A confederation of grass roots organizers, students groups and union representatives will hold a series of actions in the coming weeks to combat cuts to state education and public services funding — a crisis activists blame on the California legislature’s crippled budgeting system.
Teach-in/town hall
A “teach-in/town hall” will be held today, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ocean campus in the Diego Rivera theater to “educate students about the ongoing education and budget crisis in California,” according to the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 Web site.
A “teach-in/town hall” will be held today, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ocean campus in the Diego Rivera theater to “educate students about the ongoing education and budget crisis in California,” according to the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 Web site.
“The real message is that no matter what you participate in, it’s important that you inform yourselves and spread the word,” AFT 2121 President Gus Goldstein said.
Unified day of action
The statewide coalition of activists calling for California budget reform are holding a day of action on March 4.
The statewide coalition of activists calling for California budget reform are holding a day of action on March 4.
The day of action was decided on Oct. 24, 2009 during a statewide conference that also spawned the City College General Assembly.
“A group of 800 students, teachers and grass roots activists at campuses all over California came together on Oct. 24 and decided that we need to create a grass roots movement to make demands for education,” General Assembly representative Brian Cruz said. “To quote Frederick Douglas, ‘power concedes
