Summary of Public Higher Education Advocacy from the ASUC's Student Town Hall

Get involved. Take action. Make public education accessible. Click here for information disbursed at the ASUC's Student Town Hall with the Chancellor on November 5, 2009.

UC Level

• Demand for more budget transparency from UC and UC Berkeley
• Participate in the Student - Worker - Faculty Strike from Nov 18-20 to protest the Regents vote increasing fees by 32%.
  Nov 18: Rally on Sproul, 12-1 PM. Students, walk out of your classes if you can.
  Nov 19-20: Open University, bring your family, friends from outside of UC (CCC and CSU too) to your class
• Tell us your story about how the budget cuts have affected you and people around you. Part of a statewide blog http://californiacuts.org. Email us @ contactcuts@gmail.com to setup photo or video shoot appointment.
• Democratize the Regents! The UC Regents should be elected by students, faulty and staff, not appointed by the governor. To get involved visit ucdemocracy.org or email ucdemocracy@gmail.com.

Actions at the State Level

• Keep California's Promise: a project by the Council of UC Faculty Association
• Visit legislatures over winter break, send emails reinforcing the message of refunding higher education
  http://keepcaliforniaspromise.org/?page_id=22
  http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
• California Democracy: majority rule, budget & revenue: proposition framed by UC Berkeley Professor George Lakoff for the November 2010 ballet: "All legislative actions on revenue and budget shall be determined by majority vote."
  Visit www.camajorityrule.com
• End corporate property owner tax loophole in proposition 13. www.closetheloophole.com
• Support AB 656 to save public higher education in California. An oil tax proposed by State Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico.
  Visit www.asm.ca.gov/torrico

UC Berkeley's Strategy Plan (from EVCP Breslauer)

 

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