CASU Week of Action
CASU WEEK OF ACTION
OCTOBER 13-17, 2014
Join students from across the state this Fall 2014 for a Week of Action focused on educating, organizing, and mobilizing our strength in the struggle to protect our education and our future!
WHAT WE DEMAND
- NO TO PRIVATIZATION! We demand education be treated as a right, not a commodity! Roll back fees, divest from inhumane corporations, and hold administrators accountable.
- YES TO DEMOCRACY! We demand democratic governance by students, staff, and faculty! Remove UC President Napolitano and CCSF Special Trustee Agrella.
- NO TO REPRESSION! We demand an end to the intimidation and culture of violence against students! Campuses should be hate free, rape free, and free speech zones.
- YES TO DIVERSITY! We demand that the academy represent and serve the community! Open undocumented resource centers and make Ethnic Studies a General Education requirement.
THE ACTION PLAN
- SEPTEMBER – Regional Meetings convened and organized by regional committee groups who will set and finalize the dates.
- SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER – Outreach Tour of students tabling, flyering, and conducting workshops at each other’s campuses. Exact dates to be scheduled by those in attendance at the September Regional Meetings.
- OCTOBER 13-17 – Week of Action across the state. Each campus group will determine the exact day/s and action/s that work best for them.
If you or your school organization would like to get involved, please send an email tocastudentunion@gmail.com
ZINE SUBMISSIONS
During the Week of Action, we’ll be distributing a Zine that is open for any Cali student to contribute to! The submission guidelines are as follows:
- Should focus on one or more of the demands stated above (more info about each below)
- All forms of artistic expression will be accepted—drawing, photograph, poem, short story, etc.—as long as these can be formatted to fit on a 8.5” x 5.5” sheet
- PDF, JPG, DOC files should be emailed to casuzine@gmail.com
- Hard copy submissions will be collected during the Outreach Tour on campuses
STUDENTS’ DEMANDS ACROSS THE STATE
NO TO PRIVATIZATION!
Since Wall Street crashed the economy in 2008, tuition fees at all California public universities have increased over 300%, forcing students to either drop out or mortgage their education with exorbitant loans. Nationally, the class of 2014 had an average debt burden of $33,000, making it the most indebted in history. Even with the four-year fee moratorium that students protested for and won in 2012, administrators are still finding ways to further their privatization agendas, whether it’s by negotiating unfair union contracts and manipulating commercial CASU Week of Action |: