Minds Not Missiles: Protecting Campus Expression

The attacks from the Trump/McMahon and their MAGA allies on our colleges and universities continue unabated. They take various forms, including cutting federal scientific research budgets that finance critical campus programs; barriers to foreign student enrollment; efforts to limit overhead payments; and direct censorship through Compacts and other Executive Branch initiatives. The Minds Not Missiles Working Group includes faculty and students from dozens of area campuses and works as part of the national AAUP and AFT campaigns to protect higher education.

Draft Agenda for Sunday, Sept 27, 7:00 -8:000 pm (ET):

– Welcome and Tasks – Jonathan King (MIT AAUP & Minds Not Missiles);

– AAUP enters midterm electoral battles after 100+ years on the sidelines – AAUP Rep;

– Resistance to Trump efforts to control Harvard campus expression –  Harvard AAUP Rep;

– Protecting Student Expression – Prof. Haynes Miller (MIT AAUP);

– State Rep Campaign Experiences – Evan MacKay;

– War and Nuclear Weapons Budgets top $Trillion – Gary Goldstein (Tufts & Minds Not Missiles);

– Key November House Races – Prof Ed Loechler (BU & Force Multiplier);

– Other issues;

Announcements & Next Meeting – Sunday eve Oct 25, 7 pm.