Masthead, a University alumni nonprofit, announced Wednesday the launch of a new fundraiser to publish independent student magazines for the 2026-2027 school year. The first editions of the new magazines, Selene and Sixty-Three, are set to release in April.
Selene and Sixty-Three are independent successors to the formerly university-funded Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six, respectively, which the University permanently shuttered in December. The University cited a memo from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that advised federal funds recipients on federal antidiscrimination law and provided nonbinding suggestions for compliance.
The fundraiser comes after eight students who had worked for Alice or Nineteen Fifty-Six, along with the ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center and the Legal Defense Fund, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. The lawsuit said that the decision to suspend the magazines was a violation of the students’ First Amendment rights.
Following the magazine closures, Masthead raised over $25,000 to independently publish Selene and Sixty-Three during the spring 2026 semester.
In an Instagram post, Masthead said it needs to raise $60,000 to publish two print editions of each magazine for the 2026-2027 school year, including printing, equipment, and distribution costs and staff salaries.
“You’ll know each step of the way when we’ve raised enough money to pay student editors a fair wage, stand up a digital operation, publish a pair of print magazines in the fall, and, hopefully, publish in print in the spring as well,” the fundraiser page read.
Masthead said in the post that the fundraiser would be a way to support the students who were involved in the lawsuit.
“We plan to continue publishing these magazines in the 2026-2027 school year, so students have a platform for free expression as they pursue their court case,” the post read.
At the time of publication, the fundraiser had over 20 supporters, with some donors writing messages to accompany their donation.
“Your fight is important, so please know there are many of us fellow journalists who support you,” wrote one anonymous donor on the fundraiser page.
Masthead said in the post that with the money raised, it can “act as a bridge between the past students who benefited from working on UA campus media and the current students who are fighting for their rights in court while working on Selene and Sixty-Three.”
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