The Berkeley Faculty Association is circulating a petition asking the Chancellor to take a stand against the Alameda County District Attorney’s decision to bring criminal charges against several students and a faculty member involved in the events of last November 9th – which were the subject of the Senate resolutions condemning the administration’s heavy-handed policing. The D.A.’s actions just made a bad situation worse. The administration needs to rise in defense of campus self-governance and tolerance of free speech and free assembly. Please take a moment to read and sign the petition, and pass it on to other colleagues if you agree with the sentiments. The petition is on-line at: http://www.change.org/petitions/berkeley-faculty-association-birgeneau-should-condemn-criminal-charges-against-nov-9-2011-protesters# Because of the way the website works, the boxes [...]
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Berkeley Faculty Association members joined up with the 99 mile march today. The march started in Oakland/Berkeley on Thursday and will end at the state capitol on Monday. BFA faculty caught up with the marchers while they were stopped for lunch in Pinole and marched with them for a couple hours. The Daily Cal has coverage of the second day of the 99 mile march and the faculty participation in it: “Day 2 of the ’99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice.’”
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PRESS RELEASE February 29, 2012 3 PM Approximately two dozen UC Berkeley faculty will join the “99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice” on Friday, March 2nd. The march departs Oakland on Thursday, March 1st, and will arrive inSacramento on Monday March 5th for a rally on behalf of public education at theStateCapitolBuilding. UC Berkeley faculty will join the march on Friday afternoon to walk the stretch fromRichmondtoVallejo. “We are marching to draw attention to the plight of public education inCaliforniaand to implore Californians to re-invest in it,” said Berkeley Faculty Association Co-Chair and Professor of Political Science Wendy Brown. “For all its resources, innovation and wealth,Californiahas sunk to nearly the bottom of the nation in per student spending, [...]
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Dear BFA member: A major mobilization is coming up March 1-5, 2012 to put pressure on the Governor and legislature to renew support for public education in California. It includes a variety of marches, rallies and other activities around the state, peaking with a big show of protest on the Capitol grounds in Sacramento on Monday, March 5th. A key part the action is a “99-mile March for Public Education & Social Justice”, starting hereabouts and going to Sacramento. We would like to have a show of UCB faculty support, in two ways: Have faculty join the 99-mile marchers on Friday, March 2d, 1-3 pm. We will organize car pools to and from the march, starting around noon and returning [...]
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We refuse to pay for the crisis created by the 1%. We refuse to accept the dismantling of our schools and universities, while the banks and corporations make record profits. We refuse to accept educational re-segregation, massive tuition increases, outrageous student debt, and increasing privatization and corporatization. They got bailed out and we got sold out. But through nationally coordinated mass action we can and will turn back the tide of austerity. We call on all students, teachers, workers, and parents from all levels of education —pre-K-12 through higher education in public and private institutions— and all Occupy assemblies, labor unions, and organizations of oppressed communities, to mobilize on March 1st, 2012 across the country to tell those in power: [...]
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The BFA board has agreed to sign on to the ReFund California pledge for public education, following a poll of the members that was overwhelmingly in favor. ReFund California is a coalition of public interest groups seeking to get Wall Street banks to pay for reinvesting in housing, public education, and other public services. The pledge on public education can be found here.
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