🚨TONIGHT (10/29) AT 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 4pm PT: SSJ OPEN UNIVERSITY LAUNCH🚨 Join us for a conversation about resisting repression with Mahmoud Khalil, Dayo Gore, Mary Hooks, and Levin Kim!! bit.ly/virtual-open... Book pic for the algae rhythm 😇😉🥰

🚨VIRTUAL OPEN UNIVERSITY LAUNCH🚨 this Wednesday (10/29) at 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 4pm PST!! Mahmoud Khalil, Dayo Gore, and Mary Hooks will join SSJ Open University's very first session in a conversation about courage and resistance in the face of repression. Registration link: bit.ly/virtual-open...

🚨WEDNESDAY 10/29, 7pm ET / 6pm CT / 4pm PT: VIRTUAL OPEN UNIVERSITY LAUNCH🚨 Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil & organizer Mary Hooks will join us in a conversation about courage and resistance in turbulent times! More speakers TBA soon. Registration link here: bit.ly/virtual-open...

NEW LAUNCH DATE (10/29/25 at 7pm ET) for our Virtual SSJ Open University! We're so excited to share with you what we have in store... Stay tuned for our speaker lineup announcement, it's going to be fire 🔥🔥🔥 Register at bit.ly/virtual-open...

This October 18 on #NoKings, we rise up against authoritarianism. Check out the printable posters on our website to bring to your local #NoKings action! Link here and in bio: bit.ly/SSJNoKings

TONIGHT (10/8) AT 6PM ET: Barbara Ransby & Barbara Weinstein join Historians For Peace's webinar "Troops in the Street: What Does an Authoritarian Takeover Look Like?" Livestream at youtube.com/@Histpeace

We're so thrilled to announce the launch of SSJ OPEN UNIVERSITY! In the tradition of Black freedom schools, which honored communities as knowledge keepers, SSJ Open University offers an alternative to corporate, extractive, carceral, and colonial institutions.

Let aid in and block the bombs! Use this easy click-to-call tool from @uscpraction. It only takes three minutes. ⁠ TAKE ACTION NOW: uscpract.org/gazacall

we're so excited to see you at socialism 2025!!! come visit us and our comrades throughout this weekend 🍉🔥❤️ also, stay tuned for a merch drop 👀 #socialism2025

This #MayDay, Scholars for Social Justice joined thousands to stand on the side of the workers. 🫡 Justice for workers. Freedom from repression. Power to the people.

Join us TONIGHT at 5pm CT / 6pm EST (5/6) for Dr. Maura Finkelstein's webinar on activism and academic freedom! Registration link here: bit.ly/courageousvoices3

This #MayDay2025, we stand where it matters: ON THE SIDE OF WORKERS. Check out the printable posters on our website to bring to your local #MayDayStrong action today! Link here: bit.ly/4jBsYD7

🔥NEW VID: Universities are some of the biggest employers in places like Baltimore. Yet, their workers are paid poverty wages. 🚨 So this #MayDay, join faculty & campus workers with workers across the country! Join the movement and take action near you: maydaystrong.org

🚨 This #MayDay, faculty & campus workers are rising up with workers across the country! Our labor keeps our campuses and this country running, but our solidarity will transform it. Join the movement and take action near you: maydaystrong.org

JOIN US NEXT WEEK (5/6) at 5pm CT / 6pm ET for Dr. Maura Finkelstein's webinar "Activism & Academic Freedom in a Time of Genocide." Register here: bit.ly/courageousvoices3

🚨 This #MayDay, faculty & campus workers are rising up with workers across the country! Our labor keeps our campuses and this country running, but our solidarity will transform it. Join the movement and take action near you: maydaystrong.org

This #MayDay, we stand where it matters: ON THE SIDE OF WORKERS. Faculty and campus workers know: when labor movements win, ALL workers win. From campuses to picket lines, we stand in solidarity.

❗️JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT (4/23) at 5pm CT / 6pm ET for Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard’s webinar “Becoming Unloved and Dangerous: Black University Life in the Age of Palestine Protest.” 💻 Register: bit.ly/courageousvoices2

🚨 "WE ARE THE POWER WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR" @actioninhighered.bsky.social mobilized nationwide. Faculty, students & workers united to end repression & fight for education that serves the people. 📢 More than a protest—a movement. Join us. scholarsforsocialjustice.org

🔴 REGISTER TODAY 🔴 The National Day of Action for Higher Ed is TODAY. Register to join: ⭕️ 2PM ET: Universities As Political Battlegrounds, A Call for Courage ⭕️ 7PM ET: National Teach In, Free Higher Ed Now — featuring Cathy Cohen 💻 Register: dayofactionforhighered.org/events

‼️ THURSDAY, APRIL 17 | DAY OF ACTION FOR HIGHER ED‼️ ‼️ SHARE SHARE SHARE with fellow faculty, students and campus workers. Actions all day long, virtual and in-person in campuses across the country. Find yours at dayofactionforhighered.org

🚨 THURSDAY 4/17: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR HIGHER ED 🚨 Higher education is under siege. As faculty, students, and campus workers, we must have the courage to resist. Find a campus action near you, and join us online: dayofactionforhighered.org

🚨 APRIL 17: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR HIGHER ED 🚨 Campus workers across the country are fighting back to defend higher education as a public good. 🔴 NO to authoritarian attacks on higher ed! 🟢 YES to free higher ed! Follow @actioninhighered.bsky.social and find your local action.

