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Not Business As Usual. Declare A State Of Emergency. Protest Budget Cuts To Education

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Date:
Friday, May 13, 2011
Time:
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Civic Center
Polk and Larkin Sts between McAllister and Grove

Friday, May 13 It’s NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL. Declare a STATE OF EMERGENCY.

5 regional rallies are being planned for Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego. Time and program for all five locations follows:

4:00 p.m – Music and Entertainment
5:00 p.m – Rally and Speakers

Angry Tired Teachers to Perform
Featuring a musical performance by the Angry Tired Teachers. The Angry Tired Teachers are a rock band made up of educators from the SF Bay Area.

Hear their recent hit song and music video, "Cuts Hurt" protesting the current teacher layoffs and school budget cuts produced by Andrew Kong Knight of the Angry Tired Teachers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AZQj23Td9o&feature=related
The Angry Tired Teachers will perform "Cuts Hurt" along with their other top ten, disgruntled educator hits at the rally!


Why?
All across California, education is under attack. Schools are closing. Teachers and staff are being laid off. Fees are skyrocketing as financial aid is being cut. Classes are being canceled and hundreds of thousands of students are being turned away from colleges. Entire programs and electives are being eliminated. Public education is being destroyed. A quality education has become something only the very rich can afford.
And coming from Sacramento, all we hear are cries of more budget deficits, more cuts to education, and an overall deepening of the attacks.

We are helping to support our Governor's proposed 2011-12 Budget Plan. If the budget plan is not qualified or does not pass, K-12 schools will be cut by approx. $2.3 billion dollars. ($18 billion has already been cut over the past three years!)

Meeting place Civic Center Plaza
Time to meet 4PM - 7PM
Contact details Andrew Kong Knight
Educator, Angry Tired Teachers band
andykongknight [at] yahoo.com
Mike Myslinski
Headquarters Communications
California Teachers Association
http://www.cta.org
Matthew Hardy
Communications Director
United Educators of San Francisco
http://www.uesf.org
usuncut [at] gmail.com
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