We call on our elected leaders: Stop the destruction of our CCSF
At his forum on Wednesday, Interim Chancellor Vurdien said that “the state sees the school as a school that can serve no more than 18-20 thousand students” and that “the state sees the school as a school that should not have more than about 180 full-time faculty.” CCSF currently has 60,000 students. He made these comments in answer to a question that begins about 54:00 of the forum.
It is clear what we are facing. After years of our college administration claiming they are not trying to shrink CCSF, we now have a direct clarification that not only do our top administrators plan to cut the college, they claim to have the support of state leaders for this devastation.
AFT 2121 stands in solidarity with our communities. Any CCSF trustee and City leader who opposes the destruction of educational opportunities in San Francisco must speak out immediately and defend the community in our community College.
In solidarity and with determination,
AFT 2121
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The janitors of SEIU 87 are in the contract fight of their lives — and are out on strike through Friday. We need to join them in the streets tomorrow to show our solidarity and support in this struggle! They are fighting for safety on the job, work environments free of sexual harassment and exploitation, fair wages, healthcare, and more! Come out to rally and show what labor solidarity looks like on Friday!
In this safe unified space with my faculty family, I was once again reminded of the students I have been called to teach. The ones we often call “hard to serve”, “marginalized”, “under-represented”; these students often look, act, and sound like me. I learned they are cutting the “Body Classes” that are found in physical education department and focus on the intelligence known as bodily kinesthetics. Until recently I narrowly viewed these classes as preparation for professional performance. These classes create a special space for new students like the ones I love. In these spaces, they get to “dip their toe” in academia, to find their grounding in a college setting, and from that space learn that they too can, “do the college thing”. These same students also disproportionately experience trauma and are often called ‘resilient”. Trauma lives in the body. I stand in unity with my Body Class Physical Education Faculty Family who not learning spaces for these students but also active their vagus nerve and create opportunities for much needed stress release. During the meeting I did not hear Admin talking about students and how we serve them in multiple ways including stress relief. I only heard we must cut. They did not say we must cut in order to grow or how this plan benefits students. I only heard classes are being cuts for all students, those who want to go to a 4-Year college and those who want to discover if college is for them. Both types of students belong at CCSF. Both types of class belong here. Those that focus on the body and those that focus on academics. I am coming back again and hope this time I hear a plan and not simply a cut.
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.
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