Tweet: Commitment to Stand Unified Against All Layoffs, Class Size Increases, and Cuts
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Title
Tweet: Commitment to Stand Unified Against All Layoffs, Class Size Increases, and Cuts
Description
This Rank and File Action tweet from May 2020 circulated an Open Letter against CUNY layoffs, increases to class size, and other budget cuts. The document is a representation of collective action during the pandemic and an active pushback against austerity policies, and reflects the use of social media to encourage activism during the COVID-19 crisis.
This item is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) Distance Learning Archive, a group project developed as part of Prof. Matthew K. Gold's Spring 2020 Knowledge Infrastructures seminar in the Ph.D. Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in partnership with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program. The project's goal was to resist or trouble the discourse of catastrophe around the shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by documenting the lived experiences of students, faculty, and staff across CUNY's 25 campuses. Further, the project wanted to document the moment of crisis response by taking a critical approach to educational technology.
This item is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) Distance Learning Archive, a group project developed as part of Prof. Matthew K. Gold's Spring 2020 Knowledge Infrastructures seminar in the Ph.D. Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in partnership with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program. The project's goal was to resist or trouble the discourse of catastrophe around the shift to online learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by documenting the lived experiences of students, faculty, and staff across CUNY's 25 campuses. Further, the project wanted to document the moment of crisis response by taking a critical approach to educational technology.
Creator
Rank and File Action
Source
CUNY Distance Learning Archive
Publisher
Twitter
Date
May 11, 2020
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Language
English
uri
https://twitter.com/RanknFileAction/status/1259867860513497088
Transcription
"Finally, we are launching an Open Letter for CUNY faculty and allies to SIGN AND SHARE to indicate publicly our commitment to stand unified against all layoffs, class size increases, and cuts. Link here: https://t.co/0KkmCWi867 /5
say it again, say it loud: #cutCOVIDnotCUNY !"
say it again, say it loud: #cutCOVIDnotCUNY !"
Rank and File Action. “Tweet: Commitment to Stand Unified Against All Layoffs, Class Size Increases, and Cuts”. Twitter. https://twitter.com/RanknFileAction/status/1259867860513497088, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1925