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Section Annual Report for Collective Behavior and Social Movements

This annual report covers the period of section activity from September 2017 to August 2018 and a fiscal year from January 2018 to December 2018. The report is typically completed by the immediate past chair of each section as it covers the period this person served as chair. However, it is often completed in consultation with other officers and it may be submitted by anyone on the section council. Sections that do not file an Annual Report will have their budget allocation withheld until a complete report is received. Please submit the report by November 15. Section Governance Provide details of your section’s governance activity during the period between September 2017 and August 2018.

Business Meeting Copy and paste below (or attach separately) the agenda and approved meeting minutes from the section business meeting which include a count of members present and summary of decisions made at this meeting. 79 Members were present. Below are the minutes: Chair Jenn Earl thanked all those who made the section work this past year: Chair: Jennifer Earl Past Chair: Andy Andrews Chair-Elect: Jo Reger Secretary-Treasurer: Jocelyn Viterna Council: Edward Walker (2018) Neal Caren (2018) John Krinsky (2019) Ziad Munson (2019) Amin Ghaziani (2020) Lisa Leitz (2020) Mentoring: Dana Moss, Chair (2020) Deana Rohlinger (2018) Matt Baggetta (2018) Workshop: Melissa Wooten (2018) Alison Adams (2019) Ana Velitchkova (2020) Nominations:

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Andy Andrews, Chair Rachel Einwohner (2018) David G. Ortiz (2019) Catherine Corrigall-Brown (2020) Publications: Drew Halfmann, Chair (2020) Joshua Bloom (2018) Kyle Dodson (2019) Newsletter Editors: Daniel McClymonds Stacy Williams Webmaster: Alex DiBranco Membership: Selina Gallo-Cruz, Chair Nicole Fox Edelina Burciaga Callie Liu Watkins Maria Mora Jeff Larson Cecelia Walsh-Russo Devparna Roy Melissa Wooten and introduced the new officers, committee and council members: Chair: Jo Reger Past Chair: Jennifer Earl Chair-Elect: Tina Fetner Secretary-Treasurer: Dana Fisher (2021) Council: John Krinsky (2019) Ziad Munson (2019) Amin Ghaziani (2020) Lisa Leitz (2020) Dina G. Okamoto (2021) Selina Gallo-Cruz (2021) Nominations: David G. Ortiz (2019)

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Catherine Corrigall-Brown (2020) Joyce Bell (2021) Mentoring: Matt Baggetta (2019) Dana Moss (2020) Caroline Lee (2021) Workshop: Alison Adams (2019) Ana Velitchkova (2020) Nicole Fox (2021) Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion: Kelsy Kretschmer (2019) Edelina Burciaga (2020) Daisy Verduzco Reyes (2021) Publications: Kyle Dodson (2019) Drew Halfmann (Chair, 2020) Thomas Maher (2021) Newsletter Editors: Daniel McClymonds Stacy Williams Webmaster: Alex DiBranco The committee then presented the following awards: Jo Reger presented the Mayer N Zald Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Student Paper Award to Chloe Haimson from Wisconsin for her paper, “Interactional Resistance During Black Lives Matter Protests: The Political Stakes of Rebelling Against the Public Order.” Honorable mention was given to Didem Turkoglu from UNC Chapel Hill for his paper “As Tuition Rises: Opposition to the Neoliberalization of Higher Education.” The Student Paper Committee members are Neal Caron, Lisa Leitz, and Anya Galli Robertson. Kyle Dodson presented the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Dissertation Award to Michelle Oyakawa from Ohio State for her thesis titled “Building a Movement in the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.” The Dissertation Award Committee members were Alison Adams, Deana Rohlinger, and Yang Zhang.

