Academic year 2003-2004

9/19/03: AAUP Chapter Meeting, Education Bldg, Rm. 307 (Faculty Lounge), 7PM
10/18/03: Kansas AAUP Conference Meeting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium, 10 AM-3:30 PM
2/26/04: AAUP reception for Cary Nelson, Education Bldg, Rm. 307 (Faculty Lounge), 7:30 PM
2/27-28/04: Missouri Philological Association Conference, Four Points Barcelo Hotel, 45th & Main
4/9/04: Friday Happy Hour, Home of Ed Gogol, 2200 W. 50th Terrace, Westwood Hills, 4:30-6:30
4/27/04: AAUP endorsed candidates win 4 campus-wide positions

Academic year 2002-2003

8/1-4/02: Third Campus Democracy Convention of 180-Movement for Democracy and Education, Lawrence, KS (Lawrence Art Center, 9th & Vermont)
8/21/02: Teach-in, "Perspectives on School Vouchers,"  Dr. Ron Wimmer, superintendant of schools, Olathe, KS;Crave Cafe, 1615 W. 39 St., KC MO, 7 PM
9/27/02:  Bernardin lecture--Philip Kitcher. "The Ideas of a University", UMKC Royall Hall 111, 3:30 PM
10/1/02: Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) meeting.  Administrative Center (5115 Oak St.), Plaza Room, 4PM
10/2/02: Senate All-Faculty Meeting on Governance.  Panelists: Chancellor Gilliland, Ellen Suni, Gary Ebersole, Pat Brodsky.  UMKC Royall Hall, Rm. 111, 3:30 PM
10/11/02: AAUP party/informal get together, 1022 West 64th Terrace, 7:30-10 PM
10/25/02: AAUP Symposium, "Putting the Faculty back into Shared Governance."  UMKC 115 Education Bldg, 2-4 PM
12/14/02: AAUP Holiday Party.  5601 Locust, KC MO (Drew Bergerson), 7:30-10:30 PM
3/23/03: AAUP Chapter meeting.  School of Education, room 307, 1-3 PM (cancelled)
4/6/03: AAUP Chapter meeting.  416 E. 73 St., KC MO (Rafael Espejo), 7-9 PM
 

Teaching Tolerance Teach-ins
9/27/02: Showing of film "No Man's Land," about the Bosnian conflict.  UMKC University Center, Room 106, 6 PM
10/11/02: Peter Stauffacher, "Chiapas and Globalization".  UMKC University Center, Alumni Room, 3:30 PM
12/2/02: Doug Cowan, "Manufacturing Terror: Faces of Evil and the Mass Media", Haag Hall 301, 7-9 PM
 

Academic year 2001-2002

      CAMPAIGNS: CAMPUS EQUITY WEEK

9/7/01: Letter of UMKC AAUP Executive Committee to Governor Holden
9/21/01: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance, 3-5 PM
10/11/01: First membership meeting of academic year, 3-5 PM
10/26/01: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance II, Afghan Culture, 3-5 PM
10/29/01 and 10/30/01: Campus Equity Week Rallies for Part-Time Faculty, Scofield Hall Quad
11/16/01: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance III, Faces of the Enemy, 3-5:30 PM

1/25/02: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance IV, Civil Liberties after 9/11, 3-5:30 PM
3/9/02: AAUP Missouri State Conference Regional Meeting, Rockhurst U., 9-5
3/28/02: AAUP Chapter meeting, 3-5 PM
3/29/02: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance V: What I've Learned about US Foreign Policy, 3-5:30 PM
4/19/02: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance VI: "Otro mundo es posible/'Another world is possible.'", 3-5:30 PM
5/3/02: Public Forum, Teaching Tolerance VII: "Afghanistan in the Star: How the War was Covered", 3-5:30 PM
 

Informal social gathering and a discussion of the issues and plans for the next academic year

Items for discussion include:
    * planning for the February 2004 conference in KC: theme Academic Labor
            sponsored jointly by UMKC-AAUP and the Missouri Philological Association
    * off-year elections for vacancy on executive committee
    * formation of an AAUP caucus in the Senate
    * workload policy
    * recruitment and retention of members
    * the chancellor's raise
    * whatever else is on your mind

Members and non-members are welcome.  Hope to see you on the 19th!

