This is an open group to discuss best practices and resources for advocating for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
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Piotr Goldstein deposited Migrant and Minority Activism: Between protest movements and everyday engagement in the group
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 2 years, 4 months agoAt a time of Black Lives Matter and the proliferation of migrant, refugee and minority protests across the world (Polish women’s, Belarusian, Palestinian, Roma and Sinti, to name just a few), as well as local and regional initiatives by minorities, migrants and refugees, we would like to bring together scholars who combine a focus on migrants or m…[Read more]
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Jessica Graybill started the topic Dobro Slovo | Reorganization and request for information in the discussion
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs many of you have heard, Dobro Slovo’s longtime Executive Secretary Professor Sandy Couch of Arizona State University has announced that he is stepping down as coordinator of the Slavic National Honors Society. We would like to express our deep gratitude for Prof Couch’s years of service. In order to continue this vital tradition, American Coun…[Read more]
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Lynda Park started the topic ASEEES Expresses Deep Concern over the Executive Order Restricting Entry into US in the discussion
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) is deeply concerned by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order of 27 January 2017, suspending entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barring Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocking entry of citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Y…[Read more]
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Lynda Park started the topic ASEEES Joins Scholars at Risk Network, Need Volunteers to Serve on New Committee in the discussion
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 6 years, 8 months agoASEEES recently joined the Scholars at Risk Network (See our press release).
We will soon be creating a Committee on Academic Freedom and Advocacy. We hope to emulate AAA’s recently established Rapid Response Network for Academic Freedom. If you are interested in the committee, please contact Lynda Park at lypark@pitt.edu or Julie Cassiday…[Read more]
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Lynda Park started the topic Action Alert! Support the NEH in the discussion
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe Trump Administration is considering elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities, along with other cultural agencies. We must let members of Congress and the White House know we strongly support federal funding for the humanities and oppose elimination of the NEH.
Go to the ASEEES Adocacy page on the action alert -…[Read more]
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Lynda Park started the topic Effective Advocacy to Government Officials in the discussion
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 6 years, 8 months agoI am starting this thread to gather resources on effective methods of advocating to Congress and other government officials. Feel free to post links and others comments.
Here is one – https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/heres-why-you-should-call-not-email-your-legislators.html
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Lynda Park created the group
Advocacy 101: How to Advocate for SEEES on ASEEES Commons 6 years, 10 months ago