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Kenneth Andrews presented the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award to Yao Lu and Ran Tao for their paper “Organizational Structure and Collective Action: Lineage Networks, Semiautonomous Civic Associations, and Collective Resistance in Rural China” published in the 2017 American Journal of Sociology. Kiyoteru Tsutsui received an honorable mention for “Human Rights and Minority Activism in Japan: Transformation of Movement Actorhood and Local-Global Feedback Loop,” also published in the American Journal of Sociology. The article award committee members were Amin Ghaziani, Paul Ingram, and Ziad Munson. Jennifer Earl presented the Charles Tilly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award to co-winners: Neil Ketchley (Egypt in a Time of Revolution: Contentious Politics and the Arab Spring, Cambridge University Press), and Chris Zepeda-Millán (Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization, and Activism, Cambridge University Press). The book award committee members were John Krinsky, Erica Simmons and Edward Walker. Jennifer Earl thanked the sponsors who supported our section this year. Specifically Contention and Contentious Politics/CUP co-sponsored the reception, CUP funded the dissertation award, and Mobilization funded the student paper award. Jennifer Earl noted that our membership numbers are a bit low, and encouraged everyone to be sure to renew their membership. Jennifer Earl thanked the organizers and presenters of this year’s ASA panels. Jennifer Earl explained the institutionalizing work that the council has done to stabilize the budget, including the new bylaw amendment being forwarded requiring council to approve a 5 year budget every year prior at the ASA meeting. The council voted unanimously to approve the amendment, so the membership will vote on this in the next elections. This will help ensure that future councils have the finances they need to do their work. Jennifer Earl thanked Dana Moss for running an excellent mentoring event. Jennifer Earl noted that the section Workshop will be held in Chicago in 2021. Jennifer Earl thanked Alex for being our website administrator, and asked that anyone interested in taking over their job contact her directly. Jennifer Earl noted that this year the Council passed a budget that is largely in line with previous years. Jennifer Earl told the membership that the council had moved to increase the faculty dues by $2, from $11 to $13. No other groups’ dues will change. The council vote was not unanimous. Jenn noted that, although we give about $8,000 to ASAs each year, we only get about $2700 back, and this doesn’t go very far, especially with awards, plaques, receptions in expensive cities, mentorship awards, etc. If we increased the dues in this manner, we wouldn’t get the money until 3 years from now. Jenn noted that our section is not in crisis now, but we want to ensure that we are not be in crisis in the future, given that we haven’t had an increase in many

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years (maybe a decade or more?). Jenn asked everyone to remember that this proposed increase is coupled with a five year budget that focuses on membership. The Council decision will only move the proposal forward; membership will still have an opportunity to vote on it in the future. Jennifer Earl asked for discussion. Elizabeth Borland asked how did the council come up with $2? Jennifer Earl explained that this seemed like an increase that was not too big, but would nevertheless bring in about $1,000 more per year. Given that there are expensive reception years coming up, plus the pre-conference workshop, this seems necessary. Andy noted that this also puts us in line with our peer sections. There was no further discussions. Jennifer Earl asked if there was any new business John Krinsky thanked Jenn Earl for her leadership. Jennifer Earl handed the gavel to new chair, Jo Reger, who concluded the meeting. Council Meeting Copy and paste below (or attach separately) the agenda and approved meeting minutes of all Council Meetings conducted between August 2017 and September 2018. Minutes must include a list of council members present and a summary of decisions made. Minutes are not a transcript of proceedings but a listing of what discussions took place and official actions taken. We held 2-3 council teleconferences across the year to discuss section business, but we were use to an annual report format in which only the meetings at the ASA had to be reported out. Next year the chair will be sure to capture minutes for the entire year. Most of the mid-year business had to do with approving budget expenditures, planning the reception and other events at the annual meetings, discussing the location of our next workshop, and developing long-term budgeting guidelines. At the ASAs, we had a lot of business to handle, so we held a pre-conference teleconference one week before the annual meetings and then also had our regular council meeting during the ASA meetings. Minutes for both appear below: Council Pre-Conference Phone Meeting August 8, 2018, 11AM Pacific MINUTES Attending: Voting: Jenn, Andy, Jo, Jocelyn, John, Neal (4 council members absent)

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Non-voting: Tina, Dana F., David, Dana M. Nicole, Melissa Convened: 11am Pacific Items requiring after-meeting action are highlighted. I. Congratulations to Our New Officers: Chair: Jo Reger Past Chair: Jennifer Earl Chair-Elect: Tina Fetner Secretary-Treasurer: Dana Fisher (2021) Council: John Krinsky (2019) Ziad Munson (2019) Amin Ghaziani (2020) Lisa Leitz (2020) Dina G. Okamoto (2021) Selina Gallo-Cruz (2021) Nominations: David G. Ortiz (2019) Catherine Corrigall-Brown (2020) Joyce Bell (2021) Mentoring: Matt Baggetta (2019) Dana Moss (2020) Caroline Lee (2021) Workshop: Alison Adams (2019) Ana Velitchkova (2020) Nicole Fox (2021) Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion: Kelsy Kretschmer (2019) Edelina Burciaga (2020) Daisy Verduzco Reyes (2021) Publications: Kyle Dodson (2019) Drew Halfmann (Chair, 2020) Thomas Maher (2021) Newsletter Editors:

