A majority of the faculty voted to approve an amendment to the Statement of
Academic and Expressive Freedom on Dec. 15, 2020. The impetus for the revision
came from members of the Black Student Union (BSU) who had appealed to President
Biddy Martin at the end of the summer as part of the Integrate Amherst and
Reclaim Amherst movements. The amendment, passed with a vote of 137-25, resulted
in the following addition to the statement first published in May of 2016
[https://www.amherst.edu/system/fi
