Dear colleagues,
In collaboration with initiatives at the other UC campuses, UC Riverside is launching a fundraising campaign to help support the hosting at UCR of scholars at risk from Afghanistan. As you know, the situation for scholars and teachers in Afghanistan is especially precarious and many are seeking to leave the country. Our aim is not only to offer them a place of refuge, but also to enable them to continue their research and teaching insofar as possible. We are working with two national organizations, Scholars at Risk program and the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund, with which UCR has an existing relationship, to identify and place scholars who have been obliged to leave Afghanistan.
Please consider contributing generously to this urgent fundraising effort which Provost Elizabeth Watkins has generously offered to match up to $100,000.
Your donations are fully tax-deductible.
And please circulate this appeal widely among your colleagues, friends, students and alumni.
If you have any questions about this initiative or the UCR Scholars at Risk program, including questions about how to host a scholar in your department or laboratory, please feel free to contact David Lloyd, Professor of English, at this email.dclloyd@ucr.edu