I agree that this is a difficult question, and that there are difficult considerations that you might need to carefully balance.
You should probably talk to other campus group organizers, ideally ones similar enough to your position (eg, EA campus group organizers in similar universities, or non-EA campus group organizers at your university) for a well-rounded take.
For example, I intuitively agree with Khorton’s answer. Unfortunately my understanding from talking to a small number of campus organizers is that a neutral stance, for political movements that 90%+ of the student campus supports, will be seen as implicitly political (and not on the “right” side).
My personal impression is that campus activism/campus politics moves very fast, especially in America, to the point that those of us with only a handful of years out of school are almost unqualified to talk about such matters.
I agree that this is a difficult question, and that there are difficult considerations that you might need to carefully balance.
You should probably talk to other campus group organizers, ideally ones similar enough to your position (eg, EA campus group organizers in similar universities, or non-EA campus group organizers at your university) for a well-rounded take.
For example, I intuitively agree with Khorton’s answer. Unfortunately my understanding from talking to a small number of campus organizers is that a neutral stance, for political movements that 90%+ of the student campus supports, will be seen as implicitly political (and not on the “right” side).
My personal impression is that campus activism/campus politics moves very fast, especially in America, to the point that those of us with only a handful of years out of school are almost unqualified to talk about such matters.
Good point. I’ll bring this up with other group leaders.