[Educationforall] UCSD Anti-budget cuts organizers agree to speak March 4th--also take on racism at UCSD

[Justin Akers Chacón]

EFA companeras/os,

The UCSD Coalition for Educational Justice, organizers of the March 4th anti-budget cuts walkout at UCSD (see below) have agreed to mobilize for the big March 4th rally and march downtown and would like to send representative to speak at the event (as per EFA's invitation). They plan to discuss it at their next meeting and confirm. 

Many of the same student and faculty activists, consequently, are organizing a response to the recent disgusting display of racism at UCSD and would also like our support in standing up against it. They have launched a website to communicate information and to publicize the on-going actions to address it. the website is:

http://stopracismucsd.wordpress.com/

 
Please pass this info on.


  ***Please forward this to all your friends/colleagues. Help us get the word out about March 4.***


  Request for participation
  March 4 Day of Action at UCSD

  We need all TAs and Professors who are teaching on Thursday,

  March 4 to participate in these actions. 

  To: all TAs and Instructors

  From: UCSD Coalition for Educational Justice

  http://ucsdcoalitionforeducationaljustice.wordpress.com/

  On March 4th, workers and students in all sectors of public education will participate in actions to raise awareness about the immediate and long-term effects of state defunding of education, and the trend toward privatization at the UC.  This historic statewide day of action brings together stakeholders who’ve traditionally competed for education dollars and unites us in an effort to once again make education spending a priority for the State of California.

  The UC San Diego Coalition for Educational Justice is an organization comprised of students, workers, staff members, and faculty who have joined in a struggle to transform the University of California into a truly democratic and transparent institution accessible to ALL Californians. As concerned parties, we call on all constituencies at UCSD to stand in solidarity with students and workers participating the protest activities state-, nation- and world-wide on March 4th.a 

  On March 4th, we call on all to:

  TEACH OUT!
  We call on all UCSD faculty and teaching assistants to take their classes outside; to take over the public spaces on campus; to model what access and public education. Teach out to speak out against the privatization of UCSD.

  WALK OUT!
  We call on all students and workers to walk out; to suspend “business as usual” and march in the support of:
  · Affordability and accessibility to our public university
  · Public support for our public university
  · Respect and protection for our workers
  · The Democratization of our public university
  · Open our public university to its public


  AGENDA: 


  Teach Out:

  · We are asking that classes be held at the regular time and material scheduled for that day be taught as usual. However, instead of having class within the assigned classroom, we are asking that it be held outdoors, publicly, in and around central campus.

  · If your classes are too large to be held outside, we then ask that instead of the regularly scheduled lecture, you conduct a teach-in instead.

  For more information on holding classes outside and for help with scheduling a space, please contact José Fusté (jfuste at ucsd.edu).

  If you are planning on teaching out, please email us. We want to keep a record of who’s doing what on that day.

  For resources on conducting a teach-in, please visit our resources webpage at:

  http://ucsdcoalitionforeducationaljustice.wordpress.com/resourceshandouts/



  Walk Out:

  · We are asking students and workers to walk-out at 11.45 AM and assemble for a rally at Gilman Parking Structure.

  · At 12.30 PM we will march from Gilman to the Silent Tree outside Giesel Library and rally there.

  For more information on the walk-out and march, please contact Leslie Quintanilla (dallijq at yahoo.com).

                                                               In solidarity,

                                                               UCSD Coalition for Educational Justice

  http://ucsdcoalitionforeducationaljustice.wordpress.com/






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