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Ansley Erickson

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US cities & schools, historically. Books: Making the Unequal Metropolis; Educating Harlem. Thoughts here represent me, not my employer. www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ate11 nyccivilrightshistory.org Also 🌱 🪴 and 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♀️ and I♥️NYC.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · Apr 13

I wrote about my dad, our government, and how we need each other to stay alive.

Whether Trump, Musk, and the gang think so or not.

Boulder kept my dad alive. So did the government

My father never quite understood how I could live in New York City. He always preferred Montana, open rather than dense, prairie rather than concrete. Great Falls was his birthplace,

www.boulder-monitor.com

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 10h

And again!

Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 28d

Everything is terrible but I got to write in support of tenure for a brilliant colleague who amply deserves it and will use it well. 👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉☀️☀️

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 2d

"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." @acls1919.bsky.social statement on the White House "compact" proposed to universities. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

www.acls.org

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Ashley D. Farmer @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social · 2d

RSVP here: www.ashleydfarmer.com/events

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 2d

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Aug 19

In 1977, Disabled activists occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco to demand the passage of Section 504— legislation to protect against disability discrimination.When the building was cordoned off, in an effort to starve activists out, The Black Panthers *Broke In* to deliver them hot meals.

The 504 Protests and the Black Panther Party – Disability Social History Project

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 4d

Despite growing censorship and disinformation around Black history education, Broward County’s (FL) African American Research Library and Cultural Center proudly announces the return of its CommuniVersity Series. The Black History Saturday School is returning this year. sflcn.com/free-black-h...

Free Black History Series Returns Amid Rising Censorship

Explore the importance of Black history education at the African American Research Library. Engage with experts and cultural leaders.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 5d

Join this community forum to help NPS and ASALH design a plan for National Historic Landmark designation for Black public secondary schools.

Black Public High Schools 1870-1970 Project, led by Principal Investigator Amber N. Wiley, PhD.

Graphic for Black public hS listening session. October 9 on Zoom, 6 pm CDT

Community stakeholders in various parts of the country have expressed interest in National Historic Landmark designation for Black public secondary schools. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is working with National Park Service (NPS), scholars of the history of Black secondary education, and community advocates for extant schools to develop a strategy for evaluating eligibility for this designation. This listening session, which will be recorded for research purposes only, is one of the three community engagement activities of the Black Public High Schools 1870-1970 Project, led by Principal Investigator Amber N. Wiley, PhD.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 5d

Fast casual with a claim to be good for body and mind…. Still…

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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 29d

It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.

green and yellow cover of University Keywords, ed by Andy Hines

Table of contents for University Keywords

University: An Introduction, Andy Hines

Academic Freedom, Jennifer Ruth and Ellen Schrecker
Adjunct, Heather Steffen
Admissions, Scott Gelber
Alternative Institutions, Andy Hines and Eli Meyerhoff
Athletics, Wayne L. Black
Board of Trustees, Asheesh Siddique Kapur
Budget, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra
Campus, Davarian Baldwin
Classroom, Richard Simpson
Critical University Studies, Rana M. Jaleel, Isaac Kamola, and Heather Steffen
Debt, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak
Degree, Christopher Newfield
Discipline, Vineeta Singh
Diversity, p.s. kehal
EdTech, Annie McClanahan and Louise McCune
Endowment, Dennis M. Hogan
Entrepreneurship, Jesse Goldstein

Table of contents for university keywords

Fiction, Jeffrey J. Williams
Legislation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Noncitizen Student, Abigail Boggs
Police, Yalile Suriel and Grace Watkins
Ranking, Jelena Brankovic and Stefan Wilbers
Revenue, Dan Nemser and Brian Whitener
Risk Management, Mattie Armstrong-Price
Sustainability, Kai Bosworth, Jesse Goldstein, Andy Hines, and Eli Meyerhoff
Title IX, Rana M. Jaleel
Union, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein

Appendix: Questions to Consider for Composing a Keywords Entry

Contributor Bios
Acknowledgments
Index

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 5d

Another warm-your-heart piece from my favorite NYC writer.

West Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 5d

She had one other piece of advice to offer: “Keep that smile, or you’ll get wrinkles.” www.westsiderag.com/2025/10/02/f...

Fifteen Centenarians in One Place on the Upper West Side

New York - September 30: Centenarian Celebration, The New Jewish Home, New York, NY, USA, September 30 2025. By Lily

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 5d

Honeybrains.
That is the name of a restaurant that sells food.
I am too old for here.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 5d

All work and no plays makes me a dull boy.

Playbill for The Other Americans at the Public Theater.

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 6d

The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 7d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 @allthingsisheretoo.bsky.social · 7d

Goodnight everyone! I leave you with Damien Robitaille with Gurdeep doing “Pump Up The Jam.”

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 7d

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 8d

New Yorkers, check this out! Great free public event on Harlem’s history.

@altnehgov.altgov.info #nyc #harlem

CTLEs for teachers, too! @zinnedproject.bsky.social @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social

harlemasanincubator.org

Harlem As An Incubator

Discover the cultural roots and legacy of Harlem's past.

harlemasanincubator.org

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 8d

'The Gay Harlem Renaissance,' a new art exhibition opening this fall in New York City, invites visitors to explore a lesser-known but vital chapter of the Harlem Renaissance: the queer artists, writers, and performers who helped define it. gothamist.com/news/the-gay...

'The Gay Harlem Renaissance' exhibit spotlights queer Black artists who shaped history

The New York Historical's major fall show traces the lives and legacies of LGBTQ+ figures who powered one of the most iconic movements in American culture.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 8d

How to undo the post-Nuremberg order in 74 characters. Thx, NYT

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians."