<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello EFA,<br><br>It's been a really long time since I have attended our coalition meetings, I hope you all are keeping strong.<br><br>I am still teaching Chicano Studies in the district, currently at Mesa college. This summer I may be unemployed due to the budget cuts and you may not be able to take classes.<br><br>As a member of the AFT Local 1931 labor union I am reaching out to students and other faculty to participate in a planning meeting to organize a march to the Federal Building on Sunday May 1st.<br><br>We also have access to the Centro Cultural that evening for a social gathering after the march.<br><br>Our planning meeting is being held Friday April 8 at 5pm, the location will be announced soon.<br><br>Students and Faculty United Can Beat the Budget Cuts!!!!<br><br>Abel Macias<br><br></td></tr></table><br>