Mutual Defense for Higher Ed: Organizing Across Campuses for Collective Power

As higher education faces escalating political and economic pressures, faculty and university senates are forging a new path: mutual defense pacts that unify campuses in collective resistance. What began at Rutgers has grown into a nationwide movement, with many of the Big Ten senates already adopting similar compacts. These agreements are more than symbolic—they are a strategic call to action for faculty, students, and campus workers to demand accountability, protect academic freedom, and fight back against crippling administrative overreach.

Join this timely webinar to explore the what, why, and how of mutual defense pacts—how they’re formed, what they accomplish, and how they are reshaping the landscape of higher education organizing. Speakers will share lessons from campuses already engaged in this movement, offer concrete strategies for building cross-campus solidarity, and provide tools and inspiration for collective action that can’t be ignored.

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