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11/07/2025

November 2025 Update for CWPA Members

Dear CWPA Members: This November, we are thankful for you and all you do to support the work of CWPA. Thank you for being part of this organization and for engaging with us around important WPA-related issues.  

Here are the updates we’ll be covering in this monthly message:

  • Vote in CWPA Special Elections
  • CWPA Committee Sign-ups 
  • CWPA Outcomes Statement 4.0
  • Fall Virtual Sessions
  • Save the Date and CFP: CWPA Conference 2026

Vote in CWPA Special Elections

We are holding a special fall election to fill three seats on the Executive Board. The current Executive Board is understaffed, but this special election will bring the Executive Board to its full roster of nine members, as called for in CWPA’s bylaws. 

Please vote by clicking on the link above. You will be prompted to log into the website, where you’ll see information about each candidate and a button to click to submit your vote. Elections close on November 30.

CWPA Committee Sign-ups 

CWPA is pleased to offer the opportunity to serve on nine (9) committees this year. Serving on one of the committees is a great way to get to learn more about CWPA’s mission and goals. Any person in the field–member or non-member of CWPA–is invited to serve. In the past, we’ve had over 80 volunteers for committee service, and we’d love to see this trend continue. 

To learn more about the committees and to indicate your interest in serving, please fill out the Committee Service Interest Form. Responses requested by December 1, 2025.

CWPA Outcomes Statement 4.0

Over the past couple of years, the Outcomes Statement Taskforce has been working to draft an updated WPA Outcomes Statement. Participants at this summer's virtual CWPA Conference were able to see an early version of the statement and recommended that CWPA connect with other organizations to review the draft. Over the next month, CWPA leadership will be sharing the latest draft with professional organizations in the field and offering opportunities for feedback and reflection on the document. 

This has been a challenging task. As you know, this is the second attempt of this project. For more information, see the 2021-2025 CWPA Timeline document published on our website. We appreciate of the labor of the WPA OS 4.0 Revision Task Force. We are particularly grateful for the leadership of the Co-Chairs: Al Harahap, Antonio Byrd, and Michelle Robinson. 

Fall Virtual Sessions

We have several CWPA virtual events scheduled for fall. View the events and register here: https://www.wpacouncil.org/aws/CWPA/pt/sp/events 

November 14: "Accessibility and Inclusive Communities and Conference Spaces"

Do you teach and work in virtual spaces with off-site colleagues and students? Do you use platforms like Zoom or Teams to connect virtually with others? How do you ensure that this work is inclusive and accessible for participants? 

During this session, we will discuss the ways that CWPA promotes inclusive community building. Facilitators will discuss their experience with accessibility issue and share how they advocated for increased accessibility efforts at CWPA's recent 2025 National Conference. Though, there is no one single path or checklist for accessibility, we will share the efforts we have made within CWPA to promote inclusion and accessibility for members.

  • Facilitators: Dev K. Bose and Mary Lourdes Silva
  • Date and time: 11/14, 60 minutes, 2:00-3:00pm ET
  • Meeting platform: Zoom
  • Cost to members: Free for members

December 1: "Coffee Corner"

Join us for this Coffee Corner event, an informal conversation where participants share their favorite articles, lectures, webinars, or books that they read, watched, or listened to during the semester. We look forward to connecting! 

  • Facilitator: Mary Lourdes Silva
  • Date and time: 12/1, 60 minutes, 5:00-6:00pm ET
  • Meeting platform: Zoom
  • Cost to members: Free for members

Save the Date and CFP: CWPA Conference 2026

Our CFP for the CWPA Conference 2026 will be posted shortly! We hope you will join us in beautiful Laramie, Wyoming, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the historic 1986 Wyoming Conference Resolution next year! Please save the date for our on-site conference: July 19-25, 2026. 

Thanking you for being a part of CWPA!

Sending our best, 

Erin Lehman, CWPA President

David Green, CWPA Vice President

Kelly Blewett, Immediate Past President of CWPA

Amanda Presswood, CWPA Secretary

Christal Seahorn, CWPA Treasurer

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