Sunday, January 31, 2010

March 4th Schedule!

6:30-Noon Campus-wide
 Picket set-up and pickets/flyering at campus entrances.

7-11am Campus-wide
Students reclaim campus with outreach, activist art, chalking, flyering, drums, music, etc.

11am-Noon Ackerman Turn-Around
Student and Worker Picket

11:30am-Noon Campus-wide
Any students still stuck in class are encouraged to WALKOUT!

Noon-1pm  ALL OUT TO BRUIN PLAZA! 
Rally followed by March around UCLA campus; Speakers, media coverage, chanting, opportunities for circulating petitions, etc.

1-4pm Royce Quad
Student and Faculty Led Teach-Ins

4:30-5:30pm Bruin Plaza
Rally; Speakers, media coverage, chanting, petitioning, etc.
UTLA, CFT, CTA, LAUSD, Community Colleges, and California State Universities join.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

First Meeting of the New Year!


Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a wonderful holiday!  The new quarter/semester is about to begin and we're getting an early start with our first meeting of 2010.  The meeting will be on Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 6pm in the Public Affairs Building, 3rd Floor Student Lounge.

This new year brings a wealth of challenges and opportunities to defend public education. After our actions at November's Regents' meeting the entire nation is looking to us for leadership.

We will send out a detailed agenda for the meeting in the next few days.  Until then, we look forward to hearing from you regarding agenda items and reports you would like to add.

In Solidarity,
UCLA FIGHTS BACK


UCLA FIGHTS BACK: Proposed Agenda
Tuesday, January 5th 2010 @ 6PM
Public Affairs Building, 3rd Floor Student Lounge


A. Introductions and topics you want to cover at this meeting.
B. Brief introduction.
C. Coalition Reports:
  1. Report from AFSCME
  2. Report from UC-AFT
  3. Report from GSA
  4. Report from USAC, Student Worker Front, and other campus orgs.
  5. Report from 'UC Commission on the Future' hearing
  6. Report from ‘Northern California Coordinating Committee’ meeting
  7. Report from USAS – UCLA Case Study for National Campaign
  8. Report re: Police Brutality ‘Review Committee’

D. Upcoming Actions:

January 18th 2010 – MLK Day Action (Rally, March, ?)
  1. No More ‘Back of the Bus’ Education
  2. Messaging
  3. Outreach

March 4th 2010 - National Day of Action
  1. Current plans, coordinating bodies, and calls to action
  2. UCLA Fights Back Call to Action

E. Outreach to:
  1. UCLA Students - Undergrads and Grads
  2. Other So. Cal UC Campuses
  3. LAUSD
  4. CSU's and CC's
  5. Media

E. Other Actions, Meetings, Etc.