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DESCRIPTION:March 5th Rally at U.C. Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza  In Support of TRIO 
 Programs Upward Bound, Talent Search and GEAR UP  Over 1,000 students, 
 parents, community leaders and TRIO Program graduates from all over the Bay 
 Area will gather on the University of California, Berkeley campus at Upper 
 Sproul Plaza to show their concern and support for the nation’s Federal 
 TRIO Upward Bound and Talent Search Programs and GEAR UP (Gaining Early 
 Awareness Regarding Undergraduate Programs).  To bring attention to 
 President Bush’s proposed elimination of the Upward Bound and Talent 
 Search TRIO Programs and GEAR UP in his FY2006 budget proposal, TRIO 
 students and alumni, parents, college graduates, educators and community 
 leaders have organized an informational rally and demonstration that will 
 begin at 12noon at UC Berkeley’s Upper Sproul Plaza area.  Invited guest 
 speakers include representatives from the offices of Congresswoman Barbara 
 Lee, Congressman George Miller and Congressman Pete Stark. TRIO Program 
 alumni and current Upward Bound and Talent Search students will also 
 address the gathering, speaking of how these programs have made a 
 tremendous impact in their lives.  The TRIO Upward Bound and Talent Search 
 programs serve more than 455,000 high school and middle school students and 
 military veterans across the country. Millions of students have gone on to 
 college and become citizens who have contributed to their communities and 
 society after completing these programs during the nearly 40 years of 
 operation.  In California alone, more than 47,000 high school and middle 
 school students would lose their college opportunity programs and more than 
 $45 million in federal funding would be lost under the Bush 
 administration’s proposed 2006 budget.  “These students need mentoring 
 and encouragement in preparing for and applying to college because their 
 families have so few resources,” said Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem, president of 
 the Council for Opportunity in Education in Washington D.C.  “Instead, 
 their life-lines to college will be cut off if Congress lets this proposal 
 stand.”  Today more than 1,200 colleges, universities and community 
 agencies host over 2,600 TRIO Programs nationwide serving 823,000 young 
 people and adults.  Thirty-seven percent (37%) of TRIO students are White, 
 35% are African-American, 19% are Hispanic/Latino, 4% are American Indian 
 and 4% are Asian American.  Sixteen thousand (16,000) TRIO students are 
 disabled.                 \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/28/59153.php
SUMMARY:Rally to Save Upward Bound, Talent Search and GEAR UP
LOCATION:University of California at Berkeley campus, Upper Sproul Plaza
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/02/28/59153.php
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