“It’s important to me for reasons of moral integrity to make sure that any organization I’m affiliated with, especially the University...help and not hurt the situation,” Robinson said.
Professor of Psychology Patrick Cavanagh, the first faculty member to sign, said he had forwarded the petition to colleagues and expected more professors to join the effort.
Meanwhile, Black Students Association President Lawrence E. Adjah ’06 said his group is co-sponsoring a candlelight vigil in Boston Common this Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., featuring escaped Sudanese slave Francis Bok. The event aims to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide, Adjah said.
—Zachary M. Seward contributed to the reporting for this article.
—Staff writer Daniel J. Hemel can be reached at hemel@fas.harvard.edu.