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Daniel McClymonds Stacy Williams Webmaster: Alex DiBranco* until Alex can be replaced – more on that in a minute II. Reports from Officers and Committees Chair’s report—Jennifer Earl Budget is better than we thought—more on that from Jocelyn Reminder: we voted on non-binding budget priorities to pass on to the next Council: Prizes and plaques always go first ($250 for prizes, plus ~$175 for plaques) Good receptions are more important than other functions Good to pass forward money for future meetings Good to pass forward money for future the workshops Internal section spending (e.g., mentoring) is more important than non-section events Reception plans: Jenn provided a recap, the consensus decision to not order more food was made and Jocelyn said she should figure out how to count people Development & MOUs Contention MOU CP/CUP MOU Mobilization Google Drive and archiving Didn’t make progress on dues increase—we will discuss again at the Council meeting at the ASAs Secretary/Treasurer—Jocelyn Viterna Report on current budget and 5 year forecast Nominations—Andy Andrews “The nominations committee’s main task is identifying and recruiting a strong slate of candidates for section offices by early November. We held a conference call in early October to strategize. We reviewed a list of section members and recent nominations to help guide the selection process. We focused on recruiting candidates that were diverse across background and institutions. This year the committee needed to recruit a full slate to fill positions in the Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion. We recruited among faculty that had been active in the informal committee during the prior two years to help build on the foundation that had been established. We also recruited some of the faculty that had been active effort to organize a Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion committee to run for other section offices.” Mentoring—Dana Moss This year our committee put together our flagship mentoring program. This involved surveying our members, matching mentors to mentees, coordinating meetings at ASA for mentors and mentees to meet and have coffee, and facilitating year-long mentoring relationships for some of our participants. As Chair, I put together a google survey to identify members' needs and interests in the mentoring program, which was a very easy and helpful way to sort this information. We could easily use the same survey next year. By default, the Chairperson (which will likely rotate to Matt next year) also puts together the matches and emails the pairs of participants to notify them of the arrangements. I also found a coffee shop in Philadelphia that

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could, in conjunction with help from Jocelyn, accommodate our request to run a tab for members at ASA for the coffee-meeting part of the program (about $3.50/person). It is our hope that this will facilitate some enduring relationships. Deana suggests that we set up a dropbox of these materials for future committee members, which wouldn't be hard to do because we don't have many written materials. Workshop—Melissa Wooten “We worked on finding a venue for a section conference. We considered options at NY, San Fran, and Chicago. In the end, it looks like planning a conference that coincides with ASA in Chicago was the most promising. Ana VELITCHKOVA (committee member) was the point person for these options. So you might want to check to see if she wants to chair the committee if a formal chair is needed going forward. Here's what she emailed the group in March: "We have two solid options as of now: * UIC: Contact person, Paul-Brian McInerney, pbm@uic.edu, Atef Said, atefsaid@uic.edu, Offer: classroom use, chair support, administrative support * Northwestern, Contact person: Brayden King b-king@kellogg.northwestern.edu, Offer: classroom use at least, contact closer to workshop date for details" It would make sense for the committee to solidify one of those locations in the next year and to firm up other details to get the conference going.” Based on the discussion, Jo may want to consider how we incorporate MDI committee with this? Publications—Drew Halfmann The committee has selected #asacbsm as the Twitter hashtag for the meeting. Please help publicize it if you are on Twitter. Other items from this committee are later in the agenda because they require longer discussions and votes. Membership, Diversity and Inclusion The Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee undertook several initiatives to expand membership and diversity this past year. This included several membership recruitment drives, the development of a panel with a focus on diversity, cross-section collaborations, and the generation of additional proposals for future diversity and inclusion initiatives. Recruitment We did several membership recruitment drives to increase our section membership this past year. In September, we circulated recruitment emails to sociologists that had renewed their ASA membership but not CBSM membership, we swapped recruitment calls with other sections: Information, Communication, and Technology, Latino Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, and Global and Transnational Sociology, and we asked Council members to donate $5 to graduate students for their own renewal costs (you cannot directly sponsor a student past the end of July). This late September recruitment drive brought us just over the 800 members needed to secure our normal number of regular sessions at the annual conference. We later did a couple of other recruitment drives in February and in July, with email reminders to members to support student gift membership and to members who had renewed ASA but not yet CBSM and to a list generated by Kelsy Kretschmer on presenters of social movements research at last year’s annual and also regional and other sister association conferences who

