Date: Friday, August 7

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 016: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Institutional Inequalities: Constraints on Communication, Research, Organizing, and Action
Room: Pearl

Sponsor: Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizer &

Presider/Discussant: Nicole Kraus, West Texas A&M University

Description: 

This session invites research addressing institutional stratification in the capacity to conduct research, organize social action, and communicate both internally and with the broader public. How are institutions weathering political and economic challenges, and what strategies have proven successful in retaining independence of thought and action both on and off campus?

Papers:

“Higher Education Faculty and Students-Part of Today’s Working Class Struggle,” Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Howard University

“Racist Bullying and Betrayal in Higher Education,” Angie Beeman, Baruch College, CUNY

“Fighting Fascism is the Only Education That Matters,” Corey Dolgon, Eastern Connecticut State University

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