Freedom of speech and inquiry, as well as freedom from censorship and intimidation, are essential for the success of all educational environments. With its vague language and abstract prohibitions on what (or how) faculty can teach topics related to race and gender, HB 7 is designed to create a \u201cchilling effect\u201d by silencing discussion of topics that make people in power uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
The HB-7 Taskforce is hosting a series of meetings where we\u2019ll offer a forum for our members to help determine the union\u2019s course of action. Then on August 26th we\u2019ll hold an open chapter council meeting where chapter council members will vote on a strategy for fighting HB-7.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re hosting meetings at different times and in different modalities because it is imperative that we hear from every union member in developing our strategy. Register for a Zoom session below or send an email to membership@uff-fiu.org<\/a> to register for an in-person meeting and encourage your colleagues to do the same.<\/p>\n August 9, 3pm (Zoom: Registration Link<\/a>) Freedom of speech and inquiry, as well as freedom from censorship and intimidation, are essential for the success of all educational environments. With its vague language and abstract prohibitions on what (or how) faculty can teach topics related to race and gender, HB 7 is designed to create a \u201cchilling effect\u201d by silencing discussion of topics that make people in power uncomfortable. The HB-7 Taskforce is hosting a series of meetings where we\u2019ll offer a\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,67,53,54,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-info","category-legislative","category-rights","category-take-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3523,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAugust 11, 7pm (Zoom: Registration Link<\/a>)
\nAugust 15, 4pm (Zoom: Registration Link<\/a>)
\nAugust 18, 12pm (In person, location to be determined. Send email to membership@uff-fiu.org<\/a> to register. Food provided.)
\nAugust 24, 10:00 am (In person, location to be determined. Send email to membership@uff-fiu.org<\/a> to register.)
\nAugust 25, 3:30pm (Zoom: Registration Link<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"