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were not yet registered members of CBSM. Edelina Burciaga, for example, sent out the recruitment call to presenters at the International Studies Association. We have just obtained membership data and association and section renewal data from ASA (which can be used in another September recruitment blast). Diversity-focused Panel Gilda Zwerman and Selina Gallo-Cruz developed a panel for the 2018 conference with a focus on substantive diversity, "Beyond the Civil Rights Paradigm: Inter-sectional Dynamics in Movements for Racial Justice", which will be facilitated by Belinda Robnett. As part of our diversity recruitment efforts we sought panel collaboration with the section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for the next two years, so that recruitment for papers would involve scholarship of interest to both sections and encourage collaboration. The panel is hosted by us this year. It will be hosted by Racial and Ethnic Minorities next year. Cross-section Collaboration In addition to sharing recruitment messages and panel collaboration, I was contacted by Chris Tilly of Labor and Labor Movements about their desire to increase diversity and inclusion efforts within the section. I also shared some of the history of the committee and a resource with Michael Schwartz who is writing a history on social movements theory. Additional Proposals and Concerns No further effort has been made on the Social Media Proposal. We lost the participation of one of the authors of this proposal, Jeff Larson, as he cycled off the committee. Maria Mora and Edelina Burciaga also initially worked on this proposal. Discussion at Council generated mixed feelings on how to effectively increase section happenings visibility without duplicating efforts of the newsletter and a concern was raised about the mechanics of being inclusive and who would manage a Facebook page or other media. We have also proposed two ideas for expanding diversity and inclusion focused recruitment. These include an invited scholars panel that would a) feature movement scholars of color who are active contributors to social movements studies but not members of our section and b) attract junior scholars from more diverse backgrounds and interest areas to become involved in our section. A list of four suggested panels is stored in our archives. We have also proposed the idea of doing an invited panel of diverse activists who act as public intellectuals which would attract more diverse scholars to our section or pre-conference meeting events. These suggestions address a concern that membership, diversity, and inclusion efforts could lapse into too heavily focusing on junior scholar recruitment, effectively ignoring the fact that many academics of diverse backgrounds already contribute much to our knowledge of social movements but are not members of our section. To truly make the section a more inviting place for minority scholars will mean that we are open to creating a space that welcomes both established scholars to contribute to the culture and knowledge of our section as much as we invite junior scholars to become a part of it. In the Montreal Council meeting I raised this suggestion of an invited panel for senior scholars and it was met with positive support, the additional suggestion of recruiting not just beyond the section but also beyond the field (political science, anthropology, etc.)

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III. Initial Discussion of Budget Bylaw Amendment – Jennifer Earl To be inserted in Article IV (Officers): Section 11: Budgeting Process: Each year the Secretary/Treasurer shall, prior to the ASA annual meetings, update the section’s financial records and project a budget for the next five years. The Sectary/Treasurer should use data from ASA to project reception costs in each of the upcoming ASA locations and data from the section (adjusted for inflation) for awards, award plaques, other section events, and any Council meetings. The officers and Council shall seek, whenever possible, to consider these projections in designing and passing a budget for the upcoming year and in making amendments and spending decisions across the year. This will allow due consideration for future years in budgeting and spending. The five-year budget estimations and the Council-approved annual budget for the upcoming year must be shared at the CBSM business meeting for members’ review and comment. There was general support and no one subsequently send recommended wording changes, so we will vote on the same wording at our Council meeting at the ASAs. IV. Initial Discussion of Proposed 2019 Budget – Jo Reger <see attached budget worksheet>--New numbers will be circulated for the council meeting at ASA V. Initial discussion of dues increase Adjourned: 12:05 Pacific CBSM ASA Council Meeting August 12, 2018, 2:30-3:30 Eastern Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Salon G, Level 5

Jennifer Earl opened the meeting. In attendance: Jo Reger Edward Walker Neal Caren John Krinsky Lisa Leitz Kyle Dodson Andy Andrews Tina Fetner Dana Fisher Jocelyn Viterna Jenn introduced a by-laws amendment that requires the council to approve a five-year budget prior to the business meeting every year at ASAs. The council voted unanimously to support this amendment.

