I believe editors and publishers have an especially important role to play in a call to action like #ScholarStrike. The systems of knowledge creation and dissemination we oversee have for centuries advantaged whiteness and heteropatriarchy. But change is in the air.

The movement for change in publishing - especially scholarly publishing among @aupresses - has never been stronger. Realizing the structural advantages that led me into my position as editorial director at a major univ press, I know I bear responsibility to be a change maker

One place change starts is in foregrounding that univ press publishers are fully part of the higher education ecosystem, interdependent with institutions created/oversee us. That creates amazing opportunity but also enmeshes us in centuries of oppressive practice #ScholarStrike

The univ press where I work is a site for both celebration and critique when it comes to structural racism. For 98 years we have published pathbreaking work by BIPOC scholars but only this year have our first Black acq editor. Too slow, but change is coming. #ScholarStrike

Before this day gets too far along I want to honor the creative work of the @aupresses Equity Justice and Inclusion Committee who produced our association's Statement on Equity and Antiracism. #ScholarStrike
https://aupresses.org/about-aupresses/equity-and-antiracism/. .

Thanks and honor to @sylviamath @brianbhalley @BookishSW @EditrixMosser Stephanie Prieto @weslpress @MsLanellJ Ellen Bush @gfosado and others for your leadership on equity, justice, and inclusion in the university press community #ScholarStrike

I don't know why Twitter didn't cooperate earlier but @ellencbush was supposed to be in the above list by handle!