For more information:
Nelson Lichtenstein: nelson@history.ucsb.edu
Eileen Boris: boris@femststudies.ucsb.edu
Donna Moore: moore@msi.ucsb.edu
SPEAKER DOCUMENTS
Stan Glantz
PowerPoint Slides: Stastics on Funding
George Lakoff
Why Ending Minority Rule Matters to UC
Ending Minority Rule in California: One Sentence Can Do It
California Democracy Act Initiative
Questions and Answers on The California Democracy Act
What Faculty Can Do To Support the California Democracy Act
Robert Meister
They Pledged YOur Tuition"
http://www.cucfa.org/news/2009_oct11.php
Nelson Lichtenstein
Clark Kerr's Forgotten Legacy
LINKS TO RELEVANT ARTICLES
Op-Ed Columnist: Cracks in the Future by Bob Herbert
The grandeur of the University of California, Berkeley is being jeopardized by shortsighted politicians and the state's colossally dysfunctional budget processes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/opinion/03herbert.html?emc=eta1
Cuts and UC Core Values:
UCB Professor Catherine M. Cole Letter to Her Students
http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/2009/09/teaching-cuts-ucb-prof-catherine-m-cole.html
Save the University: a Teach-in on the Crisis at UC Berkeley
U-Tube talks by UC Berkeley faculty held on September 23, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=53D65B03FF28A6C7
RELATED CAMPUS TALKS/EVENTS
Talk on October 15
UCSB Multicultural Center by Ruth Gilmore: http://newracialstudies.ucsb.edu/speakers
The future of graduate education in the humanities at UC
Part of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Cneter’s Future of the University series, HSSB 6020, Thursday, October 29, 4pm
LINKS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND SITES
PROVIDING INFORMATION
Teach-in on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149582226460&ref=mf
UC Solidarity
A website that aims to share information, coordinate action and build a movement to defend and expand public education, economic justice and democracy in the UC system.
http://www.ucsolidarity.org/
Remaking the University
Chris Newfield (blog with links to events and articles of interest)
http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/
Keep California's Promise
A project of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, an independent organization that provides a voice for UC faculty independent of the University Administration. The Council works with comparable organizations at CSU and the community colleges, as well as policymakers, students, families, staff and their representatives, to restore quality, access, and accountability to public higher education in California.
http://keepcaliforniaspromise.org/?p=314
Option4
A site for discussion on the California state budget and its impact on K-12
and all of public higher education.Option4
http://option4.org
The CA Campaign to Save Public Education
Oct 24, 2009 at UC Berkeley
/http://www.savecapubliceducation.org/