The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Office of the President is inviting students, staff and faculty at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis to a town hall on campus next Friday, Feb. 10, to share their opinions and experiences related to existing policies and identify best practices in connection with protests at all 10 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â campuses.
The town hall is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Conference Center Ballroom, adjacent to the Vanderhoef Quad at the campus’s south entry.
Last November, President Mark G. Yudof appointed °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â General Counsel Charles Robinson and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. to lead a systemwide examination of police protocols and policies as they apply to protests at all °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â campuses.
As part of their effort, Robinson and Edley are on a listening tour. They hosted their first town hall Jan. 31 at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Berkeley. Following the Feb. 10 event here, the final town hall is scheduled for Feb. 28 at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Irvine.
The comments that Robinson, Edley and their review team gather at the town hall meetings will help inform a broad examination of the best practices that universities across the country have implemented to balance campus safety and security with the rights to assemble, demonstrate and engage in civil disobedience.
Following their review of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â policies, the town hall meetings and consultations with experts within and outside °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â, Robinson and Edley expect to post a draft set of recommendations for comment. The team expects to forward its recommendations to Yudof in early March.
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu