American Association of University Professors @ Colorado State University

Faculty councils across Colorado have voted to form a mutual defense compact to protect public colleges and universities from federal attacks. As the Trump administration seeks to reshape American higher education, “faculty councils, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the state are going to continue to act in concert to communicate and oppose these changes,” says AAUP-CSU President Mary Van Buren. “But it’s up to the [university] administrations to really make this effective.”

Read the full Chalkbeat story here.

AAUP-CSU’s November 2025 Newsletter is now available (click here!). Get the details for the the AAUP Day of Higher Ed this Friday, Nov. 7. We’re participating in a student demonstration and hosting a free screening of The Librarians. You can also read about our recent actions on campus and in the community, see the results of a recent national poll to see how people feel about the Trump administration’s interference with higher ed (spoiler alert: people don’t support it!), and learn about resources available to members of AAUP National. Please distribute the newsletter to all your colleagues, friends, and family and join us at this Wednesday’s (Nov. 5) general meeting, 4:30-5:30 pm, at Avogadro’s Number.

In partnership with more than a dozen other local groups, AAUP-CSU will be participating in the AAUP National Day of Action for Higher Education on November 7.

Planned events:

• Thursday, Nov 6, Sign-Making Party, 5:00pm – 7:00pm, CSU Pavilion (map here).
• Friday, Nov 7, 10am – 2pm — Several tables will be collecting mutual aid donations from local organizations. (A list of organizations will be added soon). With this week’s major reduction of SNAP benefits, thousands in our community (especially families and students) are potentially facing an immediate increase in food insecurity that will also affecting their ability to pay for housing, medical care, and educational expenses. Please work with your neighbors to collect and bring donations to distribute among the community, and come to the rally to learn about how you can support these groups through volunteering or financial contributions. The following types of donations are especially needed:
  • non-perishable food, hygiene, and first aid products
  • warm jackets, socks, hats
  • camping gear
• Community action tables on the LSC Plaza. From 10am-2pm, more than a dozen groups will have tables to distribute information on small actions that can make a big difference to protect higher education. Come by the AAUP-CSU table to complete a postcard asking CSU administration to take a stand to support academic freedom, to protect free speech, and to maintain student support centers.
• Free Movie. At 6:30pm in the evening on November 7th, we are hosting a special screening of the acclaimed documentary The Librarians (click the link to watch the trailer). The film will be shown at CSU in Behavioral Sciences Building in room A101. Tickets are Free with Registration HERE.

Partnering Organizations:

Check back frequently, as this list will continue to expand. If you wish to have a table at the event, please complete the form here (with logo – requires Gmail account or without logo – no Gmail required)

• American Association of University Professors, CSU Branch, https://aaupcsu.org
• Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (CoWINS), https://www.coloradowins.org/
• Cripple Punk Alliance
• Food Not Bombs, Fort Collins
• Indivisible Northern Colorado, https://www.indivisiblenoco.com/
• League of Women Voters of Larimer County, https://www.lwv-larimercounty.org/
• Northern Colorado Alliance for a Livable Future, https://ncalf.org
• NoCo4Palestine, https://NoCo4Palestine.com
• Partners for Peace, https://ncalf.org
• The People United
• Planned Parenthood
• Rams Against Hunger, https://lsc.colostate.edu/slice/community-engagement/rams-against-hunger/
• Rams for Reproductive Rights
• Rubble Art Collective, http://rubbleartcollective.com/
• STEM Interdisciplinary Rams Alliance, https://stemira.org/
• Street Medic Group
• Students for Emancipation and Social Liberation
• Students for Justice in Palestine
• United Campus Workers, CSU, https://www.ucwcolorado.org/csu
• Young Democrats, https://youngdemscsu.webflow.io
• Young Democratic Socialists of America

Specific Needs for Mutual Aid Donations:

• First aid supplies:
  • band-aids,
  • mini bacitracin packets,
  • hand-warmers,
  • emergency blankets,
  • individual packs of ibuprofen or acetaminophen,
  • etc.
• Winter Clothing:
  • Socks
  • Jackets
  • Hats
• Hygiene products:
  • soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotions
  • brushes, combs
  • toothbrushes, toothpaste
  • deodorant
  • wet-wipes
  • lip-balm
  • tampons and pads
  • Razors, shaving cream
  • hand sanitizer
  • nail clippers
• Camping Supplies:
  • sleeping bags
  • tents
  • sleeping pads
  • tarps

More information coming soon!

AAUP-CSU and YDSA are Collaborating to Offer a Free Screening of the Acclaimed Film the Librarians

11/07/25 | CSU | 6:30pm

Behavioral Sciences Building A101

Doors open at 6:00pm; Unclaimed seats released at 6:20pm; Film starts at 6:30pm

Tickets are Free with Registration HERE.

As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.

Join the CSU chapters of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) for this free screening.

Arrive early to learn more about local efforts to support academic freedom and resist partisan attempts to control research, teaching, and student support at CSU.

Nearest Parking (Free after 4pm, no permit required) just east of the building (map here) and at the South College Parking Garage (map here).

Starbucks Workers United in Colorado ask community members to support unionized Starbucks workers as they fight for the first national fast food service union contract in the United States.

Here are some basic facts about the fight they are up against:

• $68 Million – The amount of daily profit Starbucks makes
• $25 billion – Starbucks’ annual profit last year.
• 6,666 – How many times more CEO Brian Niccol makes a year than his barista
• Less than $20,000 – The annual salary of a median Starbucks barista.
• Less than 0.5% – The percentage of profits baristas are asking for in their economic proposals.

This fall and winter, the campaign is heating up across the country and starting with more than 70 practice pickets nationwide. Each picket will have off-the-clock workers from surrounding area union shops, all standing together as one. This action is just one step in an escalation that will build toward Workers United’s biggest strike in over 100 years. We need support now, more than ever, as we force Starbucks back to the bargaining table. But this fight isn’t just for baristas; it’s a rallying cry to labor members and allies everywhere to take a stand against injustice and oligarchy.

Workers United is calling on all our local allies to stand with this October 26 from 10 AM-12 PM on our Mega Practice Picket line outside the College and Stuart Starbucks (1708 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525-1009). “We would love to have members of other labor unions, along with allies, there to help us make Fort Collins practice picket the biggest and loudest, so Brian Niccol can hear us all the way from his new $100 million office in California!” Michael Wilkins (michael.wilkins@workers-united.org).