Torrie C

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

tvos app text: Are you sure you want to exit HISTORY? Ok Cancel

yes i am sure

This #BlackSpaceWeek, we’re #SharingTheUniverse by telling stories that demand justice. Journalism, especially by Black and marginalized voices, is essential for truth and liberation. Silence protects power. Truth challenges it. 🧵

Florida Board of Governors rejects Santa Ono as University of Florida president The selection of the former UM president faced backlash from GOP leaders over his handling of pro-Palestine encampments and his past support of DEI.

The Florida Board of Governors has voted against the confirmation of Dr. Santa Ono as the University of Florida's next president

Indiana state legislature just staged a hostile takeover of IU, functionally eliminating tenure, promising to close smaller (hum) majors, taking over the IU board, and cutting the IU budget. This is so bleak

The comments 😂

#AERA2025 slides done! 🤓

See y’all Friday!

Illustration of 4 children’s dressed in their Sunday’s best, standing in front of their home. They are ready for church on Easter Sunday

“Easter Sunday”

satire is dying because real life is too obviously absurd.

AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...

My latest for #Essence

#TamarBraxton Is Taking #PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women 🩷

Read the piece and tap in below with your perspectives on #HIV prevention.

#IAmHIVPossible

www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...

Everyday cannot be historic. We need regular days.

"How can you make a joke at a time like this?"
Me: It's always "a time like this" now

None of us (Black and Brown women and girls) should ever, EVER, walk in imposter syndrome ever again.

Don't let me catch you.

Universities buckle to authoritarian demands Accepting government orders is a losing strategy.

A must read from @hfdavis.bsky.social

“What colleges and universities do next, in the courts and on their campuses, may very well determine whether higher education and the American democratic project will survive long enough to pursue a redeemable future.”

electronicintifada.net/content/univ...

*Yells for the 1 millionth time*

The states already control K12 education. The federal government finacially supports all states with additional funding and support for all students because the states alone don't have enough money to function.

Hope that helps.

In a statement, Mr. Zeldin suggested that environmental justice — which the agency defined in 2013 as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income” with respect to environmental laws — was tantamount to discrimination. “President Trump was elected with a mandate from the American people,” Mr. Zeldin said. “Part of this mandate includes the elimination of forced discrimination programs.”

I’m struck by the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine equality as discrimination against white people. This is a deeply racist idea that *equal outcomes* must be unfair, assuming white people are naturally at the top of the hierarchy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...

US judge temporarily halts Trump plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at address...

ICYMI: Today a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order, blocking Trump from “cutting hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding that cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.”

apnews.com/article/trum...

Description: Despite the growing national conversation around student loan debt, there is a notable lack of qualitative research exploring its personal and emotional impacts on borrowers. Most studies focus on quantitative data, such as default rates, repayment trends, and economic effects, overlooking the nuanced experiences and perspectives of individuals grappling with debt. The lived realities of borrowers—how they manage the stress of repayment, navigate complex forgiveness programs, or make life decisions around their debt—remain underexplored. This gap in the literature presents an urgent need for qualitative studies that can provide deeper insights into the psychological, social, and financial burdens of student debt. We call for proposals that prioritize borrower narratives to better inform policy changes and humanize the debt crisis. Number of Inclusions: We are seeking up to eight (8) high-quality qualitative articles for inclusion in the special issue. We welcome submissions that utilize mixed or multiple methods, but the qualitative component must be equally emphasized or more prominent. Our goal is to strengthen the representation of qualitative research in the literature. Timeline: Calls for proposal will occur in October 2024 and will be open until March 31st, 2025. Proposals will be up to 700 words and should include: introduction, short lit review/study purpose, methods, and if applicable initial findings. Proposal decisions are expected to occur in July 2025. For accepted proposals, full papers will be due August 2025 and will be subjected to peer-review. We expect peer-review to last no longer than 60 days (November 2025) and will provide authors another 30 days (December 2025 - January 2026) to make revisions. Once all final revisions are completed the special issue will go to press.

Hey, I am guest-editing an issue on student loans.

RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st.

If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit!

Requote and share widely.

#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

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*Link works now

Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training This special issue emphasizes how racism and racialization are embedded in the processes used to evaluate and confer legitimacy to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

I’m thrilled to share that I’m co-editing a special issue for the Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education journal titled Racialized Legitimacy in Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training (Abstracts due May 1). CFP: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

A federal court reaffirmed its nation-wide injunction against Trump's anti-DEIA policy, clarifying it applies to every agency in the executive branch, protecting universities, workplaces, cities and communities to continue fostering diversity and inclusion without fear of retaliation. bit.ly/43BOSkd

U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist — TIME The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, due to declining civil liberties.

Listen… i get it… U.S. Is Added to Human Rights Watchlist - TIME

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Black Farmers Index

Anyways, if y'all are interested in buying from and supporting Black Farmers, this is a great source

blackfarmersindex.com

Love to 15 Attorneys General (including in Illinois!) for this legal memo/guidance reminding higher ed that "Fear of the “Dear Colleague” letter or the loss of federal funding is not a justification to impose or reimpose discriminatory practices."
illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Cu...

US scientists rebuild climate risk map deleted from government site When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency removed a map of future climate hazards from its website, researchers built their own version

Last week, FEMA removed an interactive mapping tool from its website showing in local detail how climate change could affect the risk of hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other hazards across the country. Two data scientist rebuilt it within a week. 🧪

Singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens calls off Kennedy Center show, citing Trump takeover Award-winning singer-musician and North Carolina native Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the Kennedy Center, which has been in upheaval since President Donald...

Award-winning singer-musician and Greensboro, N.C. native Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the Kennedy Center, which has been in upheaval since President Donald Trump took office.

www.wunc.org/2025-02-26/m...

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?

A thread/

REJECT THEIR FRAMING: it hasn’t even save $16 billion considering how much those positions contributed to the economy. For example, “In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity”. So ask how much money we are losing with these cuts.

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

😩😩😩😩