Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Rally at Governor-Elect Cuomo's
(Sorry: It said 2007! Odd error. Am taking it down and fixing it)
On November 22, The CUNY Board of Trustees voted to raise your tuition by 5% this spring and another 5% in the fall. That’s on top of 44% tuition increases, since 2003! That’s also on top of $200 million in state and city CUNY budget cuts over the past two years. And the 10% cutbacks currently slated for Baruch college and elsewhere that would result in layoffs of up to 65% of adjunct faculty and the creation of jumbo classes of up to 200 students. And further budget cuts projected for 2011. Simply put, the bankers and politicians that caused the economic crisis are passing its costs on to CUNY students in the form of deteriorating educational quality at an ever higher price, and on to full-time and adjunct faculty in the form of layoffs and course cuts, class size increases, and slashed programs and resources. (From a March4/October 7th committee email)
(more on increases)
Dwight Peter's Free CUNY Speech:
We want America and the world and everybody
To understand that education is a human right
In 1847
This great institution of ours
Was founded for the working class of New York
In 1847-1976
There was no tuition
In 1969
a coalition of African American and Latinos
Fought for something that is very sacred
And very, very beautiful…
For open admissions
They understood what the future of this nation was worth
They understood that the working class must be educated
And we today
Continue that fight
You want to know why
I keep talking about CUNY’s past?
The reason was
Because I’m afraid of CUNY’s future:
Tuition hikes
Overcrowded classrooms
Loss of professors
Where would this leave us?
We are tired of begging
We are tired of asking
Let it be known that we are demanding
Opportunity and life
Students,
Faculty,
Unions
All stand in Solidarity
We cannot rely on anybody else
We will create that world
Free CUNY!
[They say] that we are in an economic crisis
Our reply to that:
It’s not our fault
Tax the rich
Why should we
Clean up the mess?
Don’t we already clean up the mess?
We work hard
Some of us have full time jobs
And go to school full time
Some of us have kids
And go to school full time
Some of us do not get financial aid
We have to figure out how we’re going to pay for tuition next semester
…They’re cutting TAP
…See what’s happening in England?
See what’s happening across the world?
We stand with students all throughout the world
So let them know
It’s not just CUNY students fighting
It’s not just in New York that we’re fighting
This is an international movement
For a Free Education
Free CUNY!
Don’t give up
Some people are going to say it’s not worth it
They’re going to say there’s nothing you can do about it
But we know better
We know that people that stand up for themselves
Will be heard
You are not alone!
Free CUNY!
…Go back
To your campuses
Organize
Like you never have before
Students there
Need us to voice for them
International students
They’re facing a tuition hike as well
…Free CUNY!
Free CUNY!
Free CUNY!
Free CUNY!
When do you want it?
Now!
When do you want it?
Now!
When do you want it?
Now!
When do you want it?
Now!
Free CUNY!
On November 22, The CUNY Board of Trustees voted to raise your tuition by 5% this spring and another 5% in the fall. That’s on top of 44% tuition increases, since 2003! That’s also on top of $200 million in state and city CUNY budget cuts over the past two years. And the 10% cutbacks currently slated for Baruch college and elsewhere that would result in layoffs of up to 65% of adjunct faculty and the creation of jumbo classes of up to 200 students. And further budget cuts projected for 2011. Simply put, the bankers and politicians that caused the economic crisis are passing its costs on to CUNY students in the form of deteriorating educational quality at an ever higher price, and on to full-time and adjunct faculty in the form of layoffs and course cuts, class size increases, and slashed programs and resources. (From a March4/October 7th committee email)
(more on increases)
Dwight Peter's Free CUNY Speech:
We want America and the world and everybody
To understand that education is a human right
In 1847
This great institution of ours
Was founded for the working class of New York
In 1847-1976
There was no tuition
In 1969
a coalition of African American and Latinos
Fought for something that is very sacred
And very, very beautiful…
For open admissions
They understood what the future of this nation was worth
They understood that the working class must be educated
And we today
Continue that fight
You want to know why
I keep talking about CUNY’s past?
The reason was
Because I’m afraid of CUNY’s future:
Tuition hikes
Overcrowded classrooms
Loss of professors
Where would this leave us?
We are tired of begging
We are tired of asking
Let it be known that we are demanding
Opportunity and life
Students,
Faculty,
Unions
All stand in Solidarity
We cannot rely on anybody else
We will create that world
Free CUNY!
[They say] that we are in an economic crisis
Our reply to that:
It’s not our fault
Tax the rich
Why should we
Clean up the mess?
Don’t we already clean up the mess?
We work hard
Some of us have full time jobs
And go to school full time
Some of us have kids
And go to school full time
Some of us do not get financial aid
We have to figure out how we’re going to pay for tuition next semester
…They’re cutting TAP
…See what’s happening in England?
See what’s happening across the world?
We stand with students all throughout the world
So let them know
It’s not just CUNY students fighting
It’s not just in New York that we’re fighting
This is an international movement
For a Free Education
Free CUNY!
Don’t give up
Some people are going to say it’s not worth it
They’re going to say there’s nothing you can do about it
But we know better
We know that people that stand up for themselves
Will be heard
You are not alone!
Free CUNY!
…Go back
To your campuses
Organize
Like you never have before
Students there
Need us to voice for them
International students
They’re facing a tuition hike as well
…Free CUNY!
Free CUNY!
Free CUNY!
Free CUNY!
When do you want it?
Now!
When do you want it?
Now!
When do you want it?
Now!
When do you want it?
Now!
Free CUNY!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
NYPIRG Students Hold Vigil for COP16
After the third day of COP16, where government representatives once again are negotiating for the UNFCCC, NYPIRG (The New York Public Interest Research Group), which is comprised of student chapters throughout SUNY and CUNY, held a vigil across the street from the UN. 
