the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide. Our universities should not be tied to it.
Our Mission
Universities Are a Battleground
The Chinese Communist Party has taken advantage of the openness of American academic institutions to undermine academic freedom and global opposition to its human rights abuses. American universities cannot retain their independence or educate their students about the Chinese regime’s threat to liberty around the world if they continue to be tied - through endowments, Confucius Institutes, and research partnerships - to the CCP.
Athenai is equipping the next generation of leaders with the tools they will need to recognize the CCP and its genocidal policies for what they are.
Athenai is Educating the Leaders of Tomorrow – and of Today.
Athenai’s programs have already taught a generaton of student leaders how they can stand up to the CCP on their campuses.
When we started Athenai, more than 80 universities hosted Confucius Institutes, proxies of the Chinese government that compromise academic freedom. Today, just seven remain.
Now, thanks to Athenai’s work, students in our 21 state chapters around the country are calling on their universities to divest from entities linked to the CCP, the Chinese government, and human rights abuses including the genocide and mass internment of Uyghurs. Today, one university has committed to divest from entities tied to the CCP’s human rights abuses, and multiple others are actively investigating their financial links to the CCP.