New England Contingents United

‥aka #NECUnited present an #unconference by & for #adjuncts.

❝NECUnited stands for “New England Contingents United.”  It is a yearly unconference: an open, inexpensive meeting where folks interested in higher education and contingent/adjunct workforce issues come together in sessions proposed on the spot. An unconference is to a conference what a seminar is to a lecture, what a party at your house is to a church wedding, what a pick-up game of Ultimate Frisbee is to an NBA game, what a jam band is to a symphony orchestra: it’s more informal and more participatory.❞

Read on to learn more via New England Contingents United

 

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About #mobilize4equity: Background

“Significant progress has been made by United University Professions (UUP) and other unions, disciplinary societies, the media and lately the U.S. Congressional staff to draw attention to the plight of contingent academic labor. What is needed now is a visible project to activate the nearly one million contingent teachers themselves.

Individuals and organizational leaders around the country are coming together to form a National Mobilization for Equity, whose initial effort will be to organize rallies and other public events, beginning on May Day (May 1, 2014).”

Read the rest at About National Mobilization for Equity: Background (above photo from SUNY New Paltz UUP’s 2013 MayDay $5K Rally)