(Thurs. 11/14, 4:45pm) UPDATED – Speak out about the cuts today
Join us at the board meeting today, Thurs. 11/14 in Conlan Hall 101 at 4:45pm to urge our trustees to stand up for our students by prioritizing classes, counseling, and library services! Our college is facing a very real budget crisis, but cutting healthy classes and crucial student services will only make things worse. So let’s ask our trustees to work with us to help fund our college’s future.
Public comment will be before closed session but after the board reviews the college budget so we now expect public comment to begin no earlier than 4:45pm. Expect to speak for 1 or 2 minutes and be prepared for the trustees to potentially limit public comment to 1 minute per person.
Please wear your #RedForEd AFT 2121 t-shirt. If you’re able to attend the meeting but not able to give public comment please come wearing your AFT 2121 t-shirt and stand in solidarity with those who are able to speak up. Let Athena Waid (awaid@aft2121.org) know if you need a t-shirt brought to the meeting.
Have you lost a class? Please help us track it. Fill out the class loss tracking form.
Chancellor Rocha’s solution to our current budget issues is to cut more classes, coordination time, and library and counseling services for students. AFT 2121 believes we can’t cut our way out of this problem. Our solution is to address the chronic underfunding of public education. We are working towards creating the Community Higher Education Fund (CHEF) to enable the City of San Francisco to fund programs and needs that the State does not provide.
Sign on to this letter supporting a fully-funded CCSF.
Congrats to HEAT organizers
Congratulations to the Higher Education Action Team (H.E.A.T.) for their successful 11/13 speak-out around the class cuts. Students, faculty and community members shared powerful stories about the importance of City College’s courses and programs. If you would like to know more about their work, please email ccsfheat@gmail.com.
Supervisor Mar announces City College Sunset!
Yesterday, CCSF Champion Supervisor Gordon Mar announced the launch of City College Sunset in the Spring 2020 semester with six new classes serving working adults, seniors, immigrants and high school students funded from the San Francisco City’s general fund. This is a thrilling start on the road to fully funding our CCSF and we look forward to the work yet to come! More info at www.citycollegesunset.com
(Wed. 11/20, 6-8pm) The Power of Us: Jobs with Justice 9th Annual Gala
Join AFT 2121, Jobs with Justice SF, and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, champion of AB 5, one of the labor movement’s biggest wins for over a million California workers at the 2019 Gala. From Chicago to Oakland, the upsurge in teacher power is leading the way for the labor movement’s revitalization. Let’s celebrate!
Honor Oakland educators with OEA who led a week long strike, part of labor’s militant upsurge. Honor Youth vs. Apocalypse, inspiring youth who helped led the global climate strike. Enjoy dinner, drinks, music and celebrate our victories with labor and community together!
Jobs with Justice SF: 9th Annual Gala
The Power of Us
WEDNESDAY, 11/20, 6-8pm
The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist — 1661 15th Street, San Francisco
Two blocks from 16th & Mission Bart Station
AFT 2121 has tickets to this event reserved for our members and students. Please contact Athena Waid (awaid@aft2121) if you or someone you know would like to attend.
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