Teresa Mangum

IC Friends--On Saturday, May 10 from 2-4, a host of great local bands are holding what promises to be a super fun Day of Dylan--playing many of Bob Dylan's hits. The proceeds will support this summer's Iowa City Summer of the Arts events. Please share! See you there!

This was a great session; recording coming soon @modernlanguage.bsky.social

Trump’s Latest Cuts Will Hit Small-Town Culture Hard The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.

@katinalynn.bsky.social interviewed over 40 recipients about the devastating impact on communities and scholars when NEH grants were cancelled. The scariest part? The cancellations came from a NON-governmental email address. Crucial reading. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I just finished teaching TTC too (subbing for a colleague), and the grad students were also stunned by how painfully timely it felt. Timely in all the worst ways.

While the world burns...grappling with Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop. Has anyone taught it lately? How? What on earth did students make of it? Reading it now, I'm convinced we're all getting Quilped on a daily basis.

COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

Image of a map with states marked in three different colors: red those who won’t sign (WA, OR, CO, MN, WI, IL, PA, NY, MA), light blue still reviewing & dark blue will sign (including VT).

NINE STATES are now refusing to sign the public ed order from the federal government.

I’m so so SO done with the ridiculous narrative that Vermont is giving nothing away by signing.

THIS IS WHY we asked for someone with experience & integrity to lead the department 💔

Wonderful Hands Off gathering in Iowa City. And now back to making phone calls.

Adding a link to the data I shared earlier, for historical context. The Black Lives Matter uprising of 2020 (which postdates the chart below) remains the largest protest mobilization in U.S. history by every measure.
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The former judges say President Donald Trump’s executive order against Perkins Coie “undermines the rule of law by threatening the independence of lawyers and litigants to petition courts to redress their grievances.”

Some judges are telling the fElon #HandsOff too.

Almost 350 of them.

They’ve signed an amicus brief backing the Perkins Coie law firm in its suit against the Trump regime.

Another brief signed by more than 300 law firms is expected.

#HandsOff the rule of law!

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Cedar Rapids: Location provided after registration 12-2
Des Moines: 400 Locust 12-2
Iowa City: Clinton St & Iowa Ave, 11:30-2
Lisbon: Main St 12-2
Maquoketa: Glovik Park 12-1:30
Mount Vernon: First Street Community Center 12-1:30
Red Oak: Legion Park 2-3

Looking forward to seeing lots of hopeful, determined friends tomorrow at the Hands Off rally in Iowa City (right after the great Darwin Day events)!

Home - Colored Conventions Project The Colored Conventions Project (CCP) is a scholarly and community research project dedicated to bringing the seven decades-long history of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life. Mirrori...

I'm going to post some of my fav humanities scholarship, in appreciation for the work that smart people do.

The @ccp-org.bsky.social is one of my fav projects. It focuses on Black organizing in 19th century U.S. The websites and #DigBlk scholars are worth looking into.

coloredconventions.org

The Griffin List A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted. ...

Check your name here: thegriffinlist.com

Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.

I absolutely love seeing that little old Lisbon and Red Oak, Iowa are planning Hands Off! events this Saturday. I also love I'll be with so many of you in spirit all across the country when I head to our local Iowa City protest. ❤️ mobilize.us/handsoff/

Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.

ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries

Action Alert: NEH Targeted by DOGE - Federation of State Humanities Councils Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State April 3, 2025 – UPDATE Late last night, Wednesday, April 2, all humanities councils received … Read mor...

Your State Humanities Council has probably hosted scholars at your public lib, public history projects, hard community conversations, and far more. NEH fellowships won't be far behind. Call your legislators with good stories of NEH impact asap! www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...

Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting A list adapted from & inspired by Frontline Medics. Here was their original list of 25 actions. I’ve added a lot of things and edited other things. [Not...

Watching NEH shut down grants and IPR / NPR threatened, I try to resist hopelessness. Mariame Kaba has a creative list of suggestions in case you're struggling, too. H/T @katinalynn.bsky.social for the reminder.

That’s the quote from the SS agreement I just got via email that I’m not comfortable signing.

I agree that the Social Security Administration is not responsible for the improper disclosure of any information that the Social Security Administration has provided to me or any information that is on or from my computer or other device, whether due to my negligence or the wrongful acts of others.

1) Those of you getting SS—did you get a message today from SS asking you to sign an updated security statement? And was this final item on the usual checklist on there before? I’m calling a senator’s office before I agree to this—seen next message for the quote.

Memos of Blood and Fire | Peter Coviello So if you ask me about the signature strength of the department where I work, I will tell you. It is world-caliber field-defining research, wedded to a fantastically dynamic practice of instruction, a...

This essay by Peter Coviello--on what it is that the humanities, public higher ed, unions, and people can do--is what's giving me life today www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Seeing this happening in so many spaces, especially in higher ed.

Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

Lech Wałęsa expresses ‘horror and distaste’ at Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy Ex-Polish leader, who won Nobel prize for pro-democracy efforts, compares meeting to a communist interrogation

Open letter from Lech Walesa to Donald Trump

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2 year Postdoc opportunity in Environmental Humanities (focus on Multispecies Politics) at William & Mary. "We seek an individual with expertise in Multispecies Politics or Animate Ecologies...the postdoc will have substantial amounts of time to focus on their own research agenda."

America is now seen as the nation that betrays other democracies around the world. I think that means we are no longer considered a democracy. It’s been one month.

NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.

Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.

Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.

And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.

I would love a poster for our front window! I'll follow the link to figure out how to order it and pay for shipping if you have time for that. The signs are stunning, Ryan!

The Movement Supporting Federal Employees Is Rising Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of "efficiency," are slashing and burning public services.

"The protests were more than just an expression of outrage and an attempt to stop the slicing. They amounted to a massive public education project, showing the United States, in real time, the work its government actually does, and how many lives that work touches."
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