Do Your “Best Work” and Vote for Academic Freedom

In the words of Harvard alumnus W.E.B. DuBois, “It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year.” Today, and every day until November 3, we should be encouraging those we know to vote in this critical election. We hope you cast a vote for academic freedom. In the view of Crimson Courage, this includes:

• working for college affordability

• fostering diversity in perspectives and backgrounds

• demanding free speech in the classroom

• fighting for the constitutional rights of students, faculty, and researchers

We've developed a set of questions to ask candidates and incumbents (and guidance on asking them) to learn where they stand. Please join us in collecting this crucial information.

Voting is an empowering moment of clear intent. You can be confident that, whatever the outcome, you have done your part in maintaining the civic health of this precious experiment, which, even at age two-hundred-fifty, remains a work in progress.