in person as originally intended. If your paper was accepted, you will have a scheduled room and time to present as listed in the online program. This includes sessions where organizers, presiders, or other panelists have chosen not to participate, even if fewer papers are ultimately presented. Please note that to have a presentation count as part of the 2026 Annual Meeting, participants must be registered and follow ASA registration policies, including those for remote presentations.

The registration deadline for participants listed on the online Annual Meeting program has been extended to Monday, June 15 to provide additional time to consider the information shared in this email. If you intend to present at the Annual Meeting as scheduled, please register by June 15 (before 11:59 p.m. EST).

Finally, we know this has been a challenging period for our association, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and continued engagement. Your feedback and concerns are being heard and taken seriously. We, along with Council, have been listening closely and are engaged in ongoing, thoughtful conversations about how best to move forward. Council will meet in June, ahead of its regularly scheduled August meeting, to support this ongoing effort to work toward a resolution.

Please reach out to us directly if you have questions.

Best,
Heather M. Washington
ASA Executive Director
Shelley J. Correll
ASA President

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 28

Sociologists are speaking out for a democratic ASA. Join the movement by pledging to #BoycottASA Sign here: Tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026 Learn more at: sociologistsforpalestine.org/faqs

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 27

Have you joined 700 sociologists fighting for member democracy by signing the #BoycottASA pledge? tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026 Send us a 1-minute video or quote of why you are boycotting the ASA meeting this year (@soc4pal on IG)

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 27

Happening now! RSVP for a link: Tinyurl.com/5RTW5EKX

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 26

Send a message to ASA executive leadership that we demand member democracy. The ASA must allow members a vote on the S4P resolution. Sign the pledge: Tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026 Read more about how to join the ASA meeting boycott: sociologistsforpalestime.org/faqs

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 25

Join @hebagowayed.bsky.social and 700 other sociologists in fighting for a democratic ASA. Pledge to boycott the 2026 ASA meetings: tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 24

Join 700 sociologists and pledge today to boycott the 2026 annual meeting: Tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026 Learn more: www.sociologistsforpalestine.org/faqs

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 23

The ASA is its members. Join our fight for a democratic, deliberative, participatory, and just ASA. Join 700 sociologists and the pledge today to boycott the 2026 annual meeting: Tinyurl.com/BoycottASA2026

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 22

Nearly 700 sociologists have pledged to boycott this year's ASA meeting in a fight for a democratic sociology. Join the boycott, and share (DM or email video) with us why you plan to #BoycottASA Read #BoycottASA FAQ: www.sociologistsforpalestine.org/faqs

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· May 12

On May 27, join us for an interactive session, where attendees will have the opportunity to engage S4P organizers directly on issues including boycott logistics, tactics and strategy, and support of junior scholars. Let’s show ASA what democracy looks like! TINYURL.COM/5RTW5EKX

AGAINST GENOCIDE
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?
A Conversation with Sociologists for Palestine

In this interactive session, attendees will have the opportunity to engage S4P organizers directly on issues including boycott logistics, tactics and strategy, and support of junior scholars.

Though the panelists will provide brief preliminary remarks on why they joined S4P and support the boycott, the emphasis will be on a collective give and take. In doing so, we hope to create a space that prefigures the kind of democratic association we want the ASA to be.

Cedric De Leon
Heba Gowayed
Zachary Levenson
Roi Livne

MAY 27
8:30AM1-10AM (PDT) | 10:30AM-12PM (CDT) | 11:30AM-1PM (EDT)
ZOOM RSVP:
TINYURL.COM/5RTW5EKX
Read our #BoycottASA FAQ:
sociologiststorpalestine.org/asa-boycott
S4P

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Apr 7

Join S4P for a Town Hall on the Palestine exception and the crisis of democracy at the American Sociological Association! Featuring @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @saigrundy.bsky.social, Gay Seidman and Howard Winant!

Town hall for sociologists
Boycott!
On the Palestine exception and the crisis of democracy at the american sociological association.

April 14, 2026
4pm PT/ 6 pm CT/ 7pm ET
tinyurl.com/boycottasa

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Mar 17

"More than ever the American Sociological Association has to choose if it will use data and rationality to take a public stand & protect all social groups including Palestinians or knuckle under an administration that has no respect for our discipline and in some cases see sociologists as the enemy"

Campuses in Florida, Texas, and other states have been purged of sociological reason.
Content is being dictated by state and federal government who have also commissioned
"politically correct" textbooks. More than ever the American Sociological Association has to choose if it will use data and rationality to take a public stand and protect all social groups including Palestinians or knuckle under to an administration that has no respect for our discipline and in some cases see sociologists as the enemy.
Respectfully,
Mary

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Mar 17

She continues "ASA relies on enormous amounts of volunteer labor to function, and we serve gladly because we are a member association; that work may become less attractive and more difficult to justify if the association morphs into a corporation and continues its undemocratic practices." 5/

ASA relies on enormous amounts of volunteer labor to function, and we serve gladly because we are a member association; that work may become less attractive and more difficult to justify if the association morphs into a corporation and continues its undemocratic practices.
This could be as dangerous a time to be a sociologist as in Germany in the 1930's. The fundamentals of sociological reason and research -- that is, how social systems, structures, and functions work, change, and affect various social groups -- are under attack by our own government. Antisemitism is being callously used as a propaganda weapon to fire university presidents and eliminate social sciences that criticize aspects of domestic or foreign policy.

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Mar 17

Romero laments the transformation of ASA from a member organization to a "corporation," detailing how for decades she has been fighting this slow erosion of its democracy, and the exclusion of members from having a voice in the organization. 4/

For several years now, I have been disappointed as the Association moved from being a member's incorporated Association to a Corporation that now relies on lawyers to justify actions not supported by the ASA Bylaws and increasingly centralizes all decision-making processes in the Executive Office thus removing democratic practices. I expressed these concerns in 2017 after the association made a complete transition that removed 10 long term staff members and began ignoring Council decisions made in the past, thus erasing the mechanisms of institutional memory, and eroding ASA's structure as a membership-based organization.

After serving as a Council Member-at-Large (2006-2009) and Secretary (2013-2016), I returned for my first Council Meeting as President Elect in 2017 and was handed the meeting agenda book marked with the statement "Confidential For Council Use Only." This statement binds Council members to secrecy, that prohibits Council members from discussing or seeking input with members before the Council deliberates policy. Council agreed that members had the right to know what topics/issues Council is to deliberate before the fact. In the past Council made this policy explicit by requiring the Executive Director to publicly post each Council's Agenda well in advance of the meetings, allowing members to know what will be discussed in case they want to provide input.

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Mar 17

She emphasizes that to this end, "the argument about membership is a red herring" Adding that "While some ASA members may have left in response to the 2024 resolution, there are many who stayed because it did pass." 3/

The argument about membership is a red herring. Like other academic associations, ASA has low participation rates in voting. Members vote when issues are important to them or to their sections (and past data show that members identify more with their sections than the overall association). Low membership participation occurs not only when voting on policies but also when voting for elected officers. Yet, I have never heard of our association contemplating not installing an elected officer or rejecting a bylaw revision because only a minority of the total membership voted.
While some ASA members may have left in response to the 2024 resolution, there are many who stayed because it did pass. (If the Executive Office and Council were concerned with losing members, they might have considered the consequences of holding annual meetings exclusively on the East Coast and Chicago.)

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal· Mar 17

She writes that ASA has a tradition of condemning human rights violations, and that the BDS resolution "assures that ... our membership does not contribute to or support organizations that participate in genocide, human rights violations or in the current US regime's campaign of scholasticide." 2/