Join in a Day of Action - Fight the Budget Cuts

March 4, 2010  
Marks a Statewide Strike and Day of Action

@ De Anza — March in San Francisco or Participate in Local Action

Students are organizing at De Anza for a day of action to voice concern about the education budget cuts in California.

Step 1: RECOGNIZE Step 2: ORGANIZE Step 3: MOBILIZE

The call to march on March 4th was agreed upon by the Save Public Education Conference at UC Berkeley on October 24, 2009, where more than 800 individuals representing K-12, CCCs, CSUs and UCs agreed upon this call.

March 4th MARCH in SAN FRANCISCO

Students, faculty and staff will join other college students and educators in a mass rally march to the Civic Center in San Francisco in response to the budget cuts to education. Buses to San Francisco for 500 students will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Bus riders will be required to sign a waiver.

RESERVE YOUR  SPOT for a Ride on the Bus
Stop by the Tent City in the Main Quad for more information about the March, the budget cuts and what you can do. Buses leave at 1:00 p.m. on March 4th. Or you may carpool and meet the group there!

  
Student D.A.R.E TENT CITY (De Anza Restoring Education) 

In preparation for the March 4th March in San Francisco, students have set up a Tent City in the Main Quad. Stop by to talk with students about why they are fighting for access to education for all.

SPECIAL WORKERS' SESSION
Students for Justice invite De Anza staff and faculty to stop by Tent City for conversation on Wednesday, March 3, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Come to talk and sing. Ven para hablar y cantar!

MARCH 4th DAY OF ACTION Schedule of Events

FACULTY Academic Senate Supports DAY OF ACTION

On Feb. 8, 2010,  De Anza's Academic Senate approved a resolution to support the participation of all De Anza College faculty members in the De Anza College March 4th, 2010 "Day of Action" events. Read the full text of the resolution below.

De Anza College Academic Senate Faculty Resolution
Approved February 8th, 2010

WHEREAS, on Oct. 24th 2009, the Mobilizing Conference to Defend Public Education voted, as its principal decision, to call for a statewide Strike and "Day of Action" on March 4, 2010 to engage in lobbying activities for public education funding (with each school, union, and organization being free to choose its specific demands and tactics);  

WHEREAS, it is in the interests of all members of the De Anza College community and the academic interests of all colleges across the state that these "Day of Action" events are as effective as possible; and

WHEREAS, it is reasonable to assume that the efficacy of the "Day of Action" events organized by De Anza College will be directly proportional to the degree of student, faculty, staff, and community member participation in said events;

BE IT RESOLVED that the De Anza College Academic Senate supports the participation of all De Anza College faculty members in the De Anza College March 4th, 2010 "Day of Action" events;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the De Anza College Academic Senate encourages faculty to attend these events in lieu of holding classes, and/or bring their classes to organized events or regard student participation as somehow class related or not penalize students for attending events instead of classes; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the De Anza College Academic Senate encourages all De Anza College academic division deans to not view the participation of any part-time faculty members in their divisions in said events as a breach of said faculty members' employment contracts.