Statement on Anti-racism and social justice demands from the CFA

September 9, 2020
California Faculty Association

In the following pages, CFA lays out a set of demands and justifications for those that center on redress for systemic anti-Black racism in the CSU.  We are purposefully centering demands around Black issues.  However, we want to make clear that as we deepen and extend our Anti-Racism Social Justice work, we will attend to the specific needs of the particular communities we serve rather than subsuming these under a general category like “people of color.” For example, we began our anti-racism work during this COVID-19 pandemic with a webinar and watch party to highlight and raise consciousness and advocacy around the sharp increase in racism and violence against Asian and Pacific Islander communities.  We will continue to work in this vein, drawing upon the wisdom and voices of CFA’s Caucuses that are associated with the Council for Racial and Social Justice to address their particular conditions and needs. 

Read the full statement.