The newly formed UAB chapter of ACCR is holding its second meeting this week. The ACCR is a group of citizens united in advocacy for a reformed state constitution. Our allegedly "sweet" home's constitution is thick and sticky with racist, outdated laws, including the foundations of a tax system that regressively and negatively impacts the poor and a stipulation that mandates that statewide votes be counted in order to change legislation. The student film "It's a Thick Book" demonstrates both the structural violence carried out against already marginalized populations because of our constitution and also the irrelevance of our constitution to the reality of our biologically and culturally diverse state. Watch the film for free here, or here with a free teaching guide. Details about the UAB ACCR meeting are below:
Hello everyone!
I hope you are all having a great Spring semester and enjoying this gracious weather. As you will read on the attached flier, we are having our first ACCR event of the semester this Thursday night at 7pm in HHB 106. This meeting is not only for UAB students, but for the surrounding community as well. We want these meetings to provide an open forum for discussion and encourage positive action within our city. Would you mind forwarding the event flier out to friends, students, faculty, staff, and anyone that you think would be interested in actively supporting our struggle for a new state constitution?
We will be viewing a short film, Open Secret, which I had the pleasure of viewing at the American Association of University Women conference this fall. Using the actual transcripts from the 1901 Constitutional Convention as the basis of script, the film very adequately illustrates the cultural, racial, and political biases that comprise the legislative foundation of our great state. We will also be discussing the next step in solidifying ACCR's presence on UAB's campus.
Thank you for your support, and I hope to see you all there!
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