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From the Conference Planners: We are looking for additional people to serve as chair/discussants for sessions. If you are interested, please email cufaconference25@gmail.com

Obituary for Mark Helmsing | Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel Share memories & support the family

For more about Dr. Helmsing, please see this lovely tribute shared by his family: www.waskoms.com/obituary/Mar...

From the Conference Planning Team: We want to acknowledge the recent passing of Dr. Mark Helmsing, a beloved member of the CUFA community. Our thoughts are with all who loved and cared for him. We hope that our time together in December can serve as a space to honor Mark’s memory.

Jillian Ford Obituary (1978 - 2025) - Legacy Remembers View Jillian Carter Ford's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

...We hope that our time together in December can serve to honor Jillian’s memory. For more about Dr. Ford, please visit this touching tribute crafted by her family: www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

...or what Joy James (2023) calls agape - revolutionary “love as political will and communal care and protections” (p. 9). She ensured that the CUFA 2025 conference space would aim to be, as she wrote, “a radical site of community resistance where we can reimagine democratic possibilities”...

...As we worked with Jillian to develop the call for proposals for the upcoming conference, she continually reminded us to center love and care in our calls for abolition...

From the Conference Planning Team: It is with a heavy heart that we share our condolences for the passing of Dr. Jillian Carter Ford, a beloved member of the CUFA community and of the 2025 CUFA Planning Team...

September 2025 CUFA Chair Report CUFA Chair Report September 2025 Greetings CUFA Community–I hope your fall semester is going well. Here are some updates and reminders that emerged from the September 2025 CUFA Executive Board Mee...

Greetings CUFA Community--Here's a link to the September 2025 Chair Report.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We are so excited to be joined by Clint Smith on Wednesday afternoon at the 2025 conference. Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic. 4:15pm in Room 201 at the Convention Center. Book signing to follow. Please join us!

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Please check the program to see when you present, serve as discussant and/or chair, or for information about the overall schedule of events. We will update the program as more details are confirmed.

The CUFA Conference schedule is now available. Check it to see when you present, serve as discussant and/or chair, or for information about the overall schedule of events. Message cufaconference25@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
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For additional context, fora are as follows:
1. Graduate Students
2. Scholars of Color
3. Small Colleges and University Faculty (SCUFF)
4. Motherscholars)

Additional info: Each forum will be individually reviewing applicants and awarding travel grants of varying amounts to be determined by each forum.

Select any fora you are a member of and would like to be considered for a grant. However, awardees will only receive one travel grant from one forum.

CUFA Fora Travel Grants 2025 This year, all CUFA fora will be using a centralized travel grant application. Each forum (Graduate Students, Scholars of Color, Small Colleges and University Faculty (SCUFF) and Motherscholars) will ...

This year, all CUFA fora will be using a centralized travel grant application. If you would like to be considered for a travel grant, please fill out this application by September 15
forms.gle/N7PQ1rGxDkC6...
For questions, please email Annie Whitlock, CUFA Treasurer, at whitlann@gvsu.edu

JULY 2025 CUFA Chair Report Greetings CUFA Community: Here are some updates that emerged from the CUFA Executive Board meeting in July: Call for nominations for CUFA Executive Board and House of Delegates are still open–con...

Curious about what CUFA has been up to? Check out July's CUFA Chair Report! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Submit nominations for the CUFA Executive Board and CUFA’s NCSS House of Delegates (3 year cycles). Self-nominations are welcome. Please email nominations and/or questions to Esther Kim (ejkim05@wm.edu). Each nominee will be asked to submit a 100-150 word bio. Deadline 07/21/25.

CUFA FY26 Budget Priorities The CUFA Executive Board is about to prepare the Fiscal Year 2026 budget and we want to hear from the membership about what to prioritize in the coming year. Please check your top 3 choices from the l...

CUFA folx, leadership is soliciting feedback about budget priorities. By May 20, please complete this survey, linked below, to provide your valuable insight.

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Today’s the day! CUFA proposals are due today by 11:59pm Hawaii Standard Time. Visit the conference website for more details about this year’s theme: Troubling Democracy: Examining Power and Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures.

Link: cufa2025.socialstudies.org/openconf.php

The window to submit proposals to CUFA 2025 was extended to 4/22! Submit your proposals! Visit the conference website for more details about this year’s theme: Troubling Democracy: Examining Power & Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures at cufa2025.socialstudies.org/openconf.php

Submit proposals to CUFA 2025. The deadline to submit was extended to 4/22/25. Visit the conference website for more details about this year’s theme: Troubling Democracy: Examining Power and Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures.

Link: cufa2025.socialstudies.org/openconf.php

This is a reminder to submit your CUFA-FASSE Grant applications, which are due March 15!

Nominate someone for an NCSS Award!

Consider nominating someone for the NCSS Metcalf Dissertation Award or Exemplary Research Award. These are not overseen by CUFA or CUFA awards chair. For nomination details, visit these links:

Metcalf: shorturl.at/bxlDZ

Exemplary Research: shorturl.at/stBEp

We are excited to share the CUFA-FASSE Grant Call for Proposals! See the full call for proposals at: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Applications are due March 15, 2025, 11:55 PM HST.

Please submit proposals online at: forms.gle/vkUoBrbv4FMK...

CUFA 2025 Call for Proposals CALL FOR PROPOSALS Troubling Democracy: Examining Power and Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures Washington D.C., December 3rd-5th, 2025 Proposals Due: April 15, 2025 11:59pm H...

We invite proposals for the 2025 CUFA Annual Conference.

The theme is Troubling Democracy: Examining Power and Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures

Location: Washington D.C., December 3rd-5th, 2025

Proposals due April 15, 2025 11:59pm HST

See full call at: shorturl.at/Skhqu

CUFA 2025 Membership Survey This survey is a space to share your thoughts about CUFA with the 2024-2025 CUFA Executive Board. We are particularly interested in hearing about what hopes you have for CUFA in the future.

The 2024-2025 CUFA Executive Board is seeking feedback from our membership on their CUFA experiences and goals for the future. Please take 5 minutes to respond; your insights will help us as we think about programming for the future! forms.gle/GTVWedJULHog...

TRSEEditor_Announcement2025.docx Greetings CUFA Community: As Chair of the CUFA Executive Board, I am pleased to provide an update regarding the search for the next Editor of Theory and Research in Social Education (TRSE). Followin...

We are thrilled to announce and congratulate the next editor of Theory, Research, and Social Education, Dr. Anne-Lise Halvorsen, Professor, Michigan State University! She and her dynamic team were selected following an extensive search process. View the full announcement at shorturl.at/sXp7i

We are excited to share the CUFA-FASSE Grant Call for Proposals! See the full call for proposals at: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Applications are due March 15, 2025, 11:55 PM HST.

Please submit proposals online at: forms.gle/vkUoBrbv4FMK...

Check out the CUFA 2024 Program: tinyurl.com/2s33nya5

See you all soon!

The Closing Keynote is a panel with Boston Public School Teachers moderated by Dr. Chris Martell.
Both take place on Thursday, November 21st at the Hynes Convention Center. See the flyers for more details.

See you in Boston!

Dear CUFA Attendees,
Please join us for our Opening and Closing Keynotes.

The Opening Keynote features Dr. Kelli Carter Jackson, author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance at 11:00 AM.