As Justice Brown Jackson wrote in her dissent today, “deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.” Institutional racism exists. It must be combatted. I urge colleges and universities to remain committed to recruiting and enrolling students of color.

Our founder and director Diya Abdo's new book, American Refuge, is nominated! Voting closes July 7!

Exciting expansion of the Welcome Corps! Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is empowering Americans to welcome refugee students through the Welcome Corps on Campus. Together, U.S. students, staff, faculty and higher education leaders can strengthen campus communities. Join us! welcomecorps.org/campus

The Southwest Bakes With More Heat on the Way nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/…

New York's old rainfall record stood for 150 years until 2021, and has now been broken three times. Hot air holds more water vapor than cold; flooding follows fossil fuel combustion as night follows day.

This is a cool The New York Times feature: How Electricity Is Changing Around the World nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Meet the 3 women petitioners who fought for Bilkis Bano's justice 👇 The #SupremeCourt on Dec 8 struck down relief granted by #Gujarat govt in Aug 2022 to 11 men who were sentenced to life for the gangrape of #BilkisBano and murder of her family members during the 2002 riots,

For Norway to sanction deep sea mining is beyond appalling. Fossil fuels have made it very rich with a sovereign wealth fund that will provide for its citizens for generations. What more do they need? Why should poor countries act responsibly when the richest do this?

If you are researching on caste and looking for a postdoc fellowship: Two Postdoc fellowships in Critical Caste Studies academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26885

Tapestry Farms first approached St. Ambrose University about partnering to establish themselves as an ECAR Chapter. Last year, St. Ambrose, welcomed their first family. Learn more about how St. Ambrose University and Tapestry Farms first connected here: sauthebuzz.com/st-ambrose-uni…

On 2/15, Diya Abdo will deliver a virtual talk titled, "Re-envisioning Campuses as Refuge" where she will address the inspiration & the need for continuation ECAR, logistics of becoming a resettlement campus, & proposed training sessions. Learn more below! sites.udmercy.edu/campusconnecti…

Haruki Murakami:

Join ECAR founder, Diya Abdo, Russell Sage College ECAR chapter lead, Ali Schaeffing, & Hudson Valley Community College ECAR chapter program coordinator, Catherine Willis, on 2/28 at 10AM ET for a webinar. 📷Learn more and register here: rockinst.org/rig-events/web…

SAVE THE DATE: May 25, 2024, Selma, CA. 9 am - 3 pm. FREE #Newcomer workshop presented by .Efraín Tovar, M.A.Ed . "Unlocking Potential: Empowering Teachers to Champion Newcomer Students". Space is limited, with only 24 seats available. Reg. details coming soon! #WeCANN #SpringCUE

No matter how desperately you want to escape a feeling, there's no easy or shorter way out. You have to go through the beats of it, navigate the highs and lows, lament, crib, sleep, walk through it, and finally, at some point, you will have gone way past it without even noticing.

Can't wait for this conversation with Diya Abdo about her book and the stories of refugees hosted by Every Campus A Refuge Chapter Guilford College.

Happy #AmbedkarJayanti! Here are 14 books you can read to learn more about his life and philosophy: scroll.in/article/106651…

Upper caste is 15.5% of the population (going by the Bihar caste survey) but 88.4% of the total billionaire wealth in the country belongs to those from the upper-caste communities. OBC share is of 9%, SC of 2.6% and ST is zero.

Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy | Meena Kandasamy | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Melbourne Uni has curated a collection of Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers & Thought & Practices from the Global South of 677 items. Two years in the making. Humbled to feature in it; can't believe my luck to share space w/ folk I hold in high esteem. omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-…