Update: we've now heard from an attendee that they've mostly given up on participating in academic things because they are not inclusive and accessible, and thanking us for conference accessibility policy.
(In addition to requiring masking we planned for some remote participation from the get-go--and we know we will get some last-minute shifts, too.)
Anyway, we don't have to internalize & perpetuate the lousy ways our institutions treat us; better conferences are possible!
Aftermath of #Petrocultures2024 last week: colleagues are now sending emails urging the Academic Senate to take up the matter of #policing on campus. Because there was a SERIOUS police presence/perimeter. A number of attendees dropped out in protest of that alone... & I don't blame them one bit
I think it's gonna take a lot more than eloquent letters... And unf I don't think we should plan any more conferences for police state campuses, ever again