Defending Campus and Schools Expression

The AAUP and AFT have organized a national campaign resisting the Trump attacks on our campuses, to engage faculty, staffs, students and alumni The call is for teach-ins on the first Fridays of the month leading up to a national event on Friday May 1, 2026. Many college and university campuses lack active AAUP chapters or AFT locals. However, many Peace and Justice advocacy groups have members or supporters on local campuses. To advance the Days of Action Campaign the Books Not Bombs Committee is hosting a series of Zoom Teach-ins. The fourth in our Zoom Teach-ins will be Friday March 6, 4-5 pm.

Program for March 6:

– Plans for May Day, Friday May 1, 2026 – Lukas Moe (national AAUP/AFT);

– Fund Education and Human Needs, Not Foreign Wars – Owen Madaus and Jonathan King (Books Not Bombs Committee);

– Resisting Efforts to Censure Faculty in Virgina: Prof. Bethany LeTiecq (George Mason U. AAUP, Virginia);

– Student Expulsion for Expression at MIT – Prof. Haynes Miller (MIT AAUP);

– Mass Teacher’s Association Concerns and Priorities – Deb McCarthy (V-P, MTA);

– Ongoing Student Organizing on Campuses – Hannah Markel, Jessica Valatka, (UMass, Amherst);

– Need to protect international students among us – Prof Lou Kruger (Northeastern University);

– Publicizing Program and Outreach for April Teach-in, Friday April 3.