AltNCA Comes to UDC: How Should Academic Associations “Fight for Humanity”?

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https://doi.org/10.7275/democratic-communique.1687

Abstract

Taking UDC’s 2018 conference theme as a prompt, I put together a panel asking participants, “How Should Academic Associations ‘Fight for Humanity’?” after organizing alternative accommodations for NCA’s (National Communication Association) 103rd convention because of a boycott of Texas, the host state. Immigration activists and the State of California were boycotting Texas anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ laws, respectively. As organizing this alternative convention moved forward, and indeed, at the convention itself, I found myself asking the same questions that inspired UDC’s founding three decades ago: What is an academic association for? How can an academic association politically mobilize through a union of radical scholars to work for justice, equity, and peace?This essay engages these questions and asks UDC members to build a solidarity network to support each other in the fight for humanity.

Recommended Citation

(2019) "AltNCA Comes to UDC: How Should Academic Associations “Fight for Humanity”?," Democratic Communiqué: Vol. 28: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/democratic-communique.1687
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/democratic-communique/vol28/iss1/5