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Brandeis University leaders sent a campus-wide email highlighting the institution’s commitment to social justice and free expression, emphasizing diversity and inclusion.

A diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officer at Brandeis University in Massachusetts sent a campus-wide email entitled “Social Justice and Free Expression.”

The message was sent on Nov. 8 by Brandeis’ Vice President of Student Affairs Andrea Dine, and Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging LeManuel Bitsoi, according to The Justice.

The email asserted that a “commitment to social justice” was a foundational concept behind the institution. It also connects the protection of free speech with fostering a “diverse and inclusive community.”

Another principle mentioned in the email is “sharing responsibility,” which the administrators described as meaning that “we should embrace civility, but in the larger sense: an issue can be engaged with emotion, and even a raised voice, if the humanity of all involved is respected.” 

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