Lecture 12:45 PM--David Brodsky, UMKC Chapter,
    "The Broad Perspective of Academic Freedom"

Panel 1:45 PM--Academic Freedom, student rights and faculty rights
    Dennis Dailey, Professor, KU School of Social Welfare
    Ann Springer, National AAUP Legal Staff
    David Brodsky, UMKC Chapter

Pat Brodsky, Secretary of the AAUP chapter, spoke about the latest crises at UMKC and in Missouri higher education at the Third Campus Democracy Convention of 180-Movement for Democracy and Education, Lawrence, KS (Lawrence Art Center, 9th & Vermont), Aug. 1-4, 2002

Dr. Wimmer, superintendant of the Olathe school district since 1991, has a total of 37 years of public school experience.  He will share his Top Ten Reasons to oppose school vouchers as a matter of public policy.  His talk will include typical arguments by voucher advocates and responses from opponents of vouchers.

Admission free.  Hosts: Philosophy Department and School of Biological Sciences
Professor Kitcher will discuss the nature and role of the university in a democratic society, a topic that should be of great interest to the UMKC community

Contact Amy Zeh at abz87a@umkc.edu or Elizabeth Howard at Ebethgrace@aol.com, or call 235-1150 (English Composition Office).  Parking on west side of Oak St.

Panelists: Chancellor Gilliland, Ellen Suni, Gary Ebersole, Pat Brodsky

Post prandial potluck for members and significant others, welcome new members

Keynote speaker--Dr. Muriel Poston, AAUP national staff.  Panelists--Stuart McAninch, Phil Olson, Pat Brodsky, Gerry Carlson, Gary Ebersole

Members, spouses, partners, friends invited.
Party is potluck: please bring food, drinks, snacks, desserts.
It's been a long, hard semester, so join us for some good talk and relaxation.
For further information call 235-2826 or e-mail brodskyp@umkc.edu

Sunday March 23, 1-3 PM: AAUP Chapter meeting, School of Education, room 307
    enter building from south, from faculty parking lot; take elevator to third floor and turn right

    Brief business meeting
    Guest speaker Jeff Halpern, anthropologist, Rider University.  "Faculty Governance in the Age of the Corporate University."

Jeff is an expert on collective bargaining and labor law with many years experience on numerous national
AAUP committees, including the Committees on Academic Freedom and Tenure, College and University Governance, and Representation of Economic and Professional Interests.

Please join us on March 23rd, and ask your non-member colleagues to come.

Remember: daylight savings time begins 2 AM Sunday!
Potluck meeting: please bring desserts, beverages, munchies
If you would like to place an item on the agenda, please contact Stu McAninch (mcaninchs@umkc.edu) or Pat Brodsky (brodskyp@umkc.edu) right away.
Please join us on April 6, and ask your non-member colleagues to come.

TEACHING TOLERANCE TEACH-INS

co-sponsored by Shifa International, UMKC AAUP chapter, and Education for Democracy Network

Friday, Oct. 11, 3:30 PM, University Center, Alumni Room
    Peter Stauffacher, "Chiapas and Globalization"

Monday, Dec. 2, 7-9 PM, Haag Hall 301
    Doug Cowan, Religious Studies, "Manufacturing Terror: Faces of Evil and the Mass Media"
    Sponsored by UMKC Alliance against the War

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September 7, 2001

Governer Bob Holden
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Dear Governor Holden:

We, the Executive Committee of the UMKC chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) were gratified to read of your recent action establishing collective bargaining rights for certain state employees in Missouri. As you point out, the right to bargain collectively is crucial for all workers, including state employees as well as those in the private sector. We would like to express our support for Executive Order 01-09, and thank you for your courage in taking this step in the face of predictable and vocal opposition from some elements in the State Legislature.

Further, we would like to urge you to take whatever steps are within your power as Governor to expand these rights to other categories of state employees, including, but not limited to, teaching and research faculty at public universities in Missouri.

