We All Hate AI, but if You’re Poor, It Can Really Ruin Your Life Debt collection. Parole decisions. Oversight of public services. It’s all being outsourced to AI, with terrible consequences for poor people.

“Today, debt collectors use AI to hound people via phone, e-mail, and chatbots.” - The Nation Magazine

https://ow.ly/7VOH50YKwVv

Nearly a Century Ago, San Diego County Residents Fought School Segregation. Here’s Why It’s Important Today. - California Faculty Association Dr. Ana Celia Zentella, Professor Emerita Ethnic Studies UCSD and Dr. Robert R. Alvarez, Jr. Professor Emeritus Ethnic Studies UCSD and son of Roberto

Nearly a Century Ago, San Diego County Residents Fought School Segregation. Here’s Why It’s Important Today. 👇🏽

www.calfac.org/nearly-a-century-ago-san...

We call on CSUN administration to align its practices with its values & to meet the coalition’s demands to eliminate anti-Black & anti-student policing. We demand action.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/hands-off-stud...

Group photo of Native and Indigenous Caucus members during a Tribal College visit at Sacramento State's Center.

CFA members of the Native American and Indigenous Peoples Caucus (NAIPC) participated in a powerful & grounding visit to Sac State’s Wileety Native American College, the first of its kind in the CSU system.

More: www.calfac.org/native-and-indigenous-caucus-hold-tribal-college-visit-and-lobby-days/

Labor Watch: NYU, Portland College Strike and Win Plus, Illinois faculty go on strike and the California State University faculty union mocks Chancellor Mildred García with a “Let Them Eat Cake” rally.

“A union member donned a pink dress and white wig and stole books from students, replacing them with cupcakes, a reference to Marie Antoinette’s alleged proclamation that starving peasants should simply eat cake if there was no bread.” - Inside Higher Ed

https://ow.ly/qX4q50YKwja

Workers taking action will decide what comes from this moment in history.

This May 1st, we'll be outside. Across the state. You should be too.

www.camayday2026.org

CSU Northridge Coalition Protests Anti-Black, Anti-Student Policing After Campus President Beck Fails to Respond to Demands www.calfac.org/csu-northridge-coalition...

Jury acquits CSU lecturer accused of throwing tear gas at federal immigration officers Jonathan Caravello, a philosophy lecturer at Cal State Channel Islands, was arrested while protesting a raid at a licensed cannabis farm in Ventura county last summer.

“A Cal State University lecturer charged with assaulting federal officers with tear gas was acquitted on Thursday.” - LAist

https://ow.ly/ntv550YKwbi

CSU East Bay Spanish Degree Program Granted Additional Time After Collective Efforts Led by Spanish Professor’s Commitment to Students www.calfac.org/csu-east-bay-spanish-deg...

Trump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students The Education Department said there was no precedent for the federal government terminating settlements stemming from civil rights investigations into schools.

“The Trump administration on Monday will terminate multiple civil rights settlements aimed at ensuring transgender students’ rights to equal opportunity to an education.” - The New York Times

https://ow.ly/3ZZJ50YGGXo

Imagine a system that took care of its people: a system that invested in education, healthcare, infrastructure, and opportunities for all- not just for the ones on top. #TaxTheRich

2 CSU Campuses Receive $77M to Support Mental Health in L.A. The Ballmer Group has donated $77 million to two California State University campuses to improve mental health services in the Los Angeles area.

“The Ballmer Group has donated $77 million to two CSU campuses to improve mental health services in the Los Angeles area. The investment company awarded $48 million to Cal State LA to train more than 1,000 new counselors and social workers. - Inside Higher Ed

https://ow.ly/n9RW50YGGQs

Cal State students widely use AI tools, but mistrust results and fear job impact Educators want a say in how and which AI tools are used, and students want to be included in those discussions.

“Nationwide, university faculty struggle to reconcile the learning benefits of AI and the risks that students will depend on AI agents to do their thinking for them and, very possibly, get the wrong information.” - EdSource

https://ow.ly/BrIv50YGGMx

Attention CFA Counselor Faculty: Come join us for our social hour next week!
🕑 Friday, April 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM
📍 Hilton Orange County / Costa Mesa
Open to CFA members, not a member? You can join today! www.calfac.org/join-cfa #CounselorsRock

The DEI Debacle BY NIMISHA BARTON Following the infamous “Dear Colleague” letter sent out by the Department of Education in February 2025, colleges and universities rushed to shutter diversity, equity, and inclusi…

“As various segments of our civil society bow to the pressure of the Trump administration, universities represent one of the last institutions of civil society capable of standing up against the hollowing out of American democracy." - AAUP

https://ow.ly/uQJv50YGGiL

Happy Dolores Huerta Day.

We celebrate our fierce organizer, civil rights leader and social justice champion. Thank you for your relentless advocacy to protect students, workers and our immigrant communities.

¡Sí se puede!

