Shannon Carter

SSJ   Statement   on Police Violence and Universities Good morning, In the wake of the protests and actions that are taking place across the world in response to police violence, Scholars for Social Justice has issued a  statement  on police violence and universities. We hope that you will take a moment to read the   statement   and consider signing on here : https://forms.gle/kTxfeevM639LnD7K7 The full   statement   can be found below. Scholars for Social Justice   Statement   on Police Violence and Universities

"We need an Academic New Deal."  The Nation, June 2020 As part of the Academic New Deal, we demand that Congress: Fully fund the health care and salaries of all higher education workers—contracted or not, faculty, staff, and campus workers—at a living wage indexed to the local cost of living. This includes workers whose contracts were set to expire this academic year but who are facing a nonexistent job market. Immediately provide student loan forgiveness. As student  debt disproportionately impacts black Americans , loan forgiveness will offer a small step in addressing racial economic gaps. While we understand that this will primarily help the students of yesterday, we believe that education should be a right, not a privilege, as it is essential to a functional and vibrant society. Immediately subsidize student tuition at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We are witnessing a massive collapse of existing opportunities under Covid-19, especially for Americans from u...

  From: Scholars For Social Justice <scholarssocialjustice@gmail.com> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:46 PM To: Scholars For Social Justice <scholarssocialjustice@gmail.com> Subject: SSJ Invite: Defund the Police   **External Email** Good evening all,   First, thank you all for signing on to our Statement on Police Violence and Universities. We greatly appreciate your support!   We would like to invite you to join Scholars for Social Justice this Saturday for Defund the Police: A Webinar on Police, Race and Universities.   If you'd like to join us, please register here:  https://bit.ly/SSJDefundthePolice With the largest protest movement against police violence this country has seen, this webinar will examine the roots of the demand to  #DefundthePolice  by focusing on the relationship of police to universities and the often problematic and racist relationship of many colleges and universities to Black and marginalized c...