See below for information about CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education, a new organizing infrastructure intended to address current political and economic conditions in our sector. -- Emily Drabinski Associate Professor and Chair Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Queens College, City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Queens, NY 11367-1597 718-997-3629 Book time with Emily Drabinski <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/649fc09718224602acdaac0cd5a0e57c@qc.cuny.edu?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=pcard> From: UFS and FGL discussion list <UFS-FGL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM To: UFS-FGL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU <UFS-FGL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Dear Colleagues, We write to introduce you to the CUNY Alliance to Defend Higher Education<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/__;!!PxiZbSOawA!Nl0_GXWqVvBNrpuxAWo2FBSPcfkW9NStPOUmmZ12Nehc8FjFyp9TN5jHSqhAivSRhsBgL6IcQFUXas5i0PZtQ7KJ$> [CADHE], a newly formed group of faculty and staff organizing responses to attacks by the federal government on the curriculum and policies at our university and higher education more broadly. Our first initiative is to lobby the central administration at CUNY to adopt a mutual academic defense compact. You might have heard about the mutual academic defense compacts (or MADCs) being established by other university systems<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.standtogetherhighered.org/mutual-academic-defense-compacts__;!!PxiZbSOawA!Nl0_GXWqVvBNrpuxAWo2FBSPcfkW9NStPOUmmZ12Nehc8FjFyp9TN5jHSqhAivSRhsBgL6IcQFUXas5i0EKYGUFY$>, most notably by the Big 10 universities. Nearly every CUNY campus senate and the University Faculty Senate passed MADCs last academic year<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/cunyufs/committees/senate/councils/faculty-governance-leaders/compacts-madcs/__;!!PxiZbSOawA!Nl0_GXWqVvBNrpuxAWo2FBSPcfkW9NStPOUmmZ12Nehc8FjFyp9TN5jHSqhAivSRhsBgL6IcQFUXas5i0JQD5g7o$>, and we are working to persuade the Chancellor and Board of Trustees to adopt a university-wide compact. If you would like to learn more about who we are and our perspective please visit our website<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/__;!!PxiZbSOawA!Nl0_GXWqVvBNrpuxAWo2FBSPcfkW9NStPOUmmZ12Nehc8FjFyp9TN5jHSqhAivSRhsBgL6IcQFUXas5i0PZtQ7KJ$> and consider signing up for our mailing list and getting involved<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cadhe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/get-involved-stay-informed/__;!!PxiZbSOawA!Nl0_GXWqVvBNrpuxAWo2FBSPcfkW9NStPOUmmZ12Nehc8FjFyp9TN5jHSqhAivSRhsBgL6IcQFUXas5i0JPNoJCG$>. In solidarity, CADHE Organizing Committee Cristina Bruns, LaGuardia Community College Sarah E. Chinn, Hunter College Jonathan Cornick, Queensborough Community College Beth Evans, Brooklyn College Paul Fess, LaGuardia Community College Jean Halley, College of Staten Island Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College Karen Kaplowitz, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Joel Kuszai, Queensborough Community College Douglas A. Medina, Guttman Community College Hillary Miller, Queens College Mojúbàolú Olúfunké Okome, Brooklyn College Philip A. Pecorino, Queensborough Community College Larissa Swedell, Queens College Emily Sohmer Tai, Queensborough Community College Karen Weingarten, Queens College Michael W. Yarbrough, John Jay College of Criminal Justice "Ma la vita a New York è estremamente dispendiosa ed ardua. Occorrono nervi d'acciaio, dosi di pazienza all'infinito e MOLTI DOLLARI." Fortunato Depero in New York to F.T. Marinetti, 31 October 1929. *********************************************