Boston Mayor Michelle Wu planned on stopping by Harvard University on Tuesday for a discussion with students on her life and political career, but the event has been canceled due to her decision to shut down the Emerson encampment.

The mayor on Sunday confirmed to the Herald that she agreed to cancel the conversation after at least 11 student organizations withdrew from co-sponsoring the event, as reported by the student newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, Saturday night.

The Crimson cited text messages sent in an internal group chat with event organizers that highlighted how Wu’s decision to send police to break up the pro-Palestine encampment at Emerson early Thursday morning motivated them to do away with sponsoring the event.

“We wanted to formally relay that Mayor Wu has officially decided not to come to campus after discussing with the relevant parties,” one event organizer wrote in a text message, the Crimson reported. “As an organization we do not support any threats or violations to freedom of expression and peaceful protests and wanted to thank you guys for bringing this issue to light.”

Wu, who graduated from Harvard in 2007, said in a statement that with her duties as mayor, it’s not often that she’s able to venture outside the city and speak with students. Tuesday’s event would have provided that opportunity, one she looked forward to.

The statement in the full reads:

“This event had been scheduled after receiving requests from several Harvard student organizations over the course of the school year to visit campus for a conversation about my personal and professional experiences.

“I hardly ever leave Boston, even to go across the river, given my responsibilities as Mayor and all the demands on my time in the city—but I try to make some time each year to give back and engage with students looking to learn more about the realities of government and politics today. When I was on campus as a student, I benefited so much from attending speaker events to ask questions and engage directly with visitors bringing a wide range of perspectives.

“I’d fully planned to engage in discussion with students about ongoing events and news, and to welcome their feedback, but I respect their preferences to use our time elsewhere and wish everyone well with the end of the school year.”

Wu, in remarks Friday, said she directed police to take down the Emerson encampment for public safety reasons, thereby empowering the commissioner to make 108 arrests to enforce the city ordinance it was violating.

“The commissioner and I jointly agreed that the growing encampment needed to be removed in order to address the public safety and fire hazards that it presented,” Wu said in a statement first reported by the Boston Globe.