Alyssa Rockenbach
@alyrock3.bsky.social
Mom of three. Professor. Queer person of faith. Neurodivergent. Quiet. Loves justice, birds, and books. Studies higher education, religion and spirituality, interfaith engagement, queer and trans equity, friendship. She/her.
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Want to get up to speed on what's happening at DoE? This quick video from lays out the crime that is being committed in real time against our students
What do the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Education actually mean?
@maggiesiddiqi.bsky.social, Interfaith Alliance Senior Fellow and former Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Education, explains.
@maggiesiddiqi.bsky.social, Interfaith Alliance Senior Fellow and former Director of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Education, explains.
March 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Want to get up to speed on what's happening at DoE? This quick video from lays out the crime that is being committed in real time against our students
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Democracy Forward represents @aftunion.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social & @asanews.bsky.social, in lawsuit challenging the Dept of Ed's new policy threatening to withhold federal funding for education institutions that do not comply with its weaponization of civil rights laws. (1/2)
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Democracy Forward represents @aftunion.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social & @asanews.bsky.social, in lawsuit challenging the Dept of Ed's new policy threatening to withhold federal funding for education institutions that do not comply with its weaponization of civil rights laws. (1/2)
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Today’s ruling is a welcome victory for religious freedom and for faith communities across the country.
Thank you to @democracyforward.org for leading the charge in our courts!
Thank you to @democracyforward.org for leading the charge in our courts!
February 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today’s ruling is a welcome victory for religious freedom and for faith communities across the country.
Thank you to @democracyforward.org for leading the charge in our courts!
Thank you to @democracyforward.org for leading the charge in our courts!
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“Our Constitution protects all Americans–whether you are a professor or restaurant worker–from unlawful intrusion on speech, ideas, & expression, & it entitles all to fair process. Trump’s anti-equity directives violate these core protections” - @skyeperryman.bsky.social, CEO, @democracyforward.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“Our Constitution protects all Americans–whether you are a professor or restaurant worker–from unlawful intrusion on speech, ideas, & expression, & it entitles all to fair process. Trump’s anti-equity directives violate these core protections” - @skyeperryman.bsky.social, CEO, @democracyforward.org
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Here, I explain how the February 14 "Dear Colleague" letter is a widely expansive distortion of the court’s ruling in SFFA. Institutional responses should remain focused on areas that the Supreme Court addressed and not expand to those clearly outside its purview.
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter
The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.
www.chronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Here, I explain how the February 14 "Dear Colleague" letter is a widely expansive distortion of the court’s ruling in SFFA. Institutional responses should remain focused on areas that the Supreme Court addressed and not expand to those clearly outside its purview.
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...
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AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
www.aera.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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BREAKING: Quaker groups have filed a new lawsuit over the Trump administration ending the policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.
We support this lawsuit and you can read more about it here from our friends @democracyforward.bsky.social: democracyforward.org/updates/sens...
We support this lawsuit and you can read more about it here from our friends @democracyforward.bsky.social: democracyforward.org/updates/sens...
January 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: Quaker groups have filed a new lawsuit over the Trump administration ending the policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.
We support this lawsuit and you can read more about it here from our friends @democracyforward.bsky.social: democracyforward.org/updates/sens...
We support this lawsuit and you can read more about it here from our friends @democracyforward.bsky.social: democracyforward.org/updates/sens...
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The Council for the Study of Community Colleges is launching a new podcast this month. We hope this will be a great resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the magic that is the community college. More information can be found at spotlightonccs.podbean.com.
January 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Council for the Study of Community Colleges is launching a new podcast this month. We hope this will be a great resource for anyone who wants to learn more about the magic that is the community college. More information can be found at spotlightonccs.podbean.com.
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“It is with a broken heart that I share with you the news that our church building is lost,” the Rev. Carri Grindon, rector of St. Mark’s, wrote in a Facebook update Wednesday. “It caught fire at around 6:30 this morning and is gone.”
California congregations vow to help neighbors even as their buildings are lost to fires
(RNS) — A synagogue, a mosque, a Catholic parish and at least 7 Protestant churches are among the buildings destroyed by the wildfires raging in California.
religionnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“It is with a broken heart that I share with you the news that our church building is lost,” the Rev. Carri Grindon, rector of St. Mark’s, wrote in a Facebook update Wednesday. “It caught fire at around 6:30 this morning and is gone.”
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"Now is not the time to retreat or retire from the cause of social justice inspired by our diverse faith traditions," said @guthriegf.bsky.social, Director of Policy & Advocacy at Interfaith Alliance.
‘Your actions do matter,’ panelists urged those fearful of Trump authoritarianism
Americans overwhelmed by the prospect of authoritarianism under Donald Trump must not abandon hope or succumb to inaction in the struggle for democracy, activists cautioned in a webinar organizing fai...
baptistnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Now is not the time to retreat or retire from the cause of social justice inspired by our diverse faith traditions," said @guthriegf.bsky.social, Director of Policy & Advocacy at Interfaith Alliance.