Making Banks Pay, Rallies & Marches Slated This Week in Cali
On the heels of National Bank Transfer Day, more than 10,000 college and university students, in conjunction with the ReFund California Coalition, will keep the heat on big banks. Rallies and marches are slated at 13 California college campuses this week to make banks pay to end cuts to higher education.
Per today's media advisory, below are listings for related events on November 8 and 9.
NOVEMBER 8
Fresno State - 12pm, Free Speech Area
Students, workers and community workers rally to defend education at Fresno State.
Site Contacts:
Chucho Mendoza Pineda, 559-375-8298, xuxomp@gmail.com
Pablo Rodriguez, 510-842-6063, pablo@anewcalifornia.org
Leila Alamri, 559-240-1297
CSU Sacramento - 7:30am, Campus Entrances
Informational picketing to increase funding for higher education and to hold rich CSU executives accountable for their support of higher education cuts.
Site Contacts:
John Hering, 916-642-6933, admin3@uaw4123.org
NOVEMBER 9
UC Davis - 12pm, Quad
Students, workers and community members will march and rally to make banks pay their fair share to fix the economic crisis they created.
Site Contacts:
Eran Zelnik, 510-421-1628, eran_zel@yahoo.com
Axel Borg, (916) 947-6593
UC Berkeley - 12pm, Sproul Plaza (march to Bank of America)
Students, parents, teachers and workers will rally on Sproul Plaza before marching on nearby Bank of America. The coalition will call on UC Regent and Bank of America Director Monica Lozano to sign the ReFund California Pledge to make Wall Street pay for end cuts to public education.
Site Contacts:
Jennifer Tucker, 510.926.9362, jennifertucker@berkeley.edu
Tanya Smith, 510.325.6381, tanyagays@yahoo.com
UC Santa Cruz - 12-4pm, Clock Tower
Students, parents, teachers and workers will walk out and gather at Quarry Plaza at noon. The coalition will then move to the base of campus at 2pm before marching on banks in downtown Santa Cruz at 4pm where they will call on UC Regent and Bank of America Director Monica Lozano to sign the ReFund California Pledge to make Wall Street pay for public education.
Site Contacts:
Erin Ellison, 723-245-7410, erin.rose.ellison@gmail.com
UC Santa Barbara - 12pm, Storke Hall (march to rally at the Arbor at 12:20pm)
UCSB students and workers will march from Storke Hall to the Arbor starting at noon and will rally at the Arbor to protest Wall Street's role in the economic crisis that has caused astronomical tuition increases, bigger classes, job losses, and pay and benefits cuts. Speakers will include professors, students, workers and labor leaders.
Site Contacts:
Filiberto Nolasco, 323-313-2159, frijolefil@gmail.com
UCLA - 12pm, Bruin Plaza
Students, parents, teachers and workers will rally on Bruin Plaza before marching on a nearby bank. The coalition will call on UC Regent and Bank of America Director Monica Lozano to sign the ReFund California Pledge to make Wall Street pay for public education.
Site Contacts:
Kyle Arnone, 7160-665-1053, kjarnone@gmail.com
Downtown L.A. / L.A. City College - 4pm, Cal Plaza, 350 S Grand Plaza (march in downtown L.A. / Financial District)
Major march through downtown L.A. to make banks pay, not students and working families!
Site Contacts:
Jono Shaffer, 310-739-8025, shafferjono@gmail.com
CSU Long Beach - 8am, 7th Street entrance to campus
Informational picketing to increase funding for higher education and to hold rich CSU executives accountable for their support of higher education cuts.
Site Contacts:
Timothy Maurer, 714-931-1722, timothy.maurer@student.csulb.edu
Donnie Bessom, 781-248-0613, dbessom84@gmail.com
Rich Anderson, 323-363-7619, president@uaw4123.org
UC Riverside - 12pm, Bell Tower
Rally with students and unions at the bell tower, followed by a march demanding that banks are held accountable for creating the economic crisis.
Site Contacts:
John Gust, 951-315-6033, jrobertgust@yahoo.com
Elliot Kim, 951-233-6783, kimnahroo@yahoo.com
Jennifer Ramos, ucrjennifer@gmail.com
UC Irvine - 12pm, Flagpoles
Students, workers and unions join together for a rally and teach-in at the flagpoles at noon, with speakers from around the campus and community, followed by a march.
Site Contacts:
Chris Dunckle, 949-824-6621, cdunckle@uci.edu
Anne Kelly, 949-232-2124, annekelly@gmail.com
UC San Diego - 12pm, Walk Library
A coalition of students, workers and community members will rally and march from the silent tree outside Geisel Library at noon to protest banks' role in causing the financial crisis that has led to tuition increases, cuts in wages and benefits, job loss and foreclosures.
Site Contacts:
Leslie Manjarez, 760-337-1713, leslie.manjarrez@gmail.com
Muni Citrin, 858-699-7398, munialiah@hotmail.com
San Diego State - 11:30am, North side of library
Informational picketing to increase funding for higher education and to hold rich CSU executives accountable for their support of higher education cuts.
Site Contacts:
Joan "Joni" Erdmann McClain, 619-917-5770, joni.mcclain@gmail.com
Scott Clifthorne, 415-810-0652, sclifthorne@uaw.net
Check out our National Bank Transfer Day recap to find out what Angelenos did on November 5.
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