Elaine Maimon

1 day ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Elaine Maimon

May. 13, 2025 It’s a play in eight acts, starting in December 2023, when then-University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill was harassed, humiliated and driven out of office after dozens of Penn students staged a multi-day protest of Israel’s military response to Hamas’ attacks on Israeli civilians. Now on May 7, 2025, we have the maltreatment of Haverford President Wendy Raymond.

6 days ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Elaine Maimon

The U.S. has now experienced more than 100 days of Trump’s power. His strategy of flooding the zone makes it difficult to focus on the actual harm to real people. The human mind is overwhelmed by enormity. How many of us have momentarily confused billions with trillions — a difference of only one letter but a super-highway stretch in dollars? For many, it was the story of Anne Frank that brought home the reality of 6 million Jews lost in the Holocaust.

2 weeks ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Elaine Maimon

Throughout my higher ed career, wherever I have roamed, on the periphery of my attention I have always thought positively about the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP), founded in 1964, with a current student population of 12,400 credit and 1,381 noncredit students. Just as I am a permanent Phillies and Eagles fan, I have a forever regard for Philadelphia colleges and universities.

4 weeks ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Elaine Maimon

When I read that the Trump administration cut Princeton’s research funding on global warming because it increased “climate anxiety” among young Americans, I thought of the lyrics from musical geniuses Lerner and Lowe’s description of “Camelot” from the play of the same name:It’s true! It’s true! The crown has made it clear.The climate must be perfect all the year. But, alas, we are not living in Camelot — a mythical place dedicated to justice, truth and the Arthurian way.

1 month ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Elaine Maimon

Do Something Find out who your state and federal representatives are and reach out. Tell our legislators to do their jobs to ensure education funding is preserved, the essential institutions of libraries and museums are preserved, and history is not erased.