Dear Members,
CCSF is looking for a chancellor. But our Board of Trustees doesn’t simply post a help wanted sign on Craigslist, or even in education journals. They hired a consultant to conduct the search — the same consultant who brought us Mark Rocha and Rajen Vurdien. (The consultant is for the permanent position. For the interim, the BOT is just doing the search themselves.)
We deserve better than this. We need a chancellor who believes in the community part of the community college mission, who will stand up for our students and our programs. We need someone who will create real transparency and take real input, not just mouth words about it. We need someone committed to growth.
Last week, AFT 2121 and Academic Senate both passed resolutions recommending Anita Martinez for interim chancellor. See the Resolution on College Leadership, passed by our Delegate Assembly on 5/25/21.
Anita Martinez has been a consistent advocate for expanding access to public higher education her whole life. She is the kind of Chancellor that City College needs. You and your colleagues have been sharing this message in 1 on 1 meetings with Trustees over the past several weeks. Your political director, Adele Failes-Carpenter, has been leading these meetings and communicating the values our community needs in its next Chancellor in her other contacts with Trustees.
Your communications team has been reinforcing these lobbying efforts with an ongoing social media campaign to pressure CCSF’s Trustees to choose a Chancellor like Anita Martinez. See our Twitter profile on Anita Martinez here, our look at Don Griffin as another example of the kind of Chancellor we need, and finally a trailer from our upcoming video poem ‘The Heartbeat of City College’ based on the work of the brilliant Tehmina Khan.
San Francisco deserves a Chancellor who will be the heartbeat of City College.
Sean Monterrosa Memorial Block Party Saturday 12pm
Please join in a community celebration honoring the life of Sean Monterrosa, former CCSF student murdered by Vallejo police just over one year ago (June 2). From the organizers: “Tucan was Sean’s artist moniker, and we’re celebrating him the way he would’ve wanted – by bringing community together and building solidarity to fight for change.”
Family Friendly Community Event with low riders, music, live performances, art, food, games and much more. All COVID precautions will take place and the organizers request attendees wear masks.
RSVP at bit.ly/tucansweekend
2nd Annual Tucan’s Day Block Party
Saturday, June 5th
12-5pm
Bernal Heights, Park Street between Mission and Holly Park circle
(street will be blocked off, so no street parking)
In Solidarity,
Malaika Finkelstein
President, AFT 2121
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