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ASU Benefactor T.W. Lewis Explains Decision To Pull Funding: “Left-Wing Hostility And Activism”
Arizona Daily ^ | 7/7/23 | Loretta Hunnicutt

Posted on 07/10/2023 11:50:48 AM PDT by CFW

The benefactor behind The T.W. Lewis Foundation, Tom Lewis, set the record straight on Friday about his decision to pull funding from the ASU-Barrett Center for Personal Development.

Lewis’ decision to pull the funding comes after the executive director of the Center said, in an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, that she was being fired and the Center was closing because she organized an event featuring Charlie Kirk, Robert Kiyosaki and Dennis Prager.

Ann Atkinson noted that the February event “outraged” faculty members at ASU’s honors college, Barrett, which houses the center.

Lewis’ statement appears to support her claim to an extent.

“After seeing this level of left-wing hostility and activism, I no longer had any confidence in Barrett to adhere to the terms of our gift, and made the decision to terminate our agreement, effective June 30, 2023,” stated Lewis in a press release. “I regret that this decision was necessary, and hope that Barrett and ASU will take strong action to ensure that free speech will always be protected and that all voices can be heard.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anticonservatives; censorship; donors; universities
More donors need to be pulling their funding of left-wing college indoctrination centers. Kudos to Mr. Lewis.
1 posted on 07/10/2023 11:50:48 AM PDT by CFW
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I love this story. AMERICANS are getting fed up with all this hostile and hate-filled far-left turd roller booschidt.


2 posted on 07/10/2023 12:09:29 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A man in NM is killed over a movie theater seat. The azhos in The Swamp think guns are the problem. )
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bkmk


3 posted on 07/10/2023 12:16:26 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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Yes, indeed.


4 posted on 07/10/2023 12:17:21 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I know I am!


5 posted on 07/10/2023 12:17:39 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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I’ve been fed up and intolerant of The Left since at least March ‘04. That’s when I arrived in Iraq and observed the grotesque dichotomy between reality and the media’s portrayal to serve their sick and heartless political ends.


6 posted on 07/10/2023 12:56:16 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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Thank you Mr Lewis, you are a great man. I wish America had more like you.


7 posted on 07/10/2023 1:00:57 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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Ouch! That's going to leave a mark.

Funding was $400,000 annually. Good for Tom Lewis.

8 posted on 07/10/2023 1:33:23 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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Money and the power of the purse speaks volumes, the people will make this happen, the people


9 posted on 07/11/2023 3:39:06 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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Ah, the tolerant, inclusive left—at it again.


10 posted on 07/11/2023 11:23:50 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (“There is no good government at all & none possible.”--Mark Twain)
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