To be inserted in Article IV (Officers):

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Section 11: Budgeting Process: Each year the Secretary/Treasurer shall, prior to the ASA annual meetings, update the section’s financial records and project a budget for the next five years. The Sectary/Treasurer should use data from ASA to project reception costs in each of the upcoming ASA locations and data from the section (adjusted for inflation) for awards, award plaques, other section events, and any Council meetings. The officers and Council shall seek, whenever possible, to consider these projections in designing and passing a budget for the upcoming year and in making amendments and spending decisions across the year. This will allow due consideration for future years in budgeting and spending. The five-year budget estimations and the Council-approved annual budget for the upcoming year must be shared at the CBSM business meeting for members’ review and comment.

Jenn reviewed this year’s expenses and the budget for next year, noting that next year’s budget reflects the values requested by incoming chair Jo Reger, and asked Jo to talk about the upcoming year. Jo noted that she was thinking about co-sponsoring the 2019 section. Andy noted that co-sponsorships sometimes limit the amount of control a chair can have over how much their section spends. Jenn suggested that co-sponsorship might work best if we offer a dollar amount that is our cap on what we would spend. The budget was approved by a unanimous vote. Kyle Dodson is taking over leadership of the publication committee from Drew Halfmann. The council discussed required changes in the website, specifically:

1. Chip Berlet has been handling the server space and is ready to retire; he asks us to find a new host. THe publications committee has offered four options, and they prefer the first: Google Cloud

Dream Host Web Faction Mobilizing Ideas

Jenn suggested we let the new web person be the decider. John suggested we provide a few parameters for options and then let the new person decide. Jocelyn asked about University options, but the council preferred a third party.

2. Alex DiBranco, the website administrator, is also ready to move on. A search for a new

administrator is underway.

3. Kyle, referencing Drew’s previous proposal, asked for discussion on the idea of a section listserv (separate from the ASA listserv), and asked the council for feedback on how such a listserv would be administered. Jenn suggested that all members be automatically enrolled in the list serve but then have an option to opt out. The general sense of others on the committee was that this might upset some people, and lead to a number of “please unsubscribe” emails to the whole list. The discussants favored an opt-in system that allowed for the participation of people outside the section. Dana raised the question of whether a listserv would lead to major conflicts as different people have different understandings of what constitutes appropriate listserv cultures. Jo concurred that if we do this, we would need clear rules and moderators. She asked: how much work does the committee want to do? There was a general consensus that if the listserv happened, it would need to be carefully moderated by someone with sufficient power to mediate any conflicts that would arise.

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Jenn noted that many people seemed to have some serious reservations about the list serv the more we discussed the idea, so she asked if this was still where the council wanted to invest its work, or if there was a different way we wanted to spend our labor. John noted that the section already has Facebook and Twitter accounts, and wonders if they can serve the same purpose. Dana said she knows we have a #CBSM, but she does not know if we have a section twitter account. Jenn asked the publications committee to investigate this and other alternatives and report back, as the listserv idea was not generating much enthusiasm with this council.

4. DUES INCREASES—Pros and Cons

Jocelyn explained how membership works (that for each $11 we charge a regular member, $10 goes to ASAs and $1 goes to the section), how long it has been at this level, and how even a small increase could help our programming. She reviewed how the current finances barely cover basic section costs, and allow very little for additional programing like mini conferences. With more finances, we could better focus on increasing and diversifying our membership, and engage in more programming for our section members. Also, because it takes three years from the time you propose a dues increase to the time that it actually begins to be collected, we would need to do this now to prepare for potentially even tighter budgets in the future. She suggested we could even earmark the funds for things the section values, like mentoring, as a way to sell the increase to the membership. The potential downside is that our membership is already hovering near the 800 mark, and if a dues change would decrease our membership numbers even a little bit, then we might drop below 800 and lose a panel at ASAs. John said he changed his mind from the earlier council meeting via conference call, and now is in favor of a dues increase because things aren’t getting cheaper, and what gets people to come to join the section is programming. Since it takes three years to benefit from a dues increase, we likely need to start now so we don’t have to play catch up in the future. John warned against earmarking the money, noting that each council can be most effective if they have the freedom to use the funds in the way they deem necessary for that particular moment. Ed argued in favor of the dues increase, noting that the timing might be especially good now because the membership typically increases before the next three conferences (New York, San Francisco, and Chicago). So we might have a cushion against a potential membership dip. However, he would like the membership committee to weigh in on this. Andy asked about process, and Jenn reviews the ASA procedures to explain why it takes so long. If we voted now, we wouldn’t see the money until the Chicago meetings. Jenn also notes that the membership can vote down the dues increase even if we vote it up. Andy concludes that he is in favor of the increase, noting that he supports higher taxes for higher public goods, but wants to protect students and low income members. Andy does not like the idea of earmarking, as we can’t know what will happen in the future, and what new initiatives we might need. Tina offered a counterpoint: ASA has already increased membership dues AND registration fees. We have seen repeated pleas to ASA to reduce the cost of the Annual Meeting because it is already very financially difficult for so many sociologists to attend. And ASA membership is decreasing because of this. She asks, is this increasing taxes for greater public good, or are we increasing funding for a more and more elite ASA membership? What if people compensate for increased general ASA costs with fewer section memberships, and we are outpricing ourselves compared to other sections?

