Defeat the Takeover 101
The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors — a small group with powerful political allies — are trying to remake and resegregate the University. The Board is working at the behest of federal agents to steal this University from whom it belongs — the people of Virginia. The Board is concentrating their power by eroding UVA traditions of shared governance and student self governance. They are stealing decision-making authority from the people who work and study here — the very people who make UVA a world-class institution of higher learning.
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni have all said NO! — with the Student Council, Faculty Senate, and General Faculty Council passing resolutions of “No Confidence” in the Board.
What does all this mean? — What are the stakes? — How does this affect you? — How does this relate to what has happened in the past? — What can we do to protect ourselves and others in this community?
Want answers to these questions? Come to our Labor Day Teach-In!
Civil Rights and Higher Education
Mary Bauer, Executive Director, ACLU–Virginia
What Is Shared Governance?
Walt Heinecke, Associate Professor of Education Leadership, Foundations and Policy, University of Virginia
The Role of Students Today
Eli Weinger and CJ Ackerman-Garvin, University of Virginia
When: 12–1 pm on Monday September 1, 2025
Where: The grass in front of Monroe Hill House, near Monroe Hall
Who: This event is co-organized by UVA Queer Student Union (QSU), Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Students for Equity and Reform in Virginia (SERV), UpRise! Creative Collective C’Ville, Indivisible Charlottesville, and the UVA Chapters of the UCWVA and AAUP.
In the News
Student and staff organizations host Labor Day Teach-In protest, Lauren Seeliger, The Cavalier Daily, September 3, 2025
Labor Day at UVA, Sandy Hausman, Radio IQ, September 2, 2025
Students, faculty, unionized groups hold Labor Day teach-in on Grounds, Sarah Allen, CBS 19 News, September 1, 2025
Attend a ‘Labor Day teach-in’ to learn more about federal intervention at UVA and what’s at stake, Allie Pitchon, Charlottesville Tomorrow, August 28, 2025