September 19, 2020 Mount Holyoke News On Campus Faculty and Students Participate in Scholar Strike Through Class Cancellation and Discussion on Racial Inequality in Academic Settings September 19, 2020 Mount Holyoke News On Campus “We are calling for a Scholar strike ... on September 8-9 2020 to protest ongoing police violence and murders in America,” tweeted Anthea Butler, a professor of religious studies and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, on Aug. 26.