FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Precarity: Contingency in Artmaking and Academia  June 8, 2016   PrecariCorps is pleased to announce that we have been invited to participate in Precarity: Contingency in Artmaking and Academia at Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A collection of our promotional visual arts will be displayed, including the first … Continue reading For Immediate Release June 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 We are pleased to introduce PrecariCorps, an independent nonprofit organization offering much needed financial, emotional, and professional support for adjunct college faculty. Once we are officially granted full 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, we will be able to provide temporary, welcome relief from the economic, emotional, and physiological stressors that all … Continue reading For Immediate Release January 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VACATION IS NO VACATION May 1, 2015 Professors—from lecturers to tenured faculty—do not have summers off. For adjuncts continuing the cycle of part-time work to make ends meet, vacation is no vacation. Instead of dedicating quality time to enhancing their pedagogy and research, many adjuncts turn to part-time teaching, tutoring, babysitting, retail … Continue reading For Immediate Release May 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2015 EQUAL WORK, EQUAL VOICE, EQUAL PAY “I am constantly playing catch up with this life,” an adjunct in New England who recently contacted us writes. “I get classes, and some get cancelled at the last minute. I set aside time for a class that doesn’t end up running, losing … Continue reading For Immediate Release February 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2015 We are pleased to announce that PrecariCorps, a public charity dedicated to supporting adjunct professors, was granted tax-exempt status from the IRS on March 9, 2015. Donors may now deduct their contributions to us under IRC Section 170. All funds go directly to qualifying adjuncts or basic operating costs, as … Continue reading For Immediate Release March 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2015 We are pleased to announce the addition of the PrecariCorps blog to our website. As a part of our efforts to create and distribute educational media on the pervasive crisis in higher education, in addition to providing financial and professional support to adjunct faculty, the PrecariBlog will allow us … Continue reading For Immediate Release June 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE First Anniversary January 20, 2016 It’s been a great first year for PrecariCorps. Since March 2015—when we mailed our first check following the many donations we received during National Adjunct Walkout Day—we’ve given $6,585 to 14 adjuncts. We’ve helped our colleagues afford child care, rent, car insurance, healthcare, and other needs that … Continue reading For Immediate Release January 2016