On March 4, the UC Day of Action will organize students throughout the UC system against the fee hikes. More information is available at the March 4 Strike Blog. Here is the schedule for the Day of Action:
- 11:30am-Noon Campus-wide: Any students still stuck in class are encouraged to WALKOUT!
- Noon-1pm ALL OUT TO BRUIN PLAZA! Rally followed by March around UCLA campus; Speakers, media coverage, chanting, opportunities for circulating petitions, etc.
- 1-3pm Bruin Plaza and Campus Wide Revolution Dance Party- DJ, musical acts, hip-hop artists, student-led teach-ins, etc.
- 3-4pm Bruin Plaza: Teach-in with various faculty members.
- 4:30-5:30pm Bruin Plaza: Rally; Speakers, media coverage, chanting, petitioning, etc. UTLA, CFT, CTA, LAUSD, Community Colleges, and California State Universities join.
Last week, the Social Sciences Council (which includes your Urban Planning Reps) passed a resolution in support of the Day of Action, which you can read after the break...
Resolution in Support of the UC-Wide Day of Action on March 4, 2010
WHEREAS, In an effort to close the budget gap, the University of California Regents on November of 2009 voted to institute a mid-year fee increase throughout the UC-system for all graduate level instruction without proper due process by way of the denial of a stipulated public comment period and sufficient graduate student inclusion in the decision making process .
WHEREAS, UC President Yudof's budget plans to increase graduate student fees and decrease funding to UCLA work against the University’s goals of educational access, affordability, and shared governance by hindering the quality of graduate instruction at UCLA, the viability of specific programs and departments, and disproportionately place the financial burden on UC graduate students, employees, staff, and faculty.
WHEREAS, UCLA specifically has seen an increase of 20 percent in classroom sizes over the last three years and a decrease in 428 paid positions from February 2009 to July 2009, including 36 ladder faculty, 95 lecturers, and 109 teaching assistants, which will significantly decrease the quality of education for UCLA graduate students, limit faculty and graduate student recruitment, and impact the diversity, quality and inclusivity of UCLA.
LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the UCLA Graduate Student Association is of the opinion that:
Fee increases and funding decreases for graduate instruction are detrimental to the educational climate and livelihood of the University of California, Los Angeles
Fee increases, cuts to enrollment/admissions and the lack of adequate finical aid disproportionately affect students from economically disadvantaged families and thereby threaten the state’s economic fiber.
Layoffs, salary reductions, and furlough days threaten the quality education and overall mission of the University of California, Los Angeles
Shared governance and the democratic process should be respected on all levels of decision-making
LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the aforementioned reasons The UCLA Graduate Student Association is in support of and will participate in the UC system-wide Day of Action on March 4, 2010.
LET IT FINALLY BE RESOLVED, that the UCLA Graduate Student Association stands in solidarity with the undergraduates, staff, faculty, and workers throughout the UC system, and is invested in building sustainable coalitions with these groups for the purpose of the continued defense of the future of public education in California.
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