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Santa Cruz Indymedia | Education & Student Activism | Labor & Workers | Racial JusticeUCSC Coalition Rallies Against Budget Cuts, Fee Hikes and Layoffs
On May 28th, students, staff, workers, and faculty rallied at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus to protest the UC administration’s decision to cut Community Studies department staff, Latin American Latina/o Studies professors, and director positions at the American Indian Resource Center and the Women’s Center. The rally was organized by the New UC, a coalition that seeks to save quality of education in the UC from regressive, belt-tightening attacks, to ensure universal access to education, and to promote freedom of thought in the university.  sleeping_5-28-09.jpg While these cuts are seen as part of a larger budget crisis in California, organizers with the New UC say that the execution of budget reductions at UCSC and across the UC system are unjust, undemocratic, and discriminatory. In solidarity and support of the hunger strikers and their demands, the New UC is calling for those concerned by recent budget cuts to protest, declaring “No Cuts, No Hikes, No Layoffs.”
For more information, including lists of demands, see: UCSC Students Hunger Strike http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/24/18597741.php UCSC coalition says No Cuts, No Hikes, No Layoffs http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/28/18598828.php And from 2006, check out: The Need for Ethnic Studies http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/02/27/18051651.php UCSC Charged With Disadvantaging Students, Faculty and Workers of Color http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/07/18272891.php
§Respect The Space
 respect-the-space_5-28-09...  under-oak_5-28-09.jpg  hunger-strike_5-28-09.jpg  institutionalized-coloniz...  student-affairs-cop_5-28-... UC Santa Cruz Police Chief Mickey Aluffi burns petroleum while talking to Alma Sifuentes (yellow cap) and Margaret Ortega from Student Affairs.
 cue_5-28-09.jpg Members of the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) share their experiences with students.
 cut-the-top_5-28-09.jpg  new-fsh_5-28-09.jpg  fair-housing_5-28-09.jpg  cut-blumenthal_5-28-09.jpg  humyn-generator_5-28-09.jpg This humyn powered bicycle generator, which also has a solar panel, was brought to the rally by Takashi of People Power and provided amplified sound for the rally.
 cut-nukes_5-28-09.jpg The University of California: America's Most Ecocidal "Green" University
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/13/18588632.php  slashing-diversity_5-28-0... Martin, a graduate student, father, and resident of Family Student Housing, spoke about the inadequate and unsafe living conditions at FSH.
 white-sage_5-28-09.jpg Daniel “Nane” Alejándrez, co-founder of Barrios Unidos, smudges students with white sage.
Smudging is a ritual way to cleanse a person, place or an object of negative energies, spirits or influences. The smudging ceremony involves the burning of special, sacred plants and herbal resins, then, either passing an object through the resulting smoke, or fanning the smoke around a person or place. The spirit of the plant then purifies whatever is being smudged.  save-cmmu_5-28-09.jpg The Coalition to Save Community Studies is a student-led group that includes students of all majors, faculty, alumni, and all others who are concerned with the academic integrity of the Community Studies department. Formed in April 2009 in light of UC wide budget cuts, the coalition brings together different constituencies to educate the public and advocate for the preservation of the department and major. The coalition seeks transparency and engagement in the budget decision making process through diplomacy and outreach to other affected students.
 ucsc-hypocrisy_5-28-09.jpg This persyn read propaganda by UCSC to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the institution's words compared to its actions.
 jonas_5-28-09.jpg Susanne Jonas, a pink-slipped lecturer in the Latin American and Latina/o Studies (LALS) department and world-renowned expert on the Guatemalan Peace Accords speaks with Sister Paula Livers-Powell, Founding Dean & Director of the African American Resource Center.
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Friday May 29th, 2009 1:51 PM
State could remove UC autonomy
http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=19145
Friday May 29th, 2009 2:36 PM
please spread far and wide! although the call-in time has passed, i´m sure that calls in the days to come will help to show our support.
From: UCSC Student of Color Collective ucsc.soc.collective [at] gmail.com Dear Friends, Supporters and Allies, Thank you all for your support so far! We have had a very positive and successful week, much of it due to your loving support. Our hunger strike will continue into the weekend to continue to add pressure to get our demands met. To apply further pressure on the administration and show the number of people who also feel that these demands are vital to our campus and to retaining students of color, we will be having a CALL-IN DAY today, May 29th. Please continue to stand in solidarity with us by calling administrators today and encouraging everyone in your classes, departments, and communities to call as well! Thank you, Student of Color Collective Student of Color Collective CALL-IN DAY 5/29 10am-2pm Chancellor George Blumenthal- 831.459.2058 Vice Chancellor Felicia McGinty- 831.459.2474 Dean of Social Sciences Sheldon Kamieniecki- Phone: 831.459.3212 College Administrative Officer Susan Welte- Phone: 831.459.2418 SCRIPT: Hi my name is _____________________ and I am a concerned student/community member/ TA/ Professor/ worker, and am calling to urge the Chancellor/ Vice Chancellor/ Dean, to meet the demands of the Student of Color Collective. Students are hungry for a better education and deserve one. Please help with the retention of students of color on this campus. Thank you, ____________ ------------------ Student of Color Collective Petition http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cldkVGJTZk5OYVQ2enAyTkVBOTRqeFE6MA.. "When budget cuts hit, students of color and marginalized students feel it first..." By signing this petition, I stand in solidarity with all of the demands presented by the Student of Color Collective. We know hat the University of California, Santa Cruz has the means to meet these demands by the end of spring quarter 2008-2009 and we expect these demands to be enacted immediately. ------------------------------ Send the following information to: ucsc.soc.collective [at] gmail.com First Name Last Name
Friday May 29th, 2009 5:51 PM
As a friendly piece of advice, I passed by Thursday, and there appeared to be a "tiki" torch under the oak tree with the tents. That doesn't seem like a safe thing to do. Open flames and tents don't mix, and even if the torch seems to be away from the tents, be sure no one can stumble into it and knock it over.
Secondly, as I read over the groups demands, may I respectfully suggest they consider what can be done by this campus alone versus changes they'd like to see in the whole UC or in the state?
Friday May 29th, 2009 7:21 PM
It looks like they are addressing ucsc, but some things definitely will not move without full uc cooperation.
ideals of isolated struggle won't address the real tension.
Saturday Jun 6th, 2009 7:59 PM
Alma is an example of administrative fat that could be cut from Housing Admin and transferred to teaching students.
The colleges have way too many administrators who do nothing other than go to meetings. I'm not kidding. It wouldn't matter except critical programs are being cut so that college administrative and assistant administrative officers who are basically administrative cops can keep there jobs. Other than go to meetings they act as "judicial officers" who apply sanctions on kids caught smoking pot or making noise. Do we really need to pay people 50K+ a year to do this?? SHAME. |