As our country and community continue to be terrorized by ICE, many of our members are looking for ways we can protect ourselves and our neighbors. We face unprecedented times having to teach with the possibility that ICE may come to campus in pursuit of people to detain and possibly deport. Many of our students and faculty are scared, and there has been demand for information about what to do if we face ICE personnel while we are teaching or holding office hours. The UA International and Immigration Working Group has created several resources for members to use and share.

Download signs instructing people about appropriate and legal responses to ICE if ICE does not have a judicial warrant. We encourage you to post these signs on your office doors, inside your classrooms, and on canvas.
Download the ICE in OR who to call poster which provides critical phone numbers and instructions for actions we should all have at our disposal in case we witness or are ourselves facing a possible detention.
Download the ICE in OR who to call wallet card which provides the same information, but in a format that can be folded and put in a wallet or phone case.

Feel free to distribute these to your colleagues or students. We also encourage you to create a Canvas page with this information.

Residents of Minnesota have demonstrated the power of community and collective action. There are several ways to support these efforts. The Stand with Minnesota donation directory lists many of those ways here: www.standwithminnesota.com. While Minnesota demonstrated the power of collective actions, such as a general strike last Friday, we want to remind members that there are many ways that we can engage in economic disruptions.

The Eugene Springfield Together Strong webpage has information on upcoming actions and training sessions. You can access their “3 Ways to Show Up” information here. UA members have compiled additional materials including the War on Knowledge and Education Toolkit, academic freedom protections, and other useful information on UA’s Community Resources webpage.

We encourage members to come to the GMM next Thursday, February 5 from 5-7 in the EMU’s Crater Lake Rooms to discuss further ways that we, as a collective, can move forward to support our community.

Unit Policy Zoom Town Halls

Units are currently in the middle of unit policy revisions for review and promotion for Career and Tenure-track faculty. These revisions are due to changes in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. For Career faculty, we have the new Teaching Professor titles to incorporate, some new language that takes into account the impact of lack of resources on the accomplishment of duties, as well as clarifying language on credit for prior service. For TTF, the recent CBA modified procedures on the midterm review, and there are new provisions that demand that reviews at the various levels take into account the review at the previous level in their justification. There is also new language that clarifies at what moments the tenure clock can be stopped. Perhaps the biggest lift in terms of policy revision will be at the post-tenure review. Many units have not fleshed out criteria for this critical review and will need to do so in this round of iterations.