Video: Higher Ed Labor Summit: Legislative and Media Briefing – July 2021
Higher Ed Labor Summit: Legislative and Media Briefing – Jul 12, 2021 – Freedom School – Rutgers AAUP-AFT (24:09) The following is from the YouTube page: Leaders, members, and staff from unions representing more than 300,000 faculty, adjunct instructors, staff, and graduate workers at colleges and universities around the...
Event: April 21 – The Next System and the Academy
Event: The Next System and the Academy: Systemic Crises, Movements, and Change in the 2020sDate: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:00 PM to 7:30 PMCost: Free More information: https://cssr.gmu.edu/events/12009Register: https://gmu.zoom.us/webinar/register/3216142812548/WN_9I61v72XSP2dNTJYz8MfXw Our lives feel precarious. Many of us are anxious about the future. And our ability to respond effectively to the...
Event: April 22-25 – Post-Capitalism Conference
Post-Capitalism ConferenceDate(s): Thursday, April 22 – Sunday, April 25, 2021Cost: Free (donations welcome) The conference is envisioned as a virtual space for grassroots organizations, community activists, educators, students, and others committed to social and environmental justice to come together to exchange experiences/information, strengthen alliances and networks, and devise strategies...
Videos from “Organizing to Confront Academic Disaster Capitalism in the Age of Pandemics” (November 13, 2020)
A free, online, interactive organizing summit to begin building power across the Pacific Northwest to radically re-envision higher education as equitable, sustainable, affordable, and accessible to all. Sponsored by PICOC With support from Oregon AAUP and Oregon AFT; Portland State University Department of Urban Studies; PSU AAUP; OEA Community...
[Video] Organizing to Confront Academic Disaster Capitalism in the Age of Pandemics
Video from PICOC’s November 13, 2020 organizing summit: Keynote by Jose Padin, Ph.D., From Puerto Rico, José is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Portland State University and an active member of the academic labor movement in Oregon. José has been involved in the labor movement at all levels,...