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Rest, recuperate, and re-energize for 2023!

As this term comes to an end, I wanted to congratulate you on making it through another challenging year. Working in higher education can be tough; it takes strength and dedication to do what we do, and I hope you can look back at this year with pride at what you have accomplished personally and what we have accomplished collectively. The election season was particularly challenging this year given the political rhetoric focused on limiting academic freedom to discuss significant issues in our society that are required to build a lasting multi-cultural democracy.  Our conditions in Oregon are thankfully better thanks…

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Let’s build faculty power in Oregon, together!

AAUP-Oregon defends higher education and academic freedom through local organizing and political advocacy, and I am happy to share with you that the work of championing faculty and graduate employee rights in the state of Oregon continues to move forward.  My name is Victor Reyes. Today, I am proud to announce that with the unanimous support of the Executive Committee, I have accepted an interim appointment as Director of AAUP Oregon. In this role, I will continue the work done by my predecessors, Matt Burris and Ashley Bromley. I have worked closely with both of them over the last 6…

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