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Alisse Waterston
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anthropologist; studies and writes on the human consequences of structural and systemic violence and inequity; resistance through scholarship and writing; Committed to writing anthropology otherwise

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 2d
Event announcement! 🔔

Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 5d
Venice - join us for this discussion on border violence on Nov 11th as part of our Global Teach In/Out. ✊

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 5d
Join us for this event as part of our Global Teach In/Out on November 11th. We have events happening across the globe, so keep an eye on our socials for one happening near you ✊

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Sheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social · 6d
Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register)

Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

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Helen Schwenken @hschwenken.bsky.social · 7d
Join the teach in/outs of @migrationscholars.bsky.social - Osnabrück/ Germany, 11 Nov, 16-18h, University, Counter the Production of Migration as Crisis! Share, discuss, think, act.
orange poster: the text is in the message

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 8d
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11/11 Tillsammans mot Tidöregeringens migrationspolitik Migration Scholars in Global Solidarity
Event in Malmö, Sweden by Anna Lundberg and Vanna Nordling on Tuesday, November 11 2025
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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 8d
NYC - we are delighted to bring this event to you, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative. Please refer to poster for all details! ✊

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 8d
Bern, Switzerland - we are delighted to bring this event to you, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative. Please refer to poster for all details! ✊

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 8d
Bristol - we are delighted to bring this event to you, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative. Please refer to poster for all details! ✊

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 12d
We are delighted to announce this event as part of our Global Teach In/Out on November 11th. See poster for all info ✊

Reposted by Alisse Waterston

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 12d
Upcoming Event! - Australia

As part of our Global Teach In/out initiative, The University of Wollongong, Australia will be hosting this event - Challenging Refugee Rights.

📆 November 11th
📍 UOW Campus Building 19.2072b or on Zoom - use the QR code in the poster to register.

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · 17d
The Global Teach-In/Teach-Out 2025: “Migration as a Social Good: We Stand with Migrants”

📅 When: 11 November 2025 

✨ Organizers — now’s the time to get involved!
Host your own Teach-In/Teach-Out and create space for open dialogue.
🔗 Register your event today: migrationscholarsmobilize.org/new-page
Migration Scholars Mobilize Network
migrationscholarsmobilize.org

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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · 25d
Please read this important and powerful letter by Hayal Akarsu the eloquent, committed president of European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA).Letter from the president easaonline.org/newsletter/8...
Letter from the president
EASA President Hayal Akarsu addresses the membership
easaonline.org

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · Sep 24
This is what grassroots organizing looks like! How the working class people fight back as a class. Watch the Unión del Barrio in action in this clip; ‘A City Fights Back: How LA Defends Itself From ICE’.

🔗 youtu.be/e9lRq9nfevs?...

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Migration Scholars’ Global Solidarity and Resistance Network @migrationscholars.bsky.social · Sep 18
‘Why Wouldn't You?' - a short film created by the DCU Irish Refugee Integration Network and Sanctuary. It gives voice to the lived experiences of forcibly displaced people in Ireland and honours the everyday acts of welcome and justice happening across communities.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qDs...

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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Apr 9
“Improvising Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Anthropological Perspectives,” new open-access article published in the Swedish Journal of Anthropology/ kritisk etnografi uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Feb 23
Signed and Joined: publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/petitions/pu...
Public School Strong: Defend Against the Trump Administration’s Attacks
Public education is under attack. From attempts to defund public schools through voucher scams, to efforts aimed at censoring educators and whitewashing history, the Trump Administration and its allie...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Feb 13
Going. The least I can do. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
5051: National Day of Protest - Feb 17, #NotMyPresidentsDay · Mobilize
National Day of Protest Feb 5 was just the begining. Now we continue that momentum with a #NotMyPresidentsDay protest of the Trump-Musk coup. 50 protests, 50 states, one movement. Demand that Congre...
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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Feb 4
A small group working together to protect our public schools. Please see our "Know the Facts" with a QR code to "The Struggle for our Public Schools and Against the Charter Threat" report. See also our press release. Our story reflects the wider threats we all face. #SaveOurPublicSchools

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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Feb 4
I can't tell you how much this means to me. I, too, am feeling a sense of despair but know we must keep breathing and engaging the struggle for justice and equity and against all the violences before us.

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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Feb 3
Thank you so much!!

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Alisse Waterston @alissecc.bsky.social · Nov 19
This: a wonderful late breaking session at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) conference. Featuring Dr. Marvin Dunn who embraces Praxis and shows a way to stand up to the forces of silencing in Florida. Thursday, November 21, 2:39-4pm at the Tampa Convention Center, Room 121.