Feb 25

Written by: Ronnie L. Grant
Thursday, February 25, 2010 

Please enjoy this list of CSUEU-endorsed events in support of the March 4th day of action to support higher education.

MARCH FORTH ON MARCH 4^TH!

 

MARCH 4 CSU CAMPUS EVENTS
These events are endorsed by CSUEU

 

CSU BAKERSFIELD — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: “Keeping the Doors Open” - Rally for Student Access, Student Union Patio (rain: Stockdale Room in the Runner Café).
Contact: Ray Finnell

CSU CHANNEL ISLANDS — 12:00pm to 1:00pm: Rally at the Broome Library Plaza with speakers and tabling. Buttons will be distributed to stand in solidarity. 

Contact: Joseph Dobzynski, Jr. 

 

CSU CHICO — 7:30-8:30 a.m.: Coffee table in front of Kendall Hall

Noon-1 p.m.: Lunch table with petitions to sign in the Free Speech Area

All day: everyone is asked to wear black to show support and to mourn the death of the Master Plan for Higher Education, plus letter-signing campaign to Governor Schwarzenegger and local legislators.

Contact: Jessica Post

CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS — 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: “All Aboard the Fast Track to Graduation” - Students hold a fair on CSUDH East Walkway Games to learn about public education costs, access and quality; games include Wheel of Fortune, Fishing for Classes, and Darting for Money. Lots of posters and banners -expecting hundreds of students to participate. Sponsored by Students for Quality Education.
Contacts: Dominique Mendez (213) 422-7555 or Priscilla Martinez (speaks Spanish) (562) 714-3263

CSU EAST BAY — 11a.m.: Campus Open Mic/Speak Out to “Defend Public Funding for Public Education” at Agora Stage, including music and performances

1 p.m.: March to Warren Hall to deliver student demands to President Mo
Contact: Diego Campos

FRESNO STATE — 10:30 a.m. “March & Rally for Public Education”: Staff and faculty from CSU Fresno and community supporters will march from the northwest corner of Blackstone and Shaw to the University, where a rally will begin at 11:30 am in the Peace Garden featuring several speakers, including CSUEU chapter President Nancy Kobata as well as the CFA and ASI presidents.

Friday, March 5: CSUEU members will pay visits to local legislators to make sure they received the message from the previous day’s activities.

Contact: Nancy Kobata

CSU FULLERTON — 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: CSUEU joins with APC, students, and other campus unions for a “Rally in Support of Increased Funding for Public Education” at the fountain area in front of Langsdorf Hall. We are inviting our president and all our VPs to speak, as well as union representatives   and state and local political figures. 

Contact: Linda Smith

HUMBOLDT STATE — 3-5 p.m. “Fund Public Education” Rally in front of Humboldt County Courthouse-Eureka with CSU and K-12 faculty and students. Participants include CSUEU, CFA, Southern Humboldt Teachers Association. Contact: Chryste Johnson

CSU LONG BEACH — Noon–1 p.m.: “Unite for Education” & “Stop Clowning with Our Education” rally at South Campus, Upper Quad, with petition signing, music, performers, speakers, aerial banner.

1–2 p.m.: Parade

Contact: Peggy O’Neil-Rosales

CALIFORNIA MARITIME – Noon: “Stop the Bleeding” action, main quad. Street theatre, mock “Die-In.” Contact: Chuck Constantine

CSU MONTEREY BAY - Noon to 3:30 p.m.: Student-led Teach-In Rally, with extensive participation and organizational assistance from CSUEU and CFA, in the Main Quad in front of the Student Center on the CSUMB Campus.

4 to 6 p.m.: Rally for all of education in California, with participation by K-12 teachers, community colleges, and CSUMB, Colton Hall in downtown Monterey, where California's first constitution was written in 1849, and which has served as a public school at various points in its history.

Contact: Andrew Coile

 

CAL POLY POMONA — 1:30-2:30 p.m.: Send-off rally, “Fight Back--No Program Eliminations--Keep the Doors Open!” as campus community members head to a regional rally in Los Angeles. Signs, banner, speakers. Contact: Deborah Campbell

SACRAMENTO STATE –— 11 a.m. -1 p.m.: “Educate the State” Rally -- regional rally at the State Capitol, North Steps • Theater • Music • Speeches • classes for legislators on importance of public education to California with lectern, desks, chalkboard

CSU SAN BERNARDINO — 11:30 a.m.: “March In on March 4.” March for student access to the CSU. Begins at Marquee entrance (NW corner of University Pkwy and Northpark Blvd). March through campus to Pfau Library for Noon rally. Music, signs, speakers.

SAN DIEGO STATE — 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Next to Aztec Center. "Vent at the Tent: How is San Diego State important to you, your family, and the community?" Collecting video testimonials from students, campus community. Large "scoreboard" showing the loss of students, teachers and classes at SDSU due to budget cuts.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE — 10 a.m. to noon: information picket line at 19^th and Holloway); 1 p.m.: rally in Malcolm X Plaza (Cesar Chavez Student Center, SFSU); 5 p.m.: mass rally of the entire Bay Area education community and supporters, Civic Center Plaza across from SF City Hall.

Contact: Russell Kilday-Hicks

CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO — 3:30–5 p.m.: “Rally in Support of Public Education” at office of state Senator Abel Maldonado, 1356 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo. Sponsored by: Central Coast Education Coalition (CSUEU, CFA, CCFT, APC). Contact: Joan Kennedy

CSU SAN MARCOS — 10:30-11:30 a.m.: “Public Funded Higher Education: Why Does it Matter?” Teach-in on State Budget at Academic Hall (ACD) 102, simulcast to other classrooms

Noon-1 p.m.: Public rally at the Kellogg Library - 500 silhouettes will be placed around campus with fact pages attached to them.

Contact: Mike Geck

SONOMA STATE — 11:30-1:30 p.m.: “Fund the CSU, Fund the Future” rally near Stevenson Hall quad.

CSU STANISLAUS — Capwiz letter drive to Governor Schwarzenegger and local legislators.

Contact: Frank Borrelli