Monday, 5/3, AFT 2121’s Save CCSF Virtual Press Conference

Posted on May 2, 2021 by AFT 2121

Dear CCSF allies,

While the national Democratic party moves in one direction on education, San Francisco is on the precipice of moving in another. City College of San Francisco is a majority student of color bedrock of San Francisco that has been the single largest job and skills trainer in the city for generations. But right now, it’s facing a cut of more than 50% which would rob over 31,000 students every semester of their chance to become the diverse working professionals of tomorrow and leave over 600 CCSF faculty unemployed during a pandemic.

If City leaders do not step up now to support CCSF, Philippine Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Aircraft Maintenance, Fashion, and Dance face total elimination. Workforce programs like nursing, culinary arts, automotive, disabled students programs and services, and English as a Second Language will be cut 40-80%.

We need SF Supervisors to vote yes on WERF expansion so that City College can continue to meet the needs of our City. There is a brighter future and increased investment for community colleges on the horizon. At our virtual press conference tomorrow we are asking San Francisco’s leaders to make the choices now that will position San Francisco and CCSF to lead in the emerging national conversation about the value community colleges bring to our communities:

AFT 2121 holds Save our CCSF Virtual Press Conference

Monday, 5/3, 12pm
RSVP: http://bit.ly/AFT2121May3
Share the flyer: https://tinyurl.com/4c3zkmw4

San Francisco Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Gordon Mar have been working with AFT 2121, CCSF trustees, and allied community organizations to build support for a funding bill that would provide CCSF with the short-term support it needs to stop these cuts by expanding the Workforce Education Recovery Fund. This same coalition is also working on a long-term solution to the chronic underfunding of City College to ensure CCSF can continue to meet the needs of San Francisco residents.

To recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, San Francisco needs City College now more than ever. CCSF has offered generations of San Franciscans an accessible pathway to solid jobs, lifelong learning, and college degrees. City College is a jewel of San Francisco that benefits all its residents–we cannot let this essential public institution slip away.

That’s our fight, please take three steps to help us win it.

1. Attend AFT 2121’s Save our CCSF virtual Press Conference tomorrow, Monday, 5/3 at 12 noon. RSVP here: https://forms.gle/hnq2M1JK8jYU6bzB6

2. Attend the AFT 2121’s in-person Save our CCSF CARE-A-VAN rally, Saturday, 5/8, at 11am. RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/h3uf8m2b

3. Sign the open letter to the CCSF Board of Trustees: https://tinyurl.com/rpc3m5hb

RSVP for Monday’s press conference at 12pm here!

And thank you for standing up to defend our CCSF!

In Solidarity,

TEAM AFT 2121

More info:
Workforce Education Recovery Fund Expansion FAQs
Official Press Advisory: Monday, 5/3, 12pm, AFT 2121 holds Save CCSF Press Conference