In this meeting we began by discussing social media and outreach strategies. We decided it might make sense to have different people post on Twitter/Facebook at different times to keep the accounts “active”. We also decided to organize a training for social media engagement. We then discussed showing solidarity with international students against the Trump…
Month: July 2020
Response to DHS / ICE July 6th, 2020 statement on deporting international students
We stand in solidarity with all immigrants and international students in the US, regardless of visa status, including those who are threatened by this week’s decision. As universities and vocational schools move classes online to reduce in-person interactions in the midst of a pandemic while continuing to educate our students, ICE and the Trump administration…
Meeting Summary, June 30th 2020
We started the meeting by discussing a fall event to train scientists to become activists within their institutions. The skills we’d focus on would be to develop recruitment strategies, how to facilitate meetings, formation of graduate student unions. The format would potentially be a (virtual) workshop or a (virtual) conference. Some in the meeting elevated…