Before you finalize your dinner plans with friends, make sure to stop by the CUFA reception on Wednesday at 6:00pm! Join us at DC History Center for a chance to fellowship with one another with light hors d'oeuvres, drink ticket for early arrivals (non alcoholic beverages will be available)

I used to post pictures of books I’m reading & accompanying treats on the🐦 app, but lately that’s felt trite and silly. And, I decided this morning to start sharing again bc this is (some of what) brings me joy, grounds, and focuses me in dark times. And, maybe someone else will enjoy my book recs 😂

From the Conference Planning Team: It is with a heavy heart that we share our condolences for the passing of Dr. Jillian Carter Ford, a beloved member of the CUFA community and of the 2025 CUFA Planning Team...

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social

Residents and activists have been pushing the council to do oversight on what MPD is doing with ICE. While nothing with police has been scheduled, tomorrow @brianneknadeau.bsky.social is holding a roundtable on human rights violations during the federal takeover: 51st.news/mpd-dc-polic...

Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫 www.thenation.com/article/envi...

MW correctly reading the room

No, my friends, this is not an @theonion.com headline 😩

How Congress Plans to Undermine D.C.’s Home Rule: A Story in Thirteen Bills Last week, House Republicans, which is to say, fascists, unveiled a set of fourteen proposed bills to further deny the residents of the mainland colony democracy. One of the bills, H.R. 2693, the District of Columbia…

The CUFA 2025 Program Committee @kellyreneeallen.bsky.social @jjcarterford.bsky.social @drtmp.bsky.social and I & CUFA chair @drhawkman.bsky.social have been hard at work putting together a 🔥 program. Can't wait to welcome you to Washington, DC., my (beautiful, wonderful, vibrant) city ❤️ #CUFA2025

The Supreme Court bans affirmative action in university admissions but is okay with racial profiling on American streets. That pretty much sums up white supremacy--heads I win, tails you lose, all legal.

The CUFA 2025 Program Committee @kellyreneeallen.bsky.social @jjcarterford.bsky.social @drtmp.bsky.social and I & CUFA chair @drhawkman.bsky.social have been hard at work putting together a 🔥 program. Can't wait to welcome you to Washington, DC., my (beautiful, wonderful, vibrant) city ❤️ #CUFA2025

ICE and fed police at Coolidge football game

I will happily pay more taxes to make sure people have food, shelter, education, health care, etc. Happily! Take my money! Instead, our tax dollars are going to fund this monstrous enterprise. 😡

1. End enforcement of rules to promote equity in education 2. End research that highlights inequities in education 3. Create a precarious workforce to fill the jobs they're taking from immigrants that someone must still do when most jobs gets AI-ed 4. Create a ready audience for propaganda campaigns

Friday morning with @elizabethkai.bsky.social’s classic “From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime,” and a guava rose cruffin (?!?) from Lost Sock Coffee in Takoma. Trying to actually *finish* some of the books I’ve started this year. (Also, incredibly relevant piece of history).

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more evidence to support my hard line stance that AI is

Yes - people are and should be afraid. Sure - get out information. But are you? It's been painful silence and inaction from elected officials.

If you are using chat bots, this is what you are choosing.

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

I couldn't miss #indiebookstoreday just bc I was in Denver for #AERA25! I went to the Shop at MATTER and LOVED it - incredibly friendly staff, impeccable vibes, and impressive selection. I picked up @roxanegay.bsky.social's feminist reader, Anarchism and the Black Revolution, & a kid's book for M.

Come see @anbutler5.bsky.social & I alongside our amazing research assistants @kadenmiller.bsky.social & Kearsetyn Bargeron. We're presenting on our DC study, specifically about teacher advocacy and activism in district & city-level education policy decision making. Sat, 3:20, Meeting Room 302. ⬇️

Starting off #AERA25 with a great session on school gentrification research. @anbutler5.bsky.social presents her and Jasmine Alvarado’s research agenda for school gentrification. Key recommendations for extending and growing this research!

