CUFA 2026 - Call for Proposals YouTube video by CUFA Executive Board

The call is available in both text & video with support from 720 films. Check it out & share with widely!

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The 2026 CUFA Program Chairs are excited to share the call for proposals with members & the broader #socialstudies community: Continuities, Countercurrents, & Change in Social Studies.

Proposals will be due April 13, 2026, 11:59pm Hawaii Standard Time. Submissions go live March 6!

🗣️ Hey everyone, we wanted to give y'all a heads up ... be on the lookout!! We will post here and other social media outlets, the listserv, and try to get it out via the emails we have access to (because we know not everyone is active on social media)!

Government Relations/Public Relations: Betsy Barrow (Georgia Southern University)
Nominations: Abigail Stebbins (The Ohio State University)
DEI: Yianella Blanco (UC Davis)
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Hi 👋🏾 everyone! We would like to thank the following people 🙏🏾😃 for agreeing to represent CUFA on the following NCSS operating committees.
International Visitors: Hana Jun (Valparaiso University)
Membership: Michael Joseph (Texas Tech University)
Archives: Tim Patterson (Temple University)
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🗣️ Calling for volunteers! We are seeking volunteers to represent CUFA in the following NCSS committees through June 30, 2026: Archives, Government Relations/Public Relations, Nominations, International Visitors, Membership, and DEI

If you are interested, please contact delandrea.hall@unt.edu ASAP.

Free DC

Visit freedcproject.org to learn more about ways to make good trouble in the fight for home rule

The closing conversation of CUFA is happening! ”In Pursuit of Power and Possibility: Organizing for Statehood in Washington, D.C featuring @freedcproject.bsky.social activists.

CUFA 2025: Troubling Democracy Examining Power and Possibilities in the Pursuit of More Abolitionist Futures! A Reading List 

Interested in learning more about abolition, DC history, and our
keynote speakers? Check out our CUFA 2025 book list and order directly
from this link to support a local bookstore, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, through Bookshop: bit.ly/4ozxpQr

We hope your Day ONE experience was generous and generative. Welcome to Day TWO!

Day Two of CUFA features more opportunities to engage around our conference themes of abolition, with sessions beginning at 8:45.

CUFA 2025 is going! Day One is here. We are looking forward to the dynamic sessions that will expand our perspectives and practices. This is a space for critical dialogue, bold ideas, and fostering a community that will inspire and sustain us!

Join Motherscholars Forum at 8pm tonight at Calico DC for a welcome social! Apps are provided and a cash bar is available.

If you're navigating the NCSS app give it a quick refresh and you should see CUFA session times that align with those in the program spreadsheet on the CUFA 2025 website. See you soon!

As you set your intentions for CUFA 2025 we encourage you to revisit the themes shared in the CFP: trouble, power, pursuit, possibility. How are these themes present in your work? How might these themes spark dialogue? Consider how these themes shape your agency & activism beyond the conference.

For many of you we know that today marks the beginning of your CUFA experience. We hope your travel is safe and secure as you make your way to D.C.! Got a layover? Check out the program at either the CUFA Website or Conference app for more information about all of our sessions.

In this panel discussion titled, In Pursuit of Power and Possibility: Organizing for Statehood in Washington, DC, organizers will speak about the history of the Home Rule movement and current organizing efforts in the city. You don’t want to miss this!

We are truly looking forward to the closing keynote of the 2025 CUFA Annual Conference. Join us on Thursday, 12/4 at 5pm directly following the business meeting in room 201 of the convention center for an engaging and powerful panel with local organizers from FreeDC!

Class Action: Education and Opportunity in the Nation’s Capital A family friendly exhibition inviting you to explore how DC’s Black communities advocated tirelessly to open up educational opportunities for their children.

For more about the DC History Museum and the featured exhibit: dchistory.org/class-action/

This exhibit features old fashioned chalkboards, a library nook, and playful vintage furniture. A family friendly exhibition that will invite you to explore how DC’s Black communities advocated tirelessly to open up educational opportunities to their children.

Hang with CUFA friends and colleagues and explore the new exhibition titled, Class Action: Education and Opportunity in the Nation’s Capital.

Before you finalize your dinner plans with friends, make sure to stop by the CUFA reception on Wednesday at 6:00pm! Join us at DC History Center for a chance to fellowship with one another with light hors d'oeuvres, drink ticket for early arrivals (non alcoholic beverages will be available)

CUFA Chair Report October 2025 CUFA Chair Report October 2025 Greetings CUFA Community! Here are some updates that emerged from the October 2025 CUFA Executive Board Meeting: Upcoming Conference Just one month remains between n...

Greetings CUFA Community--here's the link to access the October 2025 CUFA Chair Report [Sorry it's a little late :)]. I look forward to seeing you in DC next month!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

...Start the day with a powerful conversation and enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast.

We are excited to open the 2025 CUFA Conference with Dr. Elizabeth Rule on 12/3 at 8am in Rm 201 of the convention center. Dr. Rule will lead us in a discussion titled, From Land Acknowledgement to Land Back: Capital Context for a National Movement facilitated by our very own Dr. Sarah Shear...

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From the Conference Planners: We are looking for additional people to serve as chair/discussants for sessions. If you are interested, please email cufaconference25@gmail.com

Obituary for Mark Helmsing | Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel Share memories & support the family

For more about Dr. Helmsing, please see this lovely tribute shared by his family: www.waskoms.com/obituary/Mar...

From the Conference Planning Team: We want to acknowledge the recent passing of Dr. Mark Helmsing, a beloved member of the CUFA community. Our thoughts are with all who loved and cared for him. We hope that our time together in December can serve as a space to honor Mark’s memory.

Jillian Ford Obituary (1978 - 2025) - Legacy Remembers View Jillian Carter Ford's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

...We hope that our time together in December can serve to honor Jillian’s memory. For more about Dr. Ford, please visit this touching tribute crafted by her family: www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

...or what Joy James (2023) calls agape - revolutionary “love as political will and communal care and protections” (p. 9). She ensured that the CUFA 2025 conference space would aim to be, as she wrote, “a radical site of community resistance where we can reimagine democratic possibilities”...

...As we worked with Jillian to develop the call for proposals for the upcoming conference, she continually reminded us to center love and care in our calls for abolition...