Students came out from various CUNY schools, some who are newcomers to this gigantic people's movement. Oxfam and Greenpeace organizers participated as well in discussing the concept of Climate Justice, that "non annex" countries are greatly more affected by Climate Change and could use financial help from "annex" countries, or wealthier nations, to survive.
CUNY Budget/Tuition Protest Tuesday December 14th
From a March4/October 7th committee email:
Tell CUNY…
NO TUITION INCREASE!
On November 22, The CUNY Board of Trustees voted to raise your tuition by 5% this spring and another 5% in the fall. That’s on top of 44% tuition increases, since 2003! That’s also on top of $200 million in state and city CUNY budget cuts over the past two years. And the 10% cutbacks currently slated for Baruch college and elsewhere that would result in layoffs of up to 65% of adjunct faculty and the creation of jumbo classes of up to 200 students. And further budget cuts projected for 2011. Simply put, the bankers and politicians that caused the economic crisis are passing its costs on to CUNY students in the form of deteriorating educational quality at an ever higher price, and on to full-time and adjunct faculty in the form of layoffs and course cuts, class size increases, and slashed programs and resources.
It’s time to tell the CUNY Trustees, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo that enough is enough!
It’s NOT too late, the proposed tuition increase CAN be rolled back... But we MUST raise our voices!
Where: Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s office @ 120 Broadway, between Cedar Street and Pine Street (A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Fulton St.)
When: 5 pm, Tuesday, December 14
Sponsored by: March4/October7th Committee.
For further information, contact: march4ny@gmail.com
Tell CUNY…
NO TUITION INCREASE!
On November 22, The CUNY Board of Trustees voted to raise your tuition by 5% this spring and another 5% in the fall. That’s on top of 44% tuition increases, since 2003! That’s also on top of $200 million in state and city CUNY budget cuts over the past two years. And the 10% cutbacks currently slated for Baruch college and elsewhere that would result in layoffs of up to 65% of adjunct faculty and the creation of jumbo classes of up to 200 students. And further budget cuts projected for 2011. Simply put, the bankers and politicians that caused the economic crisis are passing its costs on to CUNY students in the form of deteriorating educational quality at an ever higher price, and on to full-time and adjunct faculty in the form of layoffs and course cuts, class size increases, and slashed programs and resources.
It’s time to tell the CUNY Trustees, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo that enough is enough!
It’s NOT too late, the proposed tuition increase CAN be rolled back... But we MUST raise our voices!
Where: Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s office @ 120 Broadway, between Cedar Street and Pine Street (A, C, J, Z, 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Fulton St.)
When: 5 pm, Tuesday, December 14
Sponsored by: March4/October7th Committee.
For further information, contact: march4ny@gmail.com
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Water Justice Phone Call
If you want to stop Hydrofracking, you can join this phone blitz. This bill will give us another 6 months to build the movement.
Action:
Tuesday 11/23 (and everyday until the Assembly passes the bill), please call and ask the Speaker, influential members of the Assembly and the Governor to attend the Special Session in Albany and “bring the Sweeney hydraulic fracturing moratorium bill A11443B to the Assembly floor for a vote and pass the bill!”
Essential calls: (If the phone lines get flooded, send an email or fax!)
• Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver 518-455-3791, or, 212-312-1420 or mailto: Speaker@assembly.state.ny.us
FAX HIM @ 518-455-5459
• Assemblyman Herman Farrell (Chair of Ways & Means Committee)
518-455-5491, or, 212-234-1430, or, 212-568-2828 or mailto: FarrelH@assembly.state.ny.us
• Your Assemblyperson!
Find Them Here
• Governor David Paterson
518-474-8390 or email Paterson here
Monday, November 22, 2010
Students Disrupt CUNY Board of Trustees Meeting
The CUNY Board of Trustees held a public meeting at Baruch College on 24th Street to vote on certain items such as raising Tuition. What began as a modest protest of twenty five people in front of the campus, escalated into a disruption of the meeting, police force to remove the students, and a rally of up to fifty people in the lobby, held back by police, but witnessed by many curious students. 
Unlike a similar protest at a previous public hearing with the Board of Trustees, this protest caught the attention of students that were unaware that tuition was on the verge of going up 5 to 7%. Of course these increments often don't seem like much to the average student, but to others they are yet another addition to their own stuggle, and the protesters made it very clear that tuition has already gone up 44% since 2003. Adjunct professors and professors fought as well. With the movement came Hunter, Lehman, La Guardia, and other schools. Alumni attended as well.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
RALLY OUTSIDE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOMORROW!
Tuition has gone up 44% since 2003.
Now the CUNY Administration is doing it to us again with a proposed
5% tuition increase for Spring 2011, and 2% tuition increase for Fall 2011
Rally outside the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting
Monday, November 22, 3:30 pm
Meet in the GC lobby on Monday at 2:45pm to walk to the rally together.
Rally location and details:
Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue (corner of 24th Street), Vertical Campus.
We will rally outside from 3:30 to 4:00, then go into the Board meeting,
which starts at 4:30 and is in room 14-220 of Baruch's Vertical Campus.
For more info, contact TheAdjunctProject@gmail.com
Now the CUNY Administration is doing it to us again with a proposed
5% tuition increase for Spring 2011, and 2% tuition increase for Fall 2011
Rally outside the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting
Monday, November 22, 3:30 pm
Meet in the GC lobby on Monday at 2:45pm to walk to the rally together.
Rally location and details:
Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue (corner of 24th Street), Vertical Campus.
We will rally outside from 3:30 to 4:00, then go into the Board meeting,
which starts at 4:30 and is in room 14-220 of Baruch's Vertical Campus.
For more info, contact TheAdjunctProject@gmail.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)