(2/26) AFT 2121 Emergency membership meeting
All AFT 2121 members are urged to attend our emergency meeting on cuts to our college this Wednesday, 2/26 from 3-5pm on the Ocean Campus in Science Hall room 108.
(2/27) COPE meeting: Meet State Senator Scott Weiner
Come hear from Senator Scott Weiner about his plans for community colleges and public education. Senator Scott Weiner is running for re-election this year. Senator Wiener represents District 11 in the California State Senate. District 11 includes all of San Francisco, Broadmoor, Colma, and Daly City, as well as portions of South San Francisco. As our Senator, his decisions will directly impact the future of community colleges in general. We are pleased that he agreed to meet with us.
After Wiener’s presentation and Q + A, our COPE will decide whether and whom to endorse in this race. His main challenger, Jackie Fielder has already interviewed with us. Enter the password COPE to read their responses to our questionnaires.
AFT 2121 solidarity with African American Studies
During the month of February, we recognize that the history, contributions and struggles of African-Americans should be taught year-round. AFT 2121 is proud of the fifty-year legacy of CCSF’s African-American Studies Department. Our Delegate Assembly unanimously supports the department and urges the Board of TRUSTEES and the Administration to immediately take the steps to preserve and expand the department. At our February meeting we unanimously passed this Statement of Solidarity with the CCSF African-American Studies Department.
AFT 2121 endorses Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Following a month-long member survey and two Committee on Political Education (COPE) meetings, members at our last COPE meeting voted in support of a dual endorsement of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
These candidates have the vision and ideas needed to help lead the country out of the Trump-Devos disaster. We are confident that, if elected, each of these candidates will fight for faculty, students, and the broader community college mission of providing high quality public education for all who want it.
Both candidates support free universal public college education and the cancellation of all student loan debts, paid for through progressive tax policies that ask the wealthy to pay their fair share. Senator Sanders has championed public education for decades.
Members at the COPE meeting expressed strong support for endorsing candidates who are making education at all levels a significant part of their platform. Senator Sanders even visited CCSF to support the “Free City” organizing drive to create a tuition-free community college in San Francisco.
AFT 2121’s endorsement joins a growing list of education union endorsements for the two most progressive candidates in the Democratic primary.
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