Hello everyone,

I mentioned this in class last week but there was very little response one way or another, so I’m asking you all to please weigh in below. Because of the government’s newly stated policy regarding immigrants and heightened arrests and deportation, we want to make sure that you feel safe and protected in the work you do in this class. We’ve been very grateful for so many of the personal stories that have been shared via the blog, but we do not want anyone to feel that they are sharing personal immigration information that could compromise their status or that of their family. Right now, our site is open to the public, meaning that anyone can find our site and read it. This potentially includes immigration officials, although I want to stress that there has been NO evidence to suggest that they are doing so thus far.

Here are three options for continued privacy of our site:

  1. Continue being open to the public. If you have a post that contains potentially sensitive information, you can set the visibility to private and we will all have a password that we can use to read your post.
  2. Make the site accessible only to members of the Macaulay community. This means that only those who have signed up for an ePortfolios account can view.
  3. Make the site accessible only to our class.

I would be happy to discuss pros and cons of any of these options tomorrow in class, if you like. Or you may email me with specific questions. We want our site to be open to the greatest number of people because educators and students from other schools and from within the CUNY community can see the great work you’re all doing. At the same time, we want to make sure that no one feels that they are placing themselves or their families in a compromised position. We continue to be dedicated to the belief that Macaulay is a place for all students regardless of immigration status.

-Jake

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