For the past 3 weeks, you all have been working hard to organize a strong majority of faculty to sign No Layoffs Valentine’s Cards to the Trustees. Despite the fear and pain many of us are experiencing right now from the Chancellor’s layoff announcement, you did it.
You expanded your union community, and yesterday a contingent of AFT 2121 members delivered an impressive pile of No Layoff cards to the homes of Trustees Brigitte Davila, John Rizzo, and Thea Selby. They accompanied their delivery with a ‘Don’t Break the Heartbeat of CCSF’ performance developed by Lori Admokom. Your union also shared the street theater art action and AFT 2121’s budget analysis with the press.
Watch, like, and share John Rizzo witnessing his performance on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The point was to encourage Trustee Rizzo and his colleagues to show the independence and leadership necessary to reject the Chancellor’s layoffs and insist on a more positive path forward for our students and our community.
We’ve heard from some Trustees who found the performance invasive. To them, we say that one should run for elected public office only if one is ready to accept personal responsibility for decisions that affect hundreds of CCSF employees (faculty & staff) and thousands of students. Our students and our community demand leadership from those we elected to stand up for our college, not downsize it.
With creativity, passion, and a deep dedication to our students, we will continue to encourage CCSF Trustees to reject downsizing and instead work with SEIU 1021, the SF Building Trades, and AFT 2121 on building the kind of community college San Franciscans deserve and expect.
What’s next? Join your colleagues at the beginning of today’s Delegate Assembly, Tuesday, 2/15 from 3-5pm and get involved in the work to win your campaign to stop the layoffs, prevent class cuts, bring in revenue to the college, and restore pay.
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DA Agenda (agenda order will likely change)
To attend, follow this link from your computer or smartphone OR call 1-669-900-6833 then follow the prompts to enter the meeting ID #810 1671 8065 and password: 783119.
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