Acuña never let his colleagues forget that the primary reasons they were in the university were teaching and students, not themselves, their published work, or their research.

Rest in Power Rudy, you will be missed dearly. 🕊️
https://ow.ly/iuwH50YGJ8h

BREAKING: JURY FINDS PROFESSOR CARAVELLO NOT GUILTY!

While some justice was restored by the jury’s decision, the beatings, the surveillance, and the trauma that John and others across the state and nation have had to endure cannot be ignored. #ICEOUT

Families, union workers bracing for a crippling, historic LAUSD strike in exactly one week A multi-union strike on April 14 would certainly close LAUSD campuses. But there might be enough staff to operate regional child-care hubs.

“Los Angeles schools are one week away from a historic employee walkout — which for the first time would involve three major unions representing teachers, most non-teaching staff and school administrators, including principals and assistant principals.” - Los Angeles Times

https://ow.ly/wTH950YGG7u

Informational poster for CFA Leadership Academy offering union leadership development and social justice training over three days in April.

Let’s Build Power and Strengthen Our Union 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Register for the CFA Leadership Academy to understand our own structures, decision-making processes, and collective power. Must be a CFA member to attend.

Register now: https://bit.ly/CFAAcademy

The attacks on educators, particularly around issues of free speech, are not going to decrease, and it is unlikely that John will be the only or last CFA activist/member impacted. Let’s come together tomorrow – verdict day – to support John! #DroptheCharges

🙌 FACULTY WIN: 21 CSU Long Beach Lecturers Become Tenure-Line Faculty After 10-Year Fight

https://ow.ly/nJoZ50YGIeM

Rodolfo “Rudy” Acuña dies; author, activist, historian and godfather of Chicano studies in the U.S Rodolfo “Rudy” Acuña dies. The Chicano studies pioneer was an author, activist and educator

“From street protests to campus debates, in writings and speeches, the son of Mexican immigrants made a career out of fighting: for his students, against racism in higher education and society and especially to promote and preserve Chicano studies.” - Los Angeles Times

https://ow.ly/VG8B50YCrl9

Editorial | Penn has an AI problem The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board argues that Penn’s choice to embrace AI is detrimental to the institution of higher education. 

“In its tireless support for AI, the University has essentially endorsed shortcuts and the outsourcing of academic thinking, threatening the very freedom of inquiry and open expression it claims to promote." - The Daily Pennsylvanian

https://ow.ly/qgFL50YCreF

We’ve got folks at the trial and will provide updates as we learn more. Thank you for checking in!

TPM Factfinding Complete; CFA Will Continue Fighting for Faculty - California Faculty Association We write with a pressing update: Factfinding on our bargaining with the CSU over the Interim Time, Place and Manner (TPM)

CFA has fought hard for over a year for faculty’s longstanding rights. Now, we expect the CSU to soon impose its last, best, and final concessions on the controversial policy that regulates speech and expression on CSU campuses.

Full details: www.calfac.org/tpm-factfind...

TPM Factfinding Complete; CFA Will Continue Fighting for Faculty - California Faculty Association We write with a pressing update: Factfinding on our bargaining with the CSU over the Interim Time, Place and Manner (TPM)

📬We write with a pressing update: Factfinding on our bargaining with the CSU over the Interim Time, Place and Manner (TPM) policy concluded with the release of the report and recommendations for settlement on March 27.

www.calfac.org/tpm-factfind...

CSU Chancellor earns $87,000 off Board position annually, while the same company ‘partners’ with the CSU In the early days of the fall 2025 semester, the California State University officially partnered with Educational Testing Services (ETS) and their program FutureNav Compass – FutureNav Compass is an Artificial Intelligence tool that helps student workers get jobs and create career plans in their field of interest. However, they did not widely disclose that

“The CSU partnered with ETS and their program FutureNav Compass, an AI tool that helps student workers get jobs and create career plans in their field of interest. The chancellor is actively a board member, where she makes up to $87,000 a year.” - CSULA University Times

https://ow.ly/yePp50YCr61

Admin Raises Outpace Inflation While Faculty Salaries Lag New data from CUPA-HR shows that all higher ed employees earn less than they did prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For the third year in a row, higher education administrators, professionals and staff received pay increases that outpaced inflation. Meanwhile, tenure-track faculty haven’t seen a real-dollar salary increase in over a decade.” - Inside Higher Ed

https://ow.ly/Wq6w50YCr4j

Sonoma State CFA Members Honor Coaching, Organizing Powerhouse Marcus Ziemer - California Faculty Association CFA members remember the late Marcus Ziemer as a vigorous, gregarious, and organized leader who coached Sonoma

Rest in Power, Marcus🥺🤍
Sonoma State CFA Members Honor Coaching, Organizing Powerhouse Marcus Ziemer www.calfac.org/sonoma-state-cfa-members-honor-coaching-organizing-powerhouse-marcus-ziemer/