Zoom Meeting, Wednesday October 21, 7PM
Preceded by New Caucus Business Meeting at 6:30PM

Following up on our Aug. 31 meeting on the struggle against racist practices at CUNY, the New Caucus of the Professional Staff Congress – CUNY will hold a second session on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 21 focusing specifically on bullying and micro-aggression in the workplace. That date coincides with the National Bullying Prevention Center’s Unity Day. Speakers from the PSC will be joined by Professors Angie Beeman (Baruch) and Tsedale Melaku (Baruch, Graduate Center) who recently co-authored Academia Isn’t a Safe Haven for Conversations About Race and Racism.

Tentative Topics of Discussion:
1. Aggression against Faculty, Higher Education Officers, and College Lab Techs
2. What are the current official and non-official methods of response and recourse?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of current contractual provisions on these matters?
4. Next steps

As on Aug. 31 and our earlier panel on Bargaining for the Common Good, we anticipate moderated panel presentations followed by discussion from the “floor.”