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Jenn stated that, although it is very true that ASA does not deliver much value to members for high costs, but wondered if this might be a case of comparing apples and oranges. At the section level, this is a small increase that could be very useful. If we started the process now, the year we start collecting would be Tina’s year, and this is the year we get another section just for being on day four, so even if we lost a section due to decreased members, we’d be consistent for that year and would have one year to adjust to the membership loss. In other words, we might have a safe patch where this is a time to try it. Lisa noted that she did drop sections this year because of dues increases. Jocelyn noted that we are not talking about $10 vs $0 (from dropping), but rather $10 vs $11. Neal noted that our current process does not seem to be sustainable. We were nearing financial crisis four years ago, and the only reason we are back out of that crisis is through Jenn’s fundraising efforts. Wouldn’t it be better to have our chairs think about programming instead of fundraising? Jo said that if we do increase dues, then the question should be how do we keep our section a place that people want to be? The difference between $11 and $13 should not be problematic for senior faculty. Jenn stated that if we want to keep awards going at these amounts we likely will need to increase dues. Andy and Jenn proposed a $2 increase for regular faculty only. John seconds the proposal. All present vote in favor except Tina, who votes against. Jenn asked if there was any new business? John asked if we could amend the budget to include $100/year for web expenses going forward. Jenn suggested we do this later when we know what is happening, and the rest of council concurred. Jenn initiated a discussion of why we are losing members. Jenn did significant work this year to get us above the 800 mark, and she realized that the ASA auto renewal did not include sections, so this resulted in many simply not realizing that they had let their membership slide. Jenn said some others said they didn’t feel the section met their needs anymore. In another section she is in, they survey members to ask them what they like, what they don’t like, maybe we could do this. Selina noted that the membership task force at ASA is launching a survey and it has been contentious, but we can perhaps work with them. Jenn suggested we not work with ASA, but we might want to share questions with them. The Previous Year Describe section activities during the period between September 2017 and August 2018.

• Membership recruitment and retention – What efforts did the section make to retain members and reach out to new members? What were the results of the efforts?

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The following was furnished by the outgoing chair of the Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, which undertook several initiatives to expand membership and diversity this past year. This included several membership recruitment drives, the development of a panel with a focus on diversity, cross-section collaborations, and the generation of additional proposals for future diversity and inclusion initiatives. Recruitment We did several membership recruitment drives to increase our section membership this past year. In September, we circulated recruitment emails to sociologists that had renewed their ASA membership but not CBSM membership, we swapped recruitment calls with other sections: Information, Communication, and Technology, Latino Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, and Global and Transnational Sociology, and we asked Council members to donate $5 to graduate students for their own renewal costs (you cannot directly sponsor a student past the end of July). This late September recruitment drive brought us just over the 800 members needed to secure our normal number of regular sessions at the annual conference. We later did a couple of other recruitment drives in February and in July, with email reminders to members to support student gift membership and to members who had renewed ASA but not yet CBSM and to a list generated by Kelsy Kretschmer on presenters of social movements research at last year’s annual and also regional and other sister association conferences who were not yet registered members of CBSM. Edelina Burciaga, for example, sent out the recruitment call to presenters at the International Studies Association. We have just obtained membership data and association and section renewal data from ASA (which can be used in another September recruitment blast). Diversity-focused Panel Gilda Zwerman and Selina Gallo-Cruz developed a panel for the 2018 conference with a focus on substantive diversity, "Beyond the Civil Rights Paradigm: Inter-sectional Dynamics in Movements for Racial Justice", which will be facilitated by Belinda Robnett. As part of our diversity recruitment efforts we sought panel collaboration with the section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for the next two years, so that recruitment for papers would involve scholarship of interest to both sections and encourage collaboration. The panel is hosted by us this year. It will be hosted by Racial and Ethnic Minorities next year. Cross-section Collaboration In addition to sharing recruitment messages and panel collaboration, I was contacted by Chris Tilly of Labor and Labor Movements about their desire to increase diversity and inclusion efforts within the section. I also shared some of the history of the committee and a resource with Michael Schwartz who is writing a history on social movements theory. Additional Proposals and Concerns No further effort has been made on the Social Media Proposal. We lost the participation of one of the authors of this proposal, Jeff Larson, as he cycled off the committee. Maria Mora and Edelina Burciaga also initially worked on this proposal. Discussion at Council generated mixed feelings on how to effectively increase section happenings visibility without duplicating efforts of the newsletter and a

