Please consider signing the UMN-TC AAUP Standing with Non-Citizen and Immigrant Students and Colleagues letter to President Cunningham. You can find it here: docs.google.com/document/u/2...
The Executive Committee sent the following letter urging President Cunningham and the Board of Regents to avoid a strike by settling a fair contract with Teamsters Local 320.
www.umn-tc-aaup.org/letter-regar...
The UMN Twin Cities AAUP calls on the university to reduce operations on Friday, January 23rd to allow members of the university community the time and space to exercise their fundamental right to free speech on a day of deep importance to our community.
www.umn-tc-aaup.org/day-of-truth...
Will Jones, president UMN Twin Cities AAUP, said many people had hoped the event would provide a space to express the outrage they felt about Pretti’s death. “The university chose to ignore those pleas and to impose restrictions on the way community members could express their grief."
(UMN folks, I think @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social is our best vehicle for organizing this. I’m talking to people; let me know if you want to contribute…)