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Students rally in front of the administration building on November 5th.
This presentation was used at the STARE coalition town hall meeting tonight. Over 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni attended and made plans to continue our struggle against the growing inaccessibility and corporatization of our university.
The powerpoint includes info about STARE and our demands, as well as information compiled by CP SdS on the long term context of the alleged ‘budget crisis.’
Download the file here
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Students Taking Action to Reclaim Our Education
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Dear friends from California,
We at the University of Maryland stand with the students, faculty and staff throughout the University of California system who are rising up against corporatization and budget austerity. From the well-organized walkouts to the courageous occupations, you serve as an example to those of us across the nation who face similar conditions. At the University of Maryland, we have faced round after round of cuts and furloughs, and a tuition hike isn’t far off. Without action, Maryland seems to be headed the same place as California.
Our University also has administrators who are more interested in construction projects than maintaining a quality accessible education for students or a just workplace for staff and faculty. Until shared governance becomes more than just an empty phrase, we won’t be able to get our schools’ priorities straight. We’ve all been following your work closely and we turn to you for inspiration in our own struggles. Unity between students, faculty and staff is an essential part of any meaningful large-scale action, and you’ve kicked ass at it. We look forward to helping to build the burgeoning national student movement to which you’ve given voice. Keep up the good work, and we’ll see you in the streets.
+ The Exec Board of the UM SGA
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Whatchoo doin’ on Monday night?
Nothing?
Word. You should come to the College Park Students for a democratic Society meeting!
We have one crazy semester ahead of us and soooo much work to do towards a more democratic and sustainable campus.
So, when are the meetings?
Mondays
7-8pm
0205 Jimenez (on Campus, Between the Health Center and McKeldin Library)
See you there!
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Sign the petition online! If you have signed in *real* life don’t worry about it. If you haven’t SIGN IT TODAY. Demand accountability and transparency from our administrators and build (y)our power!!
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On November 14th, in concert with thousands of young people all over the country and the Rainforest Action Network, a coalition of students and student groups under the name, “Students for a Sustainable Future,” at the University of Maryland, College Park will demand that Bank of America stops funding coal and starts funding the future.
2pm, Friday, Nov. 14th
College Ave. and US Route 1
Currently Bank of America, along with Citi are financing the construction of more 150 new coal-fired power plants. Bank of America invests less than 0.2% of its $1.5 trillion in assets in alternative energy. In fact, Bank of America has provided more than $6 billion in funding for coal mining companies since 2000, including companies that perform mountain top removal.
* No new coal plants
* An end to mountaintop removal
* Stop financing the coal industry
* Invest in green jobs and clean and just energy!
This is what we are doing about it:
*Write letters to Bank of America articulating our demands
*Rally at the Bank of America in College Park to deliver letters
*Shut down the bank by staging a die-in outside, illustrating what Bank of America’s investment practices are doing to our planet.
Coal is over. Fund the future.
Please email Bob Hayes if interested: rhayes@umd.edu
