Karma Chávez
@queermigrations
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queer chicana feminist. author of Queer Migration Politics: https://t.co/8lDwbHKEmj & The Borders of AIDS: https://t.co/VFIwbBiGVF.
Austin, TX
Joined July 2012
To submit written testimony email the board here: BORMTG-PublicTestimony@tamus.edu Instructions here: https://t.co/f0aNxrflHU
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Policy on Public Testimony Policy 02.01 Public Testimony on Agenda Items at Regular Meetings of the Board of Regents A member of the public is allowed to present written and oral testimony, for a...
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🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race, gender, and sexuality. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
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UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages https://t.co/fOBdpF0Hp6 via @TexasTribune
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The funding deal would reportedly ask the university to adopt a stricter definition of gender and a tuition freeze, among other conditions.
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Not dignifying this with a comment.
In 2021, the faculty senate at the University of Texas at Austin arrogantly stated that they were not accountable to the Texas Legislature or UT Board of Regents. They passed a resolution stating they were going to teach Critical Race Theory to UT students no matter what the
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White House attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion may be new, but in Texas, this attack has been going on for some time. #DEI advocates and organizers share lessons learned along the way. https://t.co/lLo7pM1bPd
@queermigrations
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White House attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion may be new, but in Texas, this attack has been going on for some time. Advocates in Texas share lessons in organizing for DEI and academic...
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Gotta love sloppy research by @TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester who repeats the wrong claim that there’s 400 classes on gender and 200 on race at @UTAustin. She didn’t even bother to account for cross lists. Numbers are not near that. With “expert” testimony like this, @SenCreighton…
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It's never been a better time to think about #BlackPower. @ProfJeffries & I are co-editing a Special Issue on "The Roots and Routes of Black Power." Got thoughts & feels about activism past & present? Submit an article by July 1 https://buff.ly/3uWLmmz
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BREAKING: In response to Trump's Jan. 21 DEI executive order, @UNC_System sent out a memo on Feb. 5 suspending all general education requirements and major-specific requirements "mandating completion of course credits related to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
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Sonoma State Administrators Announce Layoffs, Department Closures and Mergers For more: https://t.co/nSgFZoeBGU
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I am a member of the newly formed editorial collective of Communication, Culture & Critique. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and call on our colleagues to stand against Israeli apartheid and the continuing effects of genocide in Gaza.
cracs.nyu.edu
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In another assault on academic freedom & peaceful protest, a professor at the @UCIrvine is facing 3 misdemeanor charges for her effort to protect students from armed riot police on campus. The latest from the AAUP's @AcademeBlog: https://t.co/xP0Fvva61H
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BY EILEEN BORIS This post is part of a blog series, organized by Annelise Orleck, that will focus on recent crackdowns on protests at US college and university campuses against Israel’s war on Gaza…
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"The Cat Lady of Gaza," by @queermigrations, the one and only, and member of @AgainstEquality. "The question of what I could do at home to support Palestinian self-determination has been with me every day for the last nine years since returning home." https://t.co/uK33uJQ0gQ
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NEW: A judge grants pro-Palestinian student groups standing to pursue a sweeping lawsuit against their institutions for alleged 1a violations, including the PSC at @UTAustin's case against @JCHartzell for viewpoint discrimination. More: https://t.co/hD4VlZTfeG
statesman.com
The judge said the PSC "plead facts sufficient, if believed, to show President Hartzell suspended PSC-UT because of the group's expressed viewpoint."
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Important ruling on free speech and critique of Israel:
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), today welcomes a ruling from a federal court in Texas allowing the civil rights group's lawsuit challenging the application of Governor Greg Abbott's...
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Research out of the U of Houston on bias in college-level promotion & tenure committees. ‘The underrepresented minority are “held to a higher standard … in terms of scholarly productivity.”…this is especially the case for underrepresented minorities who are also women.’
Black, Hispanic Faculty Far Less Likely to Get ‘Gold Standard’ Tenure Recommendations A study published this month focusing on five unnamed universities adds to research on racial disparities in the professoriate. https://t.co/wYPRZtLERV
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The University of Minnesota's decision to rescind a job offer to Prof. Raz Segal to serve as the faculty director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an "egregious violation of academic freedom" says AAUP's @ProfTWolf in a new statement: https://t.co/yO8ZiQ7zbE 🧵
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✴️Important read! Learn about how fights for #DEI, #academicfreedom, #FreeSpeech, shared governance, and due process are all connected. Important lessons and action steps for all campuses. We are stronger together! ✊🏽✊🏾✊
🚨Attacks on DEI and pro-Palestinian repression last spring @UTAustin offer vital lessons in the fight for free speech, academic freedom, shared governance, and due process. From @aaup_utAustin leaders Karma Chavez and Lauren Gutterman.👇
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UT Austin AAUP Message to President Jay Hartzell About Not Following Due Process In Refusing to Evaluate Liberal Arts Dean Ann Stevens for Renewal @LiberalArtsUT
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Danielle Hodge & I are co-editing a special issue of Communication & Democracy on #CRT. Deadline 1/15/25. Email karma.chavez@utexas.edu with questions. #CFP #TeamRhetoric
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An important thread from the President of @NAACP_LDF. “Demonizing peaceful protesters paves the way for aggressive law enforcement tactics for exercising civil rights.”
Today, Netanyahu gave a false & disturbingly dangerous description of nonviolent protest in the U.S. b4 a joint session of Congress. Peaceful protests are a longstanding activism tradition essential to our democracy & fully protected by our constitution-not to be weaponized. 1/10
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