In July 2021, Representatives from UC Faculty Association chapters participated, along with representatives from 75 unions and organizations representing over 300,000 academic workers, in a higher education summit that developed a vision platform for a new national higher education campaign. The organizers of the event asked higher education organizations to sign on to the vision […]
The SBFA Board sent the following message to Susannah Scott, Divisional Chair of the UCSB Academic Senate, on June 1, 2021. ——————————————– Dear Susannah, The UCSB Faculty Association Board has been very concerned about changes to the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) that were announced a few months ago and are now being implemented (see the […]
Our second Racial Justice Series event took place on 4/26/21. Titled “Divesting from Campus Policing in the UC System and Investing in Community Alternatives,” this Town Hall featured UCSB Professors Paul Amar (Global Studies, Chair of Academic Freedom committee), Charmaine Chua (Global Studies, Cops Off Campus coalition), and Terrance Wooten (Black Studies, Cops Off Campus […]
Our second Racial Justice Series event took place on 4/26/21. Entitled “Divesting from Campus Policing in the UC System and Investing in Community Alternatives,” this Town Hall featured Professors Paul Amar, Charmaine Chua, and Terrance Wooten. Professors Chua and Wooten illustrated the principles and horizons of the abolitionist movement, stressing the fact that abolition is […]
Dear Colleagues, In reminding you of the upcoming April 26 UCSB Town Hall on “Divesting from Campus Policing in the UC System and Investing in Community Alternatives,” we would also like to alert you to a timely addition to our program. UCOP has circulated for faculty comment by May 3 four proposed revisions to the Universitywide […]