Solidarity with #ScholarStrike at UW-Madison
Join the TAA in supporting the #ScholarStrike in solidarity for Black Lives. We ask that you send an auto “away” email message on Sept. 8-9th and sign on to our shared actions here. Please visit scholarstrike.com for more information about national events.
Take Action
Below is our menu of actions for September 8th and 9th. Please complete this form to register for Racial Justice Committee events, to attend UW–Madison teach-ins, and to view draft emails to UW–Madison administrators.
- Join the TAA Racial Justice Committee book club for a discussion about the Combahee River Collective Statement
- Click here for a pdf of the reading
- Tuesday, Sep 8, 2pm on Zoom
- Join the TAA Racial Justice Committee film club for a viewing of Sorry to Bother You
- Wednesday, Sep 9, 8pm on Discord
- Wednesday, Sep 9, 8pm on Discord
- Attend teach-ins from members of the UW-Madison community
- Tuesday, Sep 8, 12pm | Madison’s People’s Budget | Carolina Sarmiento
- Wednesday, Sep 9, 10am | Improving hostile climates in academic departments | Erika Marín-Spiotta
- Wednesday, Sep 9, 12pm | Racial disparities in debt and higher education funding | Eleni Schirmer
- Attend teach-ins from the national #ScholarStrike:
- Don’t respond to emails!
- Set an email away message in support of racial justice
- Here’s a potential draft of an away message
- Email UW administrators demanding they:
- Meet the demands of Black student organizers
- Defund the University of Wisconsin Police Department
- Pivot to a Moral Restart
- Sign on to the #ScholarStrike.