**Flash Talk: "How to engage in critical and productive conversation about AI: Tips for teaching, scholarship, service and beyond”** Join this upcoming CJUU Flash Talk on Friday June 19th that addresses how and why we need to resist colonial AI as it unfolds around us globally and locally. Using international examples, Mary Finley-Brook, PhD (University of Richmond) reminds us of the risks of normalizing AI adoption and use. Discussion points will be relevant to classroom teaching, scholarship, campus governance and community engagement. This event is the first of a series of **monthly flash talks -** short presentations by expert-activists - organized by the CJUU North America branch. **See you this coming Friday 12-1 pm (Eastern Time) on Zoom:** bit.ly/CJUU-NA-ZOOM**(case-sensitive).** Mary Finley-Brook_has taught Geography, Environmental Studies, Sustainability and Global Studies for two decades. She is a strong advocate for shared higher education governance and is concerned about how administrators adopt unproven AI without adequate involvement of faculty and staff in decision-making. Mary lives in Virginia where hyperscale data center development occurred rapidly and community costs and ecological harms are increasingly apparent,_ including in her county_. She serves on the steering committee of_ Data Center Defiance_, a new community-based regional coalition._ **Interested in joining the CJUU North America branch?** The North American Branch meets regularly on the third Friday of the month from**12-1 EST.** Register here_._ This branch also communicates on the North American Branch Channel on CJUU's Mattermost.

To all Climate Justice Universities Union members, You are all invited to the first AGM (Annual General Meeting) of the Union which will be held virtually on **Thursday March 19 th**. Come learn more about our collective action, resources and local/regional branches. Please register here to get the link to attend The meeting will be from 5-6:30pm (Ireland and UK time), 12-1:30pm EST and 9-10:30 (PT). Below is the governance document – the Constitution for the Union – which will be discussed and voted on during the meeting. CJUU Constitution Revised Feb 2026CJUU Constitution Revised Feb 2026.pdf209 KBdownload-circle We hope to see many of you there! In solidarity, The Coordinating Team of the Climate Justice Universities Union

ClimateUni Statement on AI