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concern was raised about the mechanics of being inclusive and who would manage a Facebook page or other media. We have also proposed two ideas for expanding diversity and inclusion focused recruitment. These include an invited scholars panel that would a) feature movement scholars of color who are active contributors to social movements studies but not members of our section and b) attract junior scholars from more diverse backgrounds and interest areas to become involved in our section. A list of four suggested panels is stored in our archives. We have also proposed the idea of doing an invited panel of diverse activists who act as public intellectuals which would attract more diverse scholars to our section or pre-conference meeting events. These suggestions address a concern that membership, diversity, and inclusion efforts could lapse into too heavily focusing on junior scholar recruitment, effectively ignoring the fact that many academics of diverse backgrounds already contribute much to our knowledge of social movements but are not members of our section. To truly make the section a more inviting place for minority scholars will mean that we are open to creating a space that welcomes both established scholars to contribute to the culture and knowledge of our section as much as we invite junior scholars to become a part of it. In the Montreal Council meeting I raised this suggestion of an invited panel for senior scholars and it was met with positive support, the additional suggestion of recruiting not just beyond the section but also beyond the field (political science, anthropology, etc.)

• Communications – How does the section communicate with its members? Did it begin using any new technologies or strategies? If so, were they effective? Include links to the section website, newsletters, and any other electronic media used.

The publications committee selected #asacbsm as the Twitter hashtag for the meeting. The section put out two newsletters and a special summer job market summer editions. The website was updated to make sure all content was current. The chair also sent out emails to the section several times per month. This seemed to be a very functional set of communication tactics.

• Mentoring – What, if any, mentoring opportunities does the section offer to students, early career faculty, nonfaculty, etc.?

The mentoring committee put together our flagship mentoring program. This involved surveying our members, matching mentors to mentees, coordinating meetings at ASA for mentors and mentees to meet and have coffee, and facilitating year-long mentoring relationships for some of our participants. The committee also surveyed members to identify members' needs and interests in the mentoring program, which was a very easy and helpful way to sort this information. We could easily use the same survey next year. By default, the Chairperson (which will likely rotate to Matt next year) also puts together the matches and emails the pairs of participants to notify them of the arrangements. We also sponsored a coffee event where mentors and mentees could meet up and have coffee on the section’s dime and built a dropbox with information and tools to help future committees.

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• Programming – Provide an overview of the section’s programming at the annual meeting, scholarly/ professional development activities outside of the annual meeting, development of substantive resources, partnerships with other sections or groups, etc. Sunday 8:30-10:10am: Beyond the Civil Rights Paradigm: Inter-sectional Dynamics in Movements for Racial Justice (Co-sponsored with Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities). Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 12, Level 4.

Sunday 10:30am-12:10pm: Methodological Advances in Research on Social Movements. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin 13, Level 4.

Sunday 12:30-2:10pm: Political Communication and Social Movements. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 9, Level 4.

Sunday 2:30-3:30pm: CBSM Refereed Roundtable Session. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Salon G, Level 5.

Sunday 3:30-4:10: CBSM Business Meeting, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Salon G, Level 5.

Monday 8:30-10:10am: Non-State Opposition to and Suppression of Social Movements. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 7, Level 4.

Monday 10:30am-12:10pm: Revisiting Threats and Grievances in the Trump Era. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin Hall 6, Level 4. CBSM Reception—was held at the regular reception time off-site. We held a mentoring coffee event, as described above.

Plans for the Coming Year Describe section plans for the period between September 2018 and August 2019. These plans should align with the 2018 budget and proposed 2019 budget below.

• Membership recruitment and retention – What efforts will the section make to retain members and reach out to new members? What are the goals of the efforts? We will continue to draw on the Membership, Diversity and Inclusion committee to retain and invite new members. We will do this through the listserv, newsletter and website. Faculty will be asked to sponsor student memberships. Members whose memberships lapse will be contacted.

