[Educationforall] Sunday: Students set to rally at UCSD to protest cuts

[Justin Akers Chacón]

Does anyone have any contacts with this group of students? Can anyone attend to show solidarity?

Justin



  

Students set to rally at UCSD to protest cuts 

LA JOLLA: Students from across the state are planning to gather at the University of California San Diego on Sunday to protest recent budget cutbacks in the UC stem. 

The gathering, part of the Students of Color Conference on campus, is expected to include speeches and a march. Organizers said about 1,000 students will participate. 

The protest, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at the Geisel library, is aimed at cuts in state funding that have led to enrollment reductions and fee increases. 

"This is an action that symbolizes our solidarity with each other across diverse lines including those of ethnicity, socioeconomic class and education," said Leslie Manjarrez, a UCSD student and one of the event's organizers. 

At the end of the rally and march, balloons will be released to "symbolize students of color and other disadvantaged communities who have been blocked from the UC system," the coordinators said in a statement. - J.W. 

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/13/tentative/



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