In December the UW-Madison Faculty Senate voted to support undocumented students. In an additional resolution the senate voted to re-affirm protections for those who are the victims of discrimination, particularly Muslim students (photo credit: Daily Cardinal).
Rachel Barney, a professor of classics and philosophy at the University of Toronto has written a 10 point Anti-Authoritarian Code of Conduct that professors have begun to post around UW-Madison’s campus. Please share widely!
Here’s the 10-point code:
Dear All,
Please sign this petition and share widely, to protect those who may face inhumane deportation policies in the wake of the rise of the new administration. We should make UW-Madison a sanctuary for all people, regardless of national origin. Here is the link.
This brief is summary information that follows the reports of two football fans at the UW-Madison stadium who displayed masks depicting, now president elect, Donald Trump holding a noose around the necks of President Barack Obama and Secretary Hillary Clinton at the UW-Madison football stadium on October 29.
Student athlete, Mr. Nigel Hayes (pictured above from: host.madison.com), authored this letter in response to the events, which was shared quickly among students, according to the Badger Herald.
While Chancellor Rebecca Blank issued her own statement, alumni mounted a series of letters that critiqued what they considered a flat response. Students, alumni and community members have called for more action to fight against racial injustice on campus and in the Madison community at large.
RELATIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY & POLICE
A WUU Sponsored Symposium
On October 5th, 2016 WUU members gathered with a crowd of around eighty members of university faculty, staff, students and the public to discuss community and police relations.
We were generously supported by a panel of excellent speakers including:
Alix Shabaaz – Community Organizer & Freedom Fighter with Freedom Inc.
Michael Davis – MA Student Department of African American Studies, PhD Student in the School of Education & Community Organizer with Freedom Inc.
Ajani Carr – Youth Activist & Community Organizer
David C. Couper – Retired Madison Police Chief, Activist, Clergy, & Poet
We had a most welcome late addition to the program: a guest appearance from Dr. D. Sajnani (Also known as: Professor D., African Cultural Studies), who offered his commentary as well.
As WUU stands for equity in the work place and our work place is a public university, the issue of Community-Police relations impacts us all. Locally and nationally there have been serious questions raised around Community-Police relations in past years. In this symposium, our speakers directly addressed those questions. They raised concerns regarding the deplorable treatment of people of color in our communities, critiqued the institutions of policing in America, and addressed proposals on how community control over the police may benefit our society.
A most gracious, warm, thank you to all our speakers and all those folks in attendance!
FUND THE FREEZE!
With thanks to our colleagues at UFAS.
WUU is co-sponsor with AFSCME 2412 Executive Board, PROFS, the TAA Executive Board, & Wisconsin Student Power Alliance.
The program is:
WHAT: “Fund the Freeze” Teach-In
WHO: State Rep. Chris Taylor with students, staff, faculty, and Madison community members
WHEN: Monday, October 10, 2016, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Northwoods Room A, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St.
Come one, come all!
Moving Wisconsin Forward: Reinvesting in the UW System
“What can we do to keep the University of Wisconsin strong in a time of funding cuts and tuition freezes?
Sept. 21, 2016: 7:00 PM @ Madison Memorial High School
(201 S. Gammon Rd)
Speakers include:
Donald Moynihan (Director of La Follete School of Public Affairs, Opening Remarks)
President Ray Cross (UW System President)
Rep. Dianne Hesselbein
Former Sen. Dale Schultz
Nicholas Hillman (Associate Professor, UW-Madison)
Mariam Coker (Student, UW-Madison)
Gwyn Guenther, Wheeler Report (moderator)
When budget cuts are imposed on public universities, everyone suffers. Students, faculty, and staff are directly and indirectly impacted in countless ways: more courses for each faculty member to instruct each semester, increased class sizes, lack of access to required courses which may delay graduation, and layoffs are among the tangible impacts of cuts to the UW system. See more of the impacts and risks created by cuts to the UW System schools here: CampusBudgetUpdate
It has come to the attention of the WUU Executive Board that Senator Nass has recently sent a message to President Cross and the Board of Regents in an effort to restrict academic freedom at UW-Madison. You may read more about the story here.
In response, the WUU Executive board has sent the attached letter to President Cross and the Board of Regents. We have attached that letter for your information.
In the summer months it is important to remember…there is still no confidence in President Cross and the Board of Regents in Wisconsin. Please see our attached statement.