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Kerry Crawford

@profkfc

Teacher-scholar studying human security, gender-based violence in war, and best practices in the academy. I run on coffee and write relentlessly. Views are mine; I never speak for my employer.

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Please check out the first three papers in the new MPI series, released this week as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of UNSCR 1325 and the founding of Women, Peace and Security. I am humbled to be included in this first tranche of papers.

29.10.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You are so incredibly qualified and talented, and the chutes and ladders are real.

05.06.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crashing Down YouTube video by CATMusic

Co-author’s kiddo is dabbling in DJing and made this track. Give it a listen. I’m entirely biased but I think it’s pretty great. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mfi3...

27.05.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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23.05.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said β€œon the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington.

27.04.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 32228 πŸ” 7858 πŸ’¬ 436 πŸ“Œ 412

I’m a security scholar. I read, write, and lecture on horrific things on a daily basis. I don’t lose my composure in class. Ever. But today, I had to take a pause and a breath. We have lost and are still losing so much.

25.03.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today I had to explain to my students that they can no longer access the USIP website for their human security case study project because it is still blocking all traffic. Decades of research and progress, my brilliant colleagues’ work, my work, all in the name of peace and security is just…gone.

25.03.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty The Attack on American Education, from our Perspective as Teachers College Faculty March 19, 2025 We are a group of Teachers College facult...

@dandrezner.bsky.social Thanks for posting the CU Poli Sci response to the Trump letter on your blog. Here's one from across the street at Teachers College. Would be great if you'd share!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

19.03.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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USIP’s home page as of 8:57pm eastern time.

20.03.2025 00:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Just…wow.

19.03.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sharing letter w/4 Columbia colleagues @pagefortna.bsky.social @vickymurillo.bsky.social Allison Carnegie & Turku Isiksel in which we speak only for ourselves, imagining how we would respond to the govt. This is *not* an official university statement. Grateful to @dandrezner.bsky.social for posting.

17.03.2025 19:57 πŸ‘ 210 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 11
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GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond. Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university.

This is how it’s done: @profsaunders.bsky.social and several colleagues at Columbia have suggested text for their university to respond to the Trump administration. Kudos to @dandrezner.bsky.social for posting danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...

17.03.2025 20:18 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7
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DOGE Visit to USIP On the afternoon of Friday, March 14, 2025, several members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrived at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) unannounced accompanied by two FBI...

A better update! www.usip.org/press/2025/0...

15.03.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly my thought.

15.03.2025 00:22 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Despicable.

14.03.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Proud to be an AAUP member. Fellow faculty, it’s a good time to join. ✊🏼

14.03.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. I couldn’t get through to your office this morning so I’m glad to see this.

14.03.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.

What are we teaching our students if we refuse to stand up for the importance of colleges and universities?

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

14.03.2025 18:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🧡 Friends, a thread speaking just for myself. I joined Columbia in Jan 2024. A lot I still don't know, but some is crystal clear. Most important is what's not in the news: Columbia students and faculty show great capacity for respectfully and thoughtfully engaging difficult topics every day. 1/

14.03.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

If higher ed goes under, I’m switching lanes. The democrats need someone who can actually read the room.

14.03.2025 00:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In all those fundraising emails, when they said β€œsend us $10 and help us fight back”, the Dems really meant…? πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

13.03.2025 23:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk Has Wanted the Government Shutdown Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

11.03.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 2288 πŸ” 998 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 138

Protesting and boycotting are not illegal actions, but leveraging public office for financial gain is.

12.03.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Now, more than ever, conversations about making higher ed (and every profession) accessible are so important. The vignette contributors are πŸ’―. This project was the culmination of so many real talks. πŸ“š More good trouble is forthcoming in 2025.

04.03.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

None of us can be sure what will β€œwork.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never β€œsure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

28.02.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 25135 πŸ” 6011 πŸ’¬ 476 πŸ“Œ 319
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"History will remember this dayβ€” when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

28.02.2025 21:25 πŸ‘ 127871 πŸ” 34285 πŸ’¬ 3044 πŸ“Œ 1405

What say you House and Senate Republicans? Check your souls and see if they’re there still there. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

28.02.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 581 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 4

Thank you for getting out there and speaking truth to power.

08.02.2025 23:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
USAID What’s Happening & Why it Matters

USAID What’s Happening & Why it Matters

What can you do about the assault on USAID?

Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ

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