• Communications – How does the section plan to communicate with its members? Does the section plan on using any new technologies or strategies? If so, how? We communicate to our members in a variety of ways – the listserv is one of the major ways in which we disseminate news and items of interest as well as the newsletter (run by section members) and our website (also run by section members)

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• Mentoring – What efforts will the section make to mentor students, early career faculty, nonfaculty, etc.? We have a mentoring committee that matches emerging scholars with more senior scholars. We have the potential to hold another mentoring event at this year’s ASA meeting.

• Programming – Provide an overview of the section’s upcoming plans for programming at the annual meeting, scholarly/ professional development activities outside of the annual meeting, development of substantive resources, partnerships with other sections or groups, etc. We will hold a joint reception with the Science, Knowledge and Technology section and the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section. We are also in talks with Data & Society for a potential event outside of the ASA to engage members.

2018 Finances Provide a narrative on how the 2018 budget matched with actual expenses and income from 2018. Please account for any substantive differences.

The section was very concerned that our assets had been declining, particularly after several expensive receptions. This year to compensate, we planned an inexpensive reception, actively courted private donations to support the reception and several awards (in whole or in part), and came up with both annual budget priorities and a long-term budgeting plan that includes a bylaw amendment that will go to the section for a vote, provided it is approved for consideration by the Committee on Sections and ASA Council. Overall, these efforts actually meant that we had more income than expected (mainly from successful development efforts), spent less than we have in prior years (from a much lower cost reception), and took structural steps to ensure that future years will be in a better fiscal situation.

Budget for 2019 Creating a budget will help the section plan its activities for the year. Your 2019 budget should reflect the narrative in the “Plans for the Coming Year” section. The following table will help you organize and calculate a budget. Expected 2019 Expenditures

Expense Category Budgeted Amount Details (use the cells in this column to provide information on each expense)

Annual Meeting

Reception $2500 Use this space to provide details

Other Meeting Expenses $ 400 Council meeting—if at a meal

Awards

Student Awards $ 250 We hope to have this covered by a gift

Award Plaques $ 200 Use this space to provide details

Other $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Communications

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Website $ 100 Use this space to provide details

Newsletter $ 0 We do an electronic newsletter

Other $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Miscellaneous

Membership $ 250 This is for membership drives, inclusivity events, and mentoring events

Other $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Total 2019 Budgeted Expenditures

$ 3450 Sum estimated expenses

Estimated 2019 Income

Income Category Estimated Amount Details

Section Allocation – Base $ 1000 ASA Office will provide figure mid-October. See note 1 on how this figure is calculated.

Section Allocation – Per Member $ 1564 ASA Office will provide figure mid-October. See note 2 on how this figure is calculated.

Premium Dues $ 737 ASA Office will provide an estimated figure. See note 3 on how this figure is calculated.

Contributions

Misc

Total 2019 Estimated Income $ 3301 Sum estimated income

Budget Summary

Estimated Remaining Balance at end of December 2018 $ 5,446

Accounting for all estimated costs for the remainder of the year, estimate the remaining balance.

Total 2019 Estimated Income +$ 3301 Fill in from the Estimated Income table above

Total 2019 Budgeted Expenditures

- $ 3450 Fill in from the Budgeted Expenditures table above

Total = $ 5297 To calculate net amount, sum Lines 1 and 2, then subtract Line 3.

Notes The following explains how income is calculated. By October 20, the ASA Office will provide the following information, so sections do not have to calculate estimates themselves.

1 Section Allocation – Base Based off of this year’s final membership count as of September 30, sections receive a base allocation as follows:

• Sections with 300 or more members receive a base allocation of $1,000

• Sections with fewer than 300 members and more than 200 members receive: [# of section members - 100] x $5

• Sections with fewer than 199 members receive a base allocation of $500 2 Section Allocation – Per Member Based off of this year’s final membership count as of September 30, sections receive two dollars for each member.

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3 Premium Dues The base rate is $10 for regular members, $5 for students and $10 for associate, low income, and high school teacher members. Any dues raised by the sections in excess of the base rate go directly to the section throughout the year based on actual membership numbers. Subscription Fees for Section Journals are not added here.

To see current and historical membership counts, please visit www.asanet.org/SectionMembership. Please note that membership year ends on September 30.

Miscellaneous Is there any additional information about the section or the area of study you would like to share with the Committee on Sections? Is there any feedback you would like to provide to the Committee on Sections?

It would be great if this was a google form or something because the Word format of this document is not easy to work with.