Advocacy Archive

LSA has a long history of public advocacy. Older efforts are archived here to preserve the historical record.

Resolutions

Resolution on Questions of National Origin in Refugee Cases (January 2009)
Resolution on Labor Issues and Meeting Site Selection (January 2006)
Resolution in Opposition to the U.S. Military's Policy of Dismissing Linguists, Translators, Interpreters, and Others (July 2003)
Resolution in Opposition to Discrimination and Political Sanctions Against Scholars (July 2003)
Resolution on Sign Languages (July 2001)
Resolution in Opposition to Unz/Tuchman Initiative (July 1998)
Resolution on Ebonics (July 1997)
Resolution in Opposition to English Only (July 1987)

Statements

Statement in Opposition to Federal Interference in Title IV Program at Duke/UNC (September 2019)
Ethics Statement, Updated Version (July 2019)
Statement on Race (May 2019)
Letter to Alaskan Officials Regarding Proposed Budget Cuts (March 2019)
Comments on NICHD Strategic Plan (February 2019)
Statement on the Evaluation of Language Documentation for Hiring and Promotion (September 2018)
Statement Opposing Proposed Program cuts at UW Stevens Point (March 2018)
Statement on Climate Change and Human Languages and Cultures (January 2018)
Civility Policy [18 December 2017] Note: Renamed "Meeting Conduct Policy (2021)
Statement in Support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program (September 2017)
Comments to the United Nations on Protecting the Rights of Children in Humanitarian Situations (September 2017)
Statement on Extremism (Aug 2017)
Statement on Proposed Visa Changes (May 2017)
Statement to Congress to increase support for the NSF (April 2017)
Statement on Immigration Ban of January 27, 2017 (February 2017)
Statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Sioux Nations at Standing Rock (December 2016)
Statement on US Presidential Elections (November 2016)
Comments to the United Nations on the Linguistic Rights of Children (October 2016)
Statement concerning the Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (August 2015)
Statement on Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (July 2014)
Statement on NSF Budget Amendment (April 2013)
Comments on U.S. federal Common Rule as described in the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Human Subjects Research Protections (October 2011)
Letter to Congress to Sustain Funding for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences at NSF (July 2011)
Comments on U.S. Department of Education Priorities for Assessment (June 2011)
Ethics Statement (May 2009); Please see updated Ethics Statement approved in 2019
Statement on Language Rights (Nov 1995)
Statement on Sexual Harassment (January 1995)
Statement on The Need for the Documentation of Linguistic Diversity (June 1994)
Statement on Research with Human Subjects (May 1992)
Statement on Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation (March 1975)

Endorsements

Endorsement of Title IX comments from Scientific Societies (January 2019)
Endorsement of joint comments to NIH on clinical trials and basic research (November 2018)
Endorsement of the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity measures on the NSCG and related surveys administered by the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Science & Engineering Statistics (August 2018)
Endorsement of the Coalition for National Science Funding's Advocacy Letter FY2019 (13 April 2018)
Endorsement of the Coalition for National Science Funding's Advocacy Letter FY2018 (February 2018)
Endorsement of the Open Letter to Elected Officials on the Graduate Student Tuition Waiver (November 2017)
Endorsement of the Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform (November 2017)
Endorsement of the letter to NIH on clinical trials (October 2017)
Endorsement of the Multisociety Letter on Immigration Policy (October 2017)
Co-signatory on the Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations letter to Congressional leadership (September 2017)
Endorsement of the AAAS letter on immigration ban (January 2017)
Endorsement of the Statement Opposing Ban on Immigration (February 2017)
Cosignatory on research and development budget (April 2016)
Endorsement of the call for the respect of academic freedom in Turkey (July 2016)
Endorsement of the joint statement on "Campus Carry" legislation (November 2015)
Cosignatory of the amicus curiae brief supporting diversity in education (November 2015)
Endorsement of the AHA letter in defense of Wisconsin tenure and academic freedom (June 2015)
Endorsement of America COMPETES (September 2014)
Endorsement of the CNSF Letter to Congress Requesting Priority Funding for Basic Science Research (May 2014)
Endorsement of the Letter to Congress Opposing Cuts to NSF Linguistics Budget (March 2014)
Calls on Congress to Support the Social and Behavioral Sciences (October 2013)
Endorsement of Increased Funding for U.S. Science Agencies (October 2013)
Endorsement of San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) (June 2013)
Endorsement of letter in Opposition to Travel Restrictions on Federal STEM Employees' Travel to Scholarly Meeting (May 2013)
Endorsement of AERA et al. Bring Science to Bear in Major Affirmative Action Case (August 2012)
Calls on US Senate to Support Comprehensive Funding for National Science Foundation (June 2012)
Endorsement of CNSF Opposition to GRANT Act (February 2012)
Cosignatory on Intersociety Letter to the Deficit Committee (October 2011)
Endorsement of COSSA Comments on Proposed Regulations for Human Subjects Research (July 2011)
Endorsement of AAAS Calls on Congress to Support NSF (July 2011)
Endorsement of MLA Statement on Language Learning (May 2011)
Calls on the United States House and Senate to maintain NSF funding levels. (November 2010)
Calls on Presidential Science Council to Include the Social Sciences in STEM Education (October 2010)
Endorsement of Response to a Framework for Science Education Preliminary Public Draft (July 2010)
Endorsement of America COMPETES Legislation (May 2010)
Endorsement of Linguistics in STEM Education (April 2010]
Endorsement of Ideological Exclusion Letter to Secretary Clinton (February 2010)
Endorsement of Coalition for the Academic Workforce (February 2010)
Endorsement of Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act Support Letter (2010)