Welcome to Denver #aerassr #aera2025! Our SIG starts off the conference with some great sessions tomorrow (Weds!), including two amazing roundtables & an all-star symposium titled "Critical Inquiry in Social Studies Education: Clarifying Directions for Research and Practice." See below for details!

The #SSRSIG is looking forward to being together with you all at #AERA25 in Denver! We have a full slate of SIG events to share. First, @sabrinacaldwell.bsky.social has organized a "Bring-a-grad-student" happy hour for graduate students & professors to meet & build community! See flyer for more info

On Thurs 4/24, our #SSRSIG business meeting (7:15 - 8:45PM) includes community updates, awards, & a panel discussion w/ Denver school leaders and educators. Join us after (9-11PM) across the street at Tarantula Billiards for a reception with free food & drinks (w/ Teaching History SIG). More info ⬇️

This is the literal destruction of knowledge. Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases. mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

Particularly when efforts to #teachtruth are under attack from what feels like all angles, #SSRSIG is grateful to be able to recognize social studies scholars who are and have been doing critically important, meaningful scholarship AND cultivating community & relationships w/in the field. #AERA25

Ruth Wilson Gilmore just spoke about the landless workers' movement last night in her talk at Georgetown to illustrate "Abolition is emancipation in rehearsal."

President Trump was asked about the President of El Salvador’s suggestion that he would be willing to accept US citizens currently imprisoned in the United States into El Salvador’s prison system. Trump responded, “Well, I would love that…” Such a transfer would be plainly unconstitutional.

The Onion needs to get back to doing satire

Further militarization of university police… how long before we see more of this in K12? #PoliceFreeSchools

Spending today at the “Empowered Through Research: Youth Advocacy and Research Convening” organized by DMV area youth (supported by @bethanymonea.bsky.social) engaged in participatory action research and advocacy. 10/10 recommend spending time around young people to inspire & motivate you ✊🏻

The #SSRSIG has made the move to BlueSky! Come join us!

A little under three weeks to get your proposals in for @cufancss.bsky.social 2025 in Washington, DC! It's going to be an inspiring, energizing conference. Come join us!

⚡ACTION ALERT! ⚡The CR that passed the House yday will force DC to cut $1 Billion from our (balanced!) budget, with zero savings to the feds. The money (already raised through local revenue) will just sit in escrow while our schools, families, & most vulnerable communities suffer. Call script ⬇️

Beyond honored and proud to put the CUFA 2025 CFP together alongside the brilliant @drtmp.bsky.social, @kellyreneeallen.bsky.social, and @jjcarterford.bsky.social. Please share widely! Lets make the world together! ✊🏼

We’re creating a list of deals and special offers for District residents impacted by the recent federal layoffs — from discounted drinks to free headshots and career coaching. Help us build this community resource by adding to the list, here: airtable.com/appl7lWf605d...

If you're in the DC area, stop by @peoplesbooktakoma.com. It's a bright, cheerful store w/ an amazing selection of (especially non-fiction!) books (and zines!) & incredibly kind, helpful folks. I stopped by post haircut today and found this book on Lefebvre's theories of social space & the urban. 🙌🏼

In all seriousness, I just keep waiting for them to threaten to deny federal student loans to anyone attending a school/program that teaches “DEI.”

this that grey poupon that evian that ted talk

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Check this out y’all! I got to witness @k-till.bsky.social present some of this work over the summer and it was 🔥

Such a treat to attend @curlyprofessor.bsky.social’s talk on her new book “Carceral Apartheid” at Politics and Prose this afternoon. I appreciate her ending on an “invitation to awakening.” Anyone interested in prisons and PIC abolition should absolutely check it out.

"Federal law prohibits federal officials from telling schools what they can and cannot teach." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/29/t...

I read this in June 2023 when I was feeling pretty despondent. Smoke from wildfires in Canada had reached DC, air quality was dangerous, & everyone seemed to react like “welp that’s just how it’s gonna be now.” It absolutely invigorated & re-focused me on radical hope & resistance ✊🏻 10/10 recommend.

“Liberation is not selective, and justice does not stop at the border…. together we protect each other and build safety and solidarity.” ✊🏻#PeoplesMarch