2025 AAUP/AFT Summer Institute

The 2025 Summer Institute presents a crucial opportunity for AFT and AAUP members to learn how to fight back while continuing to advance our shared vision for higher education that serves our students and our communities, drives our regional and national economies, and is truly affordable and accessible to all. We are bringing the Summer Institute to Morehouse College, a historically Black institution, in order to emphasize our continued commitments to racial equity, highlight the ongoing and meaningful role that HBIs play in the realization of our national democratic ideals, and recognize the organizing being done by scholars of color.

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Join us in Atlanta, where you will learn how to organize, communicate, and advocate strategically in the company of other higher ed activists. The skills you learn in the Summer Institute’s workshops and trainings will help you defend your coworkers, students, campus, and profession. We will discuss local organizing campaigns on both individual campuses and big-picture, nationwide strategies for winning just and equitable higher education across the sector. For those who are able to arrive on Wednesday, we will be offering a one-day Skills to Win workshop on Thursday, July 17, that will introduce members to basic organizing techniques. For those who are able to stay through Sunday, July 20, we will be offering a mass mobilization and direct action training to provide us all with the tools we need to help build a movement to truly realize our vision for higher education and democracy.

All AAUP and AFT members are welcome at the Summer Institute—no experience necessary! Together, we will organize, fight, and win.

Register here.