Students rally in Sacramento against budget cuts
March 23, 2010
By Yazmin Cruz
Thousands of students walk across the Tower Bridge, making their way to the state Capitol in Sacramento in protest of budget cuts Monday. Photo Credit: Hannah Pedraza / Photo Editor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – CSUN students along with other students and faculty from across the Golden State who rallied on the steps of the Capitol against budget cuts were encouraged by speakers to continue their activism even after the March in March event was over.
The event’s master of ceremonies Reid Milburn, student senate for California community colleges president, said change depended on the more than 15,000 students including CSUN students that marched to the Capitol on March 22.
“It doesn’t end here,” Milburn said. “It’s up to each one of you to go back and talk to legislatures. It’s up to us to rescue education.”
The trip to Sacramento was a follow up to the Associated Student’s postcard initiative held last semester, said Neil Sanchez, A.S. attorney general. Students from CSUN’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), Central American Student Association (CAUSA), the Black Student Union (BSU) and Students for a Better Education (SQE) were among some of the participants.
Sanchez said that after the March 4 walk outs, A.S. became aware that students wanted to become more involved in events like the rally. Sanchez added that the trip to Sacramento had been planned in conjunction with the California State Student Association (CSSA) and an invitation was extended to students willing to participate.
One of the students participating was senior Danny Santana, a member of MEChA and Students for a Quality Education (SQE), who said he was participating to send a message to the governor and the chancellor about the