(3/23 & 3/24) Upcoming meetings for AFT 2121 members
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To attend, follow this link from your computer or smartphone: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81016718065?pwd=UFk0SzdUY2FLdXdLL2RLZW1wdnhRZz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 then follow the prompts to enter the meeting ID #810 1671 8065 and password: 783119.
(3/24, 1-2pm) Solidarity Discussion Forum
So much going on, so much to talk about! But many of us are having a hard time connecting through our little computer boxes. AFT 2121 members have been saying we need more time and space to discuss important issues and just be together. We’re going to try a new venue: a discussion forum. All AFT 2121 members are invited to a Solidarity Discussion Forum Wednesday 3/24 from 1-2pm.
This is not a business meeting and we will not vote. We want to expand creativity and develop new ideas. We need to hear from you! Please send suggested agenda items to Malaika: mfinkels@aft2121.org. This first forum will be short, so we may not get to everything. We’ll prioritize new ideas and topics that have not yet been aired at our other meetings. We hope this forum will spark new energy and dialogue that will continue over a series of such meetings.
To attend, follow this link from your computer or smartphone: https://aft.zoom.us/j/95943387771?pwd=b3N3YUtTY1RHTjhUc2tWNnpOYjczZz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 then follow the prompts to enter the meeting ID #959 4338 7771 and password: 134119.
Agenda:
- Considering endorsement of Homes for Families and Corporate Monopoly Transparency Excise Tax (AB 1199)
- Considering endorsement of David Campos for State Democratic Party Chair
- Transfer of funds from COPE issues to candidate account to cover 2020 campaign expenditures
- Approving expenditure with updated name for “SF Tenants and Families” on behalf of endorsed candidates in Nov 2020
- Community Centered Response to Violence against Asian Americans
https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/aaajcommunitystatement - Update on Rebuild CCSF research effort & Ways to Pitch-In
- Preparing for bargaining community listening sessions with Jobs with Justice
Learn more:
- Watch the Housing Rights Committee presentation to our members at the 2/17/21 COPE meeting
- Read the factsheet
To attend, follow this link from your computer or smartphone: https://aft.zoom.us/j/95943387771?pwd=b3N3YUtTY1RHTjhUc2tWNnpOYjczZz09 OR call 1-669-900-6833 then follow the prompts to enter the meeting ID #959 4338 7771 and password: 134119.
Help Needed! Join the COVID Impact Fund Research Project
Please join our colleagues with Rebuild City College in an effort to research how other institutions have made use of the federal COVID impact funds (HEERF). This information can help us demonstrate ways in which this funding can be used to support the urgent needs of our students, staff, and faculty while also helping avoid lay-offs. We need to combat the misinformation around these funds and put pressure on the administration to use this money to address the most critical needs of the college at this time.
This is a big undertaking and we hope more people can lend a hand. Time is working against us as the administration develops their own plan for spending the money. Here is more information from Stephanie with Rebuild City College about how members can help, immediately:
- To sign up for the HEERF research project, please sign up through our OutreachCircle and look for the action “Participate in the HEERF Research Project.” Click the “Sign up” button to enter your name and email into a form (so we can contact you with the info you need), and then please consider sharing this with others, using the “Spread the word” option you’ll see after you complete the form.
- Here’s the link, again, to our OutreachCircle, for your convenience: OutreachCircle app
(4/9) Save the Date: City Hall hearing on saving our CCSF
Save our CCSF City Hall Virtual HearingSponsored by Supervisor Ronen
Friday, 4/9 at 10am
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On the heels of more than 600 participants coming out to defend CCSF on March 12th, Supervisor Ronen has called a hearing of the San Francisco Joint Education Committee to address these questions:
- Is the city providing CCSF with enough support for the college to be able adequately help SF residents recover from the COVID crisis?
- Short term, how can the city leverage state & federal COVID aid to support CCSF?
- Long term, what opportunities exist for the City to help address the chronic underfunding of CCSF by making greater, ongoing investments into CCSF?
City and State leaders must take action now to protect our College in the immediate and long term— the future of our students and our City depend on it.
Make a request for Tech Reimbursement
Last month, our Impacts Bargaining team won reimbursements for faculty who have spent money on technology to work at home. If you’re not sure whether they will cover what you need, the best way to find out is to make a request. We look forward to the District creating a form. But for now, the way to request reimbursement is to email your chair, dean, and helpdesk@ccsf.edu. Include them all in one email message, and provide receipts to show what you’ve spent.
Email accounts will remain active
Earlier this semester, the District threatened to cancel “inactive” ccsf.edu email accounts. They sent two contradictory messages to college employees, with slightly different versions of which accounts would be terminated.
Our grievance team pushed back, and so did teams from other employee groups. Today, Chancellor Vurdien confirmed that he has directed IT to keep accounts open. They will hold off on cancellations for now, and revisit the issue next calendar year.
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