Students all over the state and in all levels of education demonstrated their outrage at the Governor's continued attacks on education funding today during a statewide day of action for education. The protest happened simultaneously in over a dozen campuses, including Long Beach State, City College of San Francisco, University of California Santa Cruz, and others. College campuses across the state responded to a call for a day of action by Action In Defense of Education (AIDE), a statewide network of colleges working to transform the educational system.

Protest organizers said, "Over the past two years, the State has continuously shorthanded education and limited access to those more in need." They demanded that real solutions to the "so-called" budget crises be implemented. Among their demands were full funding of Proposition 98- a state law which guarantees funding to California schools, taxing of the top 1% of wealthy people in California, and no further cuts to the education budget. Read more

In Berkeley, students, faculty and community members gathered at People's Park to participate in a walk-out. They marched to Sproul Plaza and set up a Freedom School at Sproul Plaza. Photos Four hundred people gathered at Community College of SF for a march and rally. Photos Hundreds rallied and marched in Santa Cruz and hundreds rallied before a breakaway march at San Diego City College.