TONIGHT! 🔴 Register now: bit.ly/42hRlPK

🚨 FINAL SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED: EMERGENCY FACULTY TOWN HALL April 3 | 6PM CT / 7PM ET 🔴 *Hear* from faculty on campuses across the country 🔴 *Learn* how others are strategizing in this moment 🔴 *Find* ways to get connected 🔴 *Organize* to stand together in solidarity. Register now: bit.ly/42hRIPK

JOIN US TONIGHT (4/2) at 5pm CT / 6pm ET for Premilla Nadasen's webinar on The Crisis on Campus and the Future of Organizing. Register here: bit.ly/courageousvoices1

The Trump administration is hoping that faculty steps back in fear. But we will rise together in solidarity—it is the only way. On April 3rd at 6pm CT/7pm ET, join our Emergency Town Hall and fight for academic freedom. Register: bit.ly/42hRlPK

Join us this Wednesday 4/2 at 5pm CT with Premilla Nadasen for a webinar on the current crisis on campus! Register here: bit.ly/courageousvo...

Join us on April 3rd at 6pm CST / 7pm EST for a Nationwide Faculty Town Hall. Together, we’ll confront what’s unfolding on campuses across the country and discuss how we organize for this moment, and the challenges to come. Register here: bit.ly/42hRlPK

NEXT WEEK (4/2): Join us at 5pm CT for a virtual lecture with Dr. Premilla Nadasen on the current crisis in higher ed. Register here: bit.ly/4kKxlfR

FACULTY: the Trump administration is attacking students and our colleagues in an attempt to scare them into submission. DON’T LET THEM. Stand in solidarity and sign our statement. Sign here: bit.ly/3XUwsHM

Calling all faculty across campuses nationwide: sign our petition to condemn ICE and DHS activity on campuses as well as the arrest and detention of Palestinian activists Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Korda, Read and sign onto the rest of our statement: link here and in bio bit.ly/3XUwsHM

Yesterday, Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident abducted by ICE last week, shared a powerful public statement that he dictated over the phone to his legal team.

Calling on faculty across campuses nationwide: sign our petition to condemn ICE and DHS activity on campuses as well as the arrest and detention of Palestinian activists Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Korda. Read and sign onto the rest of our statement: bit.ly/3XUwsHM

Calling on faculty across campuses nationwide: sign our petition to condemn ICE and DHS activity on campuses as well as the arrest and detention of Palestinian activists Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Korda. Read and sign onto the rest of our statement: bit.ly/3XUwsHM

Mark your calendars for our new webinar series, The Battle for Higher Education: Courageous Voices in a Time of Crises. More info below:

As faculty, we condemn the arrest and detention of Palestinian activists Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Korda, who are being targeted for their constitutionally-protected protest activity, and call for their immediate release. Read and sign onto the rest of our statement: bit.ly/3XUwsHM

Coalition for Action in Higher Ed Palestine Caucus, registration here: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events-updates

Contact your Congress members and demand for Mahmoud Khalil's immediate release and protection for student activists from Trump. Please share widely: Write Congress: bit.ly/4ieRpW4 Call Congress: bit.ly/4igUrsR

We join others in demanding for the immediate release of Palestinian Columbia Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil currently detained by the Department of Homeland Security. Please share and sign the petition: bit.ly/3Djo4L9

Resources linked in our statement released last week bit.ly/4hc8UVE

Now, more than ever, we call upon the courage and commitment of all faculty, staff, students, and academic workers to join us in defying the assault on education. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4hc8UVE

Read SSJ's statement on the current moment in higher education: Universities as Political Battlegrounds, A Call for Courage. Find our full statement here: bit.ly/4hc8UVE

Join us tomorrow March 4 at 6pm ET as SSJ EC members Davarian Baldwin, Sarah Haley, and Barbara Ransby discuss the future of Black studies in a time of fascism with @haymarketbooks.org Register here: bit.ly/4boyzcC

History shows that repression thrives when fear dictates action, and resistance is silenced by self-censorship. It’s on all of us to remain clear-eyed and stay strong to counter the repression tactics of the far-Right.

North Carolina Fam: Join Duke Respect Durham for a conversation with SSJ EC Member Dr. Davarian Baldwin, author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower. Link to event: bit.ly/4gSXVjY

North Carolina Fam: Join Duke Respect Durham for a conversation with SSJ EC Member Dr. Davarian Baldwin, author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower. Link to event: bit.ly/4gSXVjY

This is how you fight back!

We are so thrilled to introduce our new FAJI Fellows--seven early-career scholars whose work brings activism and the Abolition Reparations Investment Safety (ARIS) framework into the academy. Read about their projects here: bit.ly/3WXHonE

What’s next for higher ed under President Trump? Join us Thursday, Feb. 20 at 1pm ET for a free virtual forum exploring what Trump's first month back in office portends for colleges. Register here: connect.chronicle.com/trump-higher...