Amani Ponnaganti
@amaniponnaganti.bsky.social
PhD student in Geography at UW-Madison.
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we have a new listserv, and have just sent a very important campaign update to our members--sign up below with a non-institutional email address!
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AAG for BDS
Geographers for Justice in Palestine
geog4pal.org
August 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
we have a new listserv, and have just sent a very important campaign update to our members--sign up below with a non-institutional email address!
geog4pal.org/join/
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"It’s no coincidence that the language of mobilization, defense, and alliances evokes times of war. We are under attack, and we are out-resourced. The only way we can stand fast is to stand together."
#academicsky
#academicsky
New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/04/10/l...
Letter Calls for Solidarity Against Threats to Funding for Brown
BY DENISE L. DAVIS As we at Brown University wait for the other shoe to drop, we are mobilizing in support of the university’s principles, as expressed by President Christina H. Paxson, and urging …
academeblog.org
April 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"It’s no coincidence that the language of mobilization, defense, and alliances evokes times of war. We are under attack, and we are out-resourced. The only way we can stand fast is to stand together."
#academicsky
#academicsky
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NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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New York Dept of Education says it will not comply with the US Dept of Ed's order to certify their schools are getting rid of DEI programs.
"We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...
"We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...
April 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
New York Dept of Education says it will not comply with the US Dept of Ed's order to certify their schools are getting rid of DEI programs.
"We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...
"We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion...
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From the brilliant Harini Kumar on Chennai Shaheen Bagh:
"Although the protests were about a citizenship law, Muslim women were in fact pointing to various modes of belonging that cannot be captured by the bureaucratic apparatus of the state."
journals.openedition.org/samaj/9727
"Although the protests were about a citizenship law, Muslim women were in fact pointing to various modes of belonging that cannot be captured by the bureaucratic apparatus of the state."
journals.openedition.org/samaj/9727
“Nation at Repair, Women at Work”: Kinship, Dissent, and Citizenshi...
Figure 1 Muslim Women Protest the CAA in Chennai: “We will not show our papers. We will not fear oppression” (translation of Tamil text) Photo by the author From December 2019 to March 2020, India...
journals.openedition.org
February 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
From the brilliant Harini Kumar on Chennai Shaheen Bagh:
"Although the protests were about a citizenship law, Muslim women were in fact pointing to various modes of belonging that cannot be captured by the bureaucratic apparatus of the state."
journals.openedition.org/samaj/9727
"Although the protests were about a citizenship law, Muslim women were in fact pointing to various modes of belonging that cannot be captured by the bureaucratic apparatus of the state."
journals.openedition.org/samaj/9727
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"How can we, all of us, commit right now to a new kind of 'public education' — not supplanting or replacing formal schools, but subverting an authoritarian grip on them?"
Trump’s Reign of Terror on Schools—and How We Fight Back
It’s not enough to be afraid of the laws and rules we don’t want to see in schools. We have to clarify our visions of what we are fighting for.
inthesetimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"How can we, all of us, commit right now to a new kind of 'public education' — not supplanting or replacing formal schools, but subverting an authoritarian grip on them?"
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Democracy WORKS through solidarity and coalition building. Fascism works by eliminating rights for some--and by doing so, making everyone else believe democracy isn't necessary as long as *their* needs are met, and surely *their* rights will be protected. until it's too late.
February 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Democracy WORKS through solidarity and coalition building. Fascism works by eliminating rights for some--and by doing so, making everyone else believe democracy isn't necessary as long as *their* needs are met, and surely *their* rights will be protected. until it's too late.
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reflecting on 2024, I’m trying to be proud of the academic work, organizing, and community building I’ve done this past year
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
reflecting on 2024, I’m trying to be proud of the academic work, organizing, and community building I’ve done this past year