Contributor: Jane M. Georges, PhD, RN
My former PhD student, Dr. Ann Lawani, has been arrested, shackled, and “disappeared” into the ICE detention system without her family’s knowledge of where she is. My Emancipatory Theory of Compassion is based on the philosophical assumption that when toxic biopolitical spaces are created by a state apparatus, anything- including violence- is not just possible; it is inevitable. Please stand with us to help free Dr. Lawani, who was on the faculty of the School of Nursing at the University of San Francisco prior to her “disappeared” status.
The USF School of Nursing has established a petition to demand her release from ICE at Change.org: change.org/freedrannlawani Please sign the petition and share widely in your networks.
This is real, folks. This isn’t some philosophical proposition. Dr. Lawani is missing. Please help bring her home.
About Jane Georges
Jane M. Georges, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a nurse theorist whose Emancipatory Theory of Compassion has been widely used in nursing science curricula. She was one of the principal authors of the AACN document, “The Research-Focused Doctoral Program in Nursing: Pathways to Excellence,” published in 2022.
I was reading the New York Times on my iPhone last night and I was totally shocked and frankly, angry. I had a vision appointment this morning and driving back and forth, I kept asking myself what I could do? I thought I would reach out to nursing organizations, which I will still do. I am so grateful that you have provided the link so I can at least take on personal action. I encourage people to read the New York Times article.
With much appreciation,
Richard Cowling