Collective Response to Executive Orders

FAMCO E-Board Wrote an Open Letter to Students:
Home – The Outlook (Direct Link Coming Soon)

FAMCO and Other Faculty Leadership Called a Meeting with Administration

Frontline Solidarity Toolkit from AFL-CIO:
Frontline-Solidarity-Toolkit-December-2024.pdf

Updates and Calls to Action from the National Academic Labor Movement. We can help!

From AFT: Link share to testimony as part of AFT’s campaign to protect the NLRB, public education, and federal workers, under the biting humor banner of the Department of People Who Work for A Living:  https://deptofpeoplewhowork.org/  

From AAUP: Link to form to collect testimony on ICE interactions on campus:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesVX7YcQUhtwul0u4BIrt3Fg4Haoz7kKq-YmEep_FFV9cvnA/viewform?link_id=4&can_id=ef3f77169d9fda3f47e586e032edc02b&source=email-follow-up-to-fridays-member-meeting&email_referrer=email_2614662&email_subject=follow-up-to-fridays-member-meeting

From AAUP: Link to form to share testimony on the impact of funding freezes on faculty research and teaching: form: https://airtable.com/appMQQqeVbCYe7DJM/paguiiD7gTnFqMSRn/form

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AFT NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: March 4

Dear Members,

On Tuesday, March 4th, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) National is calling for a national day of action to protect students across the country from the Trump administration’s attacks on public education.   

As an AFT local, FAMCO will be doing our part on March 4th to show our solidarity as educators by hosting a Teach-In on Trump’s Executive Orders. The teach-in, which will be facilitated in person and over three different class periods on March 4th, will be open to all students, faculty and MU employees who would like to come learn and participate in a free and frank discussion about the American shift toward authoritarianism. 

Thanks to the faculty who have already come forward to serve on the Teach-In panels, and to our undergraduate students who have volunteered to serve as Teach-In panel moderators.

Concerned students have told us that it is important to them to see faculty from all across campus come forward to share their expertise with the campus community in these dangerous times.

If you are a faculty member who feels called to contribute to this classrooms-without-borders event, please reach out directly to Dr. Johanna Foster, President, FAMCO (jfoster@monmouth.edu) so we can get you more details.