On a regular work day in late April, Nic Francisco-Kaho’onei, the former director of Portland State University's (PSU) Women’s Resource Center (WRC), was called in for a meeting with their supervisor. Francisco-Kaho’onei was being terminated, not for disciplinary reasons, but “based on the needs of the university.” Stunned, Francisco-Kaho’onei asked for cause, but was given no reason for their termination. PSU wasn’t required to since Francisco-Kaho’onei was a non-union employee.

After the meeting, Francisco-Kaho’onei was locked out of their university email and placed on administrative leave. Despite directly supporting students through that email, the WRC director was left to reach out to students over the phone to inform them of the situation.

“I [texted those students], even though i

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