Campaigns
The Union is focused on multiple campaigns. Different members and branches engage with these campaigns in context-specific ways. The Union also has working groups focused on cross-cutting priorities.
Fossil Fuel Phaseout - Get Universities to Endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Resources for this campaign here
Resisting Big Tech, AI and Data Centres in Higher Education Insitutions
Resources for this campaign here
Working Groups:
Scholar‑Activism
Contact: John Barry
Irish Higher Education Policy
Contact: Sam Fahy
Tech Justice
Contact: Colm O'Neill
Resisting AI
Contact: Amy Woodson-Boulton, amy.woodson-boulton@lmu.edu
Resisting Corporate Power and Influence
Contact: Jennie Stephens
Shared governance/Campus Policies
Contact: Mary Finley-Brook, mbrook@richmond.edu
Irish language and culture
Contact: Peadar Kirby
Food Justice and Food Policy
This working group is looking for a point of contact. Please get in touch if you would like to take this up!
International Climate and Aviation Working Group
The longstanding university #flyingless initiative is now a new international working group. See the website flyingless.org, which has a petition, blog, and frequently asked questions (FAQ). Our approach is strategic not personal: we petition universities to include aviation fully in their annual greenhouse gas inventories and to set goals and measure progress toward reduction. The co-organizers are Joe Nevins <jonevins@vassar.edu> and Parke Wilde <parke.wilde@tufts.edu>. We will have a friendly informal online meeting 13 July (2pm Eastern, 8pm France), please find the Zoom link here. This may lead to more regular quarterly meetings in the future if there is interest.
