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United Academics: Campus Climate, Racial Justice, Academic Freedom

 by Michael Dreiling, President, UAUO At the UO, we’ve had the unfortunate opportunity of witnessing poor role-modeling. First, a professor donned blackface at a Halloween party and then was mimicked on campus by a group of white teens. Then, there was the election and its aftermath of hate crimes, including vicious racist threats to students of color at the UO. Our local is in sync with the rest of the higher education labor movement in confronting bigotry of all types and I am proud to point our members to the recent issue of Academe for some timely reflection on campus activism against…

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PSU-AAUP: Out of Many Voices, a Stronger Union and a Stronger University

by José Padín, President, PSU-AAUP PSU-AAUP members and member-leaders were busy this last month and there is much to be proud of in our work.   Among the highlights of our Association's work were two membership gatherings. On November 2, members gathered to talk about the experiences of women in the academy (faculty and academic professionals). On November 16, a multi-cultural gathering of members discussed the experiences of faculty, academic professionals, staff, and students “of color” at our university. Both of these gatherings represent a broadening of the fairness advocacy by our association and union, PSU-AAUP, and we will follow…

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