Below is an announcement and background info on an upcoming,...
Below is an announcement and background info on an upcoming, southern California regional student conference in support of protest against the dismantling of post-secondary education in the state. These details are provided by a CSULA student actively supporting the Occupy movement in solidarity with this effort to gain more support for university and college education in California. Please feel free to pass this info on to all interested parties. Thank you.
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STUDENTS OCCUPY LA SUPPORTS EDUCATION BY & FOR THE 99% ! - EDUCATION is a SOCIAL HUMAN RIGHT !!
GET INVOLVED ! 2 CSULA CLUBS SEEKING REFORMS TO CA EDUCATION:
SQE - STUDENTS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION@CSULA
lolafagbamila@yahoo.com - sqe.csula@gmail.com - or their FB page
SQE meetings: Mondays - 3:15 pm at The Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities (CSGS) KH D-4050 – 4th Floor King Hall (D wing)
CCSJ - CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE @ CSULA EducatingandMobilizing@gmail.com or their FB page
CCSJ meetings: Thursdays - 2:30 pm The Center for the Study of Genders
and Sexualities (CSGS) KH D-4050 – 4th Floor King Hall (D wing)
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Upcoming Event - Crisis in Higher Ed: Educating and Mobilizing Ourselves Across Campuses
Attend this FREE regional gathering of California students across S. CA ! !
Date - Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time - 11:00 am until 4:00 pm
Where – CSULA - U-SU Los Angeles Room, 3rd Floor
“Let’s Work Together! On Saturday, February 18, 2012 students from across Southern California and from Community College, CSU, and UC campuses will meet at CSULA to discuss the crisis in education in discussion-based, small-group workshops, and to develop strategies for fighting rising costs, austerity measures, privatization, and police violence on our campuses and in our communities. Our intent is to develop solidarity actions across, and in defiance of, the hierarchically structured, racist, and class-based education systems and the socioeconomic conditions that created them.”
Please bring some food to eat for lunch. The day’s tentative schedule:
First Plenary 11:00 - 11:45 am
1st Workshop Session 11:45 - 12:30 am
2nd Workshop Session 12:45 - 1:30 pm
Lunch 1:30 - 2:15 pm
Last Plenary Session 2:15 - 5:00 pm