About this Event
In July 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Penn settled a dispute over a controversial subpoena requiring the university to provide contact details and membership rosters tied to Jewish campus groups. While the settlement resolved the immediate conflict, it left open important questions that bear on the future of freedom, privacy, and education. In this program, a panel of legal experts and stakeholders will reflect on the case itself and explore its implications for the struggle against antisemitism, the future of higher education, and the future of civil liberty.
Featuring legal scholar Amanda Shanor (Wharton), Randi Weingarten (president of the American Federation of Teachers), historian Britt Tevis (Syracuse University), and Penn alumna Olivia Haynie (’24), this panel will reflect on the case itself and explore its implications for the struggle against antisemitism, the future of higher education, and the future of civil liberty. Katz Center director, Steven Weitzman, will moderate.
This event is sponsored by the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, AAUP–Penn, and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. This program has also been made possible by the generous support from the Goldhirsh-Yellin Foundation and its initiative to promote better understanding of antisemitism.
Free and open to the public.
Registration is required. Non–PennCard-holders will be asked to show ID to register at the door, space permitting.
Please note: This registration is to attend the lecture live in person. If you would like to join us via Zoom instead, please use the following link: https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b1WFCSLrSpazMGGB4x3F_g.
Event venue & nearby stays
Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, United States
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