Sincerely,

Stuart A. McAninch
Timothy F. Thomas
Patricia P. Brodsky
Susan A. Adler
Daniel P. Hopkins
 

In the aftermath of the events of September 11, there have been violent verbal and physical assaults and even killings of people assumed to belong to the same cultural and religious background as the alleged perpetrators.

To help combat this backlash the University of Missouri-Kansas City will host "Teaching Tolerance," a public forum bringing together members of our diverse ethnic and cultural communities for an exchange of ideas and information.

SPEAKERS will include Ahmed El-Sherif, Vern Barnet, and Lewis Diuguid

Your attendance and participation are strongly encouraged.

CO-SPONSORED by Shifa International, the Executive Committee of the UMKC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and the Education for Democracy Network.

In the shadow of the recent air attacks on the nation of Afghanistan we would like to become educated about the nation and culture we have come to demonize.

TEACHING TOLERANCE II: AFGHAN CULTURE is the second public forum in a series intended to educate and enrich our culturally diverse community.

SPEAKERS will be two students from Afghanistan.

All members of the Kansas City and UMKC communities who wish to learn and teach, especially students and faculty, are invited to attend.

CO-SPONSORED by Shifa International, the Executive Committee of the UMKC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and the Education for Democracy Network.

For more information, contact: youthhelpingyouth@shifacares.org

Using the PBS documentary "Faces of the Enemy" as a point of departure, long-time Kansas City Star columnist and Editorial Board member Lewis Diuguid will discuss the current world crisis and its treatment by the press.

All members of the Kansas City and UMKC communities who wish to learn and teach, especially students and faculty, are invited to attend.

CO-SPONSORED by Shifa International, the Executive Committee of the UMKC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and the Education for Democracy Network.

For more information, contact: youthhelpingyouth@shifacares.org

THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND JOIN IN THE DISCUSSION OF POLICIES THAT AFFECT EVERYONE.

Issues to be addressed include:

        * How has the legal climate changed since the September 11 attacks?
        * What threats to our civil liberties have emerged from new government policies?
        * What are the ramifications for freedom of speech, press, and assembly?
        * How will the academic community, particularly foreign students, be affected?

Our speakers will address the issue of civil liberties in the light of new legislation such as the "USA Patriot Act" as well as executive orders by President Bush and Attorney General Ashcroft.

Question and answer period follows.

CO-SPONSORED by Shifa International, the Executive Committee of the UMKC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Education for Democracy Network, TEA Society UMKC,
Muslim Students Association UMKC

Handout from teach-in, "Civil Liberties after 9/11"
    Bill of Rights
    Reference list
 

Saturday March 9, 2002
    AAUP Missouri State Conference Regional Meeting, 9-4 PM
        250 Massman Hall, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
            Themes: corporatization of the university; part-time faculty organizing
                Featured speaker: Rich Moser, AAUP national staff

    Registration $15 including lunch

    Pre-register now.  Download registration forms from http://hometown.aol.com/moaaup/
        Early registration ensures an adequate number of meals
 

In order to provide essential background for today's events, long-time Kansas City Star columnist and Editorial Board member Lewis Diuguid will show excerpts from the film, "What I've Learned about US Foreign Policy" and then lead a discussion.

CO-SPONSORED by Shifa International, the Executive Committee of the UMKC Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Education for Democracy Network, Muslim Students Association UMKC

Increasing numbers of people are pointing out the connection between poverty and despair.  If we truly want to combat terrorism, we must attack its root causes, by giving people hopeful alternatives to violence, and
control of their own future.

Our speakers will report on a UN-sponsored conference to combat poverty, held in Mexico in March.

Please come join in this discussion.  Invite your colleagues and students!

Cosponsors: SHIFA International, Education for Democracy Network, Muslim Students Association, Tea Society

The program on May 3 will be part of the newspaper industry's "Time Out for Diversity Week" (May 6-11). This is an annual event designed to get newspapers nationwide to focus on diversity issues.

Cosponsors: UMKC-AAUP, Shifa International, Muslim Students Association, and the Tea Society.

Note: this is during Reading Days; there are no classes on May 3
 
 

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