Critical Studies Working Group

Dr. Kamden Strunk and Dr. Nancy Thacker are recruiting LGBTQ+ adults living in Alabama to participate in a research study on LGBTQ+ affirming mental healthcare. Participation involves a 90-minute focus group interview via Zoom, and participants are compensated for their time. For more information or to sign up, visit https://aub.ie/lgbtqmentalhealth.

Tonight!

Auburn Spectrum on Twitter “This Friday, Nov. 19, we will be observing the Transgender Day of Remembrance in the Garden of Memory from 7:30-8:30 PM. We hope you will join us in honoring the lives of our transgender siblings whose lives were taken from us too soon.”

We want everyone to know about this time of remembering and truth telling today!

📣📣 Location changed to First UMC Opelika Sanctuary at 702 Ave A due to threat of inclement weather. Enter through sanctuary front steps. 📣📣

The Equal Justice Initiative and the Lee County Remembrance Project invite you to attend a historical marker dedication ceremony in remembrance of John Moss, George Hart, Charles Humphries and Samuel Harris, four victims of racial terror lynchings here in Lee County.


Saturday June 12th, 2021, at 3:00 - 4:00 pm CST
Opelika Courthouse Square
Corner of S 9th St. and Ave A in Opelika


Though limited, seating will be available if needed. Make sure to visit the new LCRP exhibit at the Museum of East Alabama before or after the ceremony. The museum is located across the street from the courthouse square.

We’re out at Kiesel park until 6PM for Pride on the Plains! Come by and say hello and pick up some Auburn pride merch!

Happy Pride y'all! We'll be at Kiesel Park on Saturday from 12-6 to celebrate!

We are excited for our PrideFest lineup of new and returning headliners! With your Mizfits cast as well as a variety of diverse performers from Birmingham, Huntsville, Atlanta, and RuPaul’s Drag Race! Saturday June 5th with all of the festivities start at noon!!!

Members of our group are in solidarity with faculty, staff, and students who are demanding and across universities as part of Abolition May.

Cops Off Campus Coalition an abolition network to get cops off campus and cops off the planet

If you're participating in the upcoming American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference, be sure to attend sessions featuring research by CSWG Faculty Affiliates!

Today, we want to acknowledge, name, and condemn the act of white supremacist, misogynist terror in Atlanta against Asian American and Asian women. We are holding space for AAPI communities in Atlanta and around the country as we grapple with continued terror and violence. It is no coincidence that this attack, and the ongoing anti-Asian racism and sexism in the U.S. come at a time when political leaders continue to propagate damaging, dehumanizing rhetoric, even doubling down on messages around the pandemic and the coronavirus.

Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance) has a powerful message we pass along here, as well as resources for educators.

Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings After a shooting spree in Georgia took the lives of eight people—including six Asian American women—it’s important to pause, check in and prioritize care.

Auburn4Change has issued the following timeline for addressing demands regarding Monetary Commitments, Campus Culture, Education & Training, and Structural Changes.

See their full demands here: https://auburn4change.wordpress.com/2021/03/01/demands-for-racial-equity-at-au/

Happening today, Wednesday, Feb. 10th.

Check out these incredible Black Lives Matter at School Week events organized by Auburn’s BGPSA and BSU
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKjpbtpnSS6/

The Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA) and the Critical Studies Working Group (CSWG) are hosting Black Lives Matter at School Week! Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education. This year’s theme is A Year of Purpose and we are highlighting Black liberation, resiliency, and joy! Please join us for this weeklong virtual event beginning January 31st – February 5th.

New publication by Critical Studies faculty affiliate Dr. Kamden Strunk and colleagues: "From the Spies of Mississippi to the Eyes of the White House: Surveilling and Obstructing Antiracist Work in the U.S." in The Professional Educator. Full text available at

wp.auburn.edu