Campuswide Teach-In on UC Budget Crisis

This teach-in explores the origins and character of the current crisis at the University of California. The program is as follows; for more information see the Keep California’s Promise website.

2:30 p.m. Welcome from the Campbell Hall Steps
Reginald Archer, President, Graduate Student Association, UCSB
Jessie Bernal, Student Member of UC Regents
Amanda Wallner, Campus Democrats, UCSB

3:05 p.m. Student Voices
Erica Stenz, Exercise and Sports Studies Campaign
Nayra Pacheco, IDEAS (Improving Dreams, Equality, Access, & Success)
Joel Mardujano, Associated Students Legislative Council Representative

3:25 p.m. Meaning of the Teach-In
Dean David Marshall, UCSB
Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, UCSB: Clark Kerr’s forgotten legacy

3:40 p.m. The Crisis at the University of California
Chair: Michael Brown, UCSB, Gevirtz School of Education (invited)
Stan Glantz, Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco, past chair of UC Committee on Planning and Budget: UC’s budget blunders
Robert Samuels, President, UC-American Federation of Teachers: Why the furloughs are unnecessary
Christine Petit, President, UAW Local 2865, (The union for TAs, readers and tutors): The teaching experience under stress
Robert Meister, Professor of Political Science, UC Santa Cruz, President, UC Faculty Associations: What is faculty governance?

5:30 p.m. California Politics: What Reforms Do We Need?
Chair: Aranye Fradenburg, Professor of English, UCSB
Lenny Goldberg, California Tax Reform Association 25
Ruth Gilmore, Professor of Ethnicity and Geography, University of Southern California: The Budget-draining prison complex
Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center: A “Dream Act” for Undocumented students
Sharde Davis, UCSB: Stop rising fees!

7:00 p.m. Breakout Workshops and Panels at Various Locations on Campus.
A light dinner will be available outside of Campbell. See program for location of workshops and panels in nearby classroom buildings

8:30 p.m. Where Do We Go From Here?
Chair: Hannah Beth Jackson, former South Coast Assemblywoman
Janelle Mungo, Human Rights Coalition, UCSB: What students can do.
Loni Hancock, Chair, Elections, Reapportionment, and Constitutional Amendments Committee, California State Senate: Ending the Sacramento deadlock
George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley: Framing the issues

Open Mike
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The Sept. 14 UC Budget Crisis Teach-In at UC Berkeley is available on Youtube: See this playlist of 5 presentions (they are each 12-19 mins. long).

hm 8/31/09, 9/22, 10/5, 10/8, 10/9