Core Skills Training
AAUP will host an Organizing Fundamentals training for academic workers on October 10 & 11 on Zoom.
UC Berkeley Labor Center: Skills to Win Training
UC Berkeley is hosting a Skills to Win training with sessions on Thursdays, 5-7pm PT, via Zoom, October 9, 16, 23, 30 and November 6, 13.
Town Hall: September 8 at 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT
Join a discussion about a national campaign for higher ed and organizing academics in public health. We’ll also talk about organizing plans for the academic year. Find the registration link in your email.
Summer Institute at Morehouse College in Atlanta: July 17–20
The 2025 Summer Institute presents a crucial opportunity for AFT and AAUP members to learn how to fight back while continuing to advance our shared vision for higher education that serves our students and our communities, drives our regional and national economies, and is truly affordable and accessible to all. All AAUP and AFT members are welcome at the Summer Institute—no experience necessary! Together, we will organize, fight, and win.
Town Hall: June 9 at 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT
Join a discussion with guest Seth Freeman, president of the Congress for Community Colleges in Connecticut (SEIU), Heather Steffen, of Faculty First Responders, and AAUP Council member Chenjerai Kumanyika on the power of organizing to face challenges in higher ed. Find the registration link in your email.
Town Hall: May 19 at 7 pm ET / 4 pm PT
Join a discussion with guest Puya Gerami and AAUP Council member Chenjerai Kumanyika on the power of organizing to face challenges in higher ed. Find the registration link in your email.
Town Hall: Building Power in Higher Ed Now with Astra Taylor
Monday, March 10
4 pm PT / 5 pm MT / 6 pm MT / 7 pm ET
AAUP Council member Chenjerai Kumanyika will host special guest Astra Taylor, to discuss what is at stake for democracy in the fight for higher education, and Rutgers AAUP-AFT organizer Trent McDonald, who will lead a discussion on practical questions around organizing workers in the STEM fields.
Observer Training: How to Support Your Colleagues in a Disciplinary Meeting
Thursday, March 13, 2025
1–2 pm ET / 12–1 pm CT / 11 am–12 pm MT / 10–11 am PT
A workshop for members of advocacy chapters and bargaining chapters. Members will look at the important steps to take when accompanying a colleague to a disciplinary meeting in a union and nonunion context.
Skills to Win Training
February 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26
4–6 pm PT / 5–7 pm MT / 6–8 pm CT / 7–9 pm ET
As we’ve seen increasing attacks against our right to teach, research, and advocate for higher education as a public good, we also know what we have to do in response: organize with even greater purpose. Groups from campuses across the country will be joining this workshop over three weeks in February, run by Jane McAlevey’s Skills to Win program and Bargaining for the Common Good. The program will help hone and develop member and leader organizing skills so that we can stand together, fight back, and build a better future for ourselves, our students, and higher education. Register here for Skills to Win.
Organize Every Campus Town Hall Feat. Eric Blanc
Hear from labor activist Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big.