Cocal-CA,
formed as a coalition among faculty organizations in California's
three systems of higher education, is planning Regional CEW activities
in the South (San Diego area), the middle (Los Angeles basin area),
and in the North (San Francisco Bay area), for Friday, October 31,
2003. Public hearings on contingent academic labor issues are being
organized in each area with testimony focussed on the real stories
of contingent faculty and students.
Testimony
will be heard by panels of notables that will include community
leaders, politicians, and educational specialists. Regional committees
have been formed and are separately handling the planning for each
region. Also, many colleges in the state are establishing local
CEW organizing committees to develop local activities.
In
the San Diego Area, the hearing will move from Palomar Community
College in the morning to Domingueze Hills State University during
the afternoon.
In
Los Angeles, a two hour Hearing is being scheduled at
On
the South Bay Penninsula in Cupertino, a three hour hearing is being
planned at De Anza College.
Many
other colleges throughout the state will be having CEW activities
the first days of Campus Equity Week with information tables on
most campuses and other events rangiing from video showings of "Teachers
on Wheels," "A Simple Matter of Justice," and the
CFA documentary of their hearing on "The Future of the University."
Working
Together in Hard Times
Envisioning
the future of higher education
CAMPUS
EQUITY WEEK: OCTOBER 27 - 31st
AN INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF EVENTS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON PROTECTING
THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Friday, October 31st
Campus
Equity Week Regional Event
Noon
to 3 pm
Cal
State Dominguez Hills - Loker Student Union
(Lunch
provided)
Join
with faculty, students, legislators, and community leaders to protect
higher education.
PANEL:
·The Honorable Mervyn Dymally, Assembly member, 52 District
·The Honorable Cindy Montanez, Assembly member, 39 District
·The Honorable Alan Lowenthal, Assembly member, 54 District
·The Honorable Jenny Oropeza, Assembly member, 55 District
·Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Center for Labor Research &
Education
·Marcus Harvey, American Association of University Professors
·Dr. Susan Meisenhelder, Cal State San Bernardino
There will be lecturers and other part-time/non-tenure-track faculty
from various UC, CSU, and community college campuses in southern
California presenting testimony to the panel.
WHY:
Over half the faculty in higher education have contingent or temporary
appointments andover half the full-time appointments last year were
off the tenure track. Budget cuts mean fewer classes and lost faculty
positions on many campuses. Student fees are up, but student access
is threatened.
WHAT: Faculty in the CSU, working with faculty
from the UC and community colleges, are sponsoring campus and regional
events to bring increased visibility to the problems faced by higher
education, examine the funding and policy decisions that have led
to the destabilization of higher education, discuss the impact onstudent
learning, and find ways to protect quality and access for our current
and future students.
HOW: One positive step is that cooperative effort
between the CFA and CSU resulted in 2003-2004 Supplemental Report
Language making clear the California Legislatureís intent
that priority be given to funding classroom instruction, student
services, and libraries.Complying with these guidelines helps protect
quality education.
For more information
Elizabeth Hoffman, Lecturer Representative at 5-5692 or ehoffman@csulb.edu
Click her for map and directions to CSUDH.
The
Loker student union is at the center of campus, by the library.
CSUDH will honor other CSU campus parking permits, but you
must park only in student lots. Day permits: $2)
Details
of equity week events:
http://www.csulb.edu/~cfa/equityweek.html
Map
of Dominguez hills campus: http://www.csulb.edu/~cfa/dhmap.pdf
Directions
to Dominguez hills campus:
http://www.csulb.edu/~cfa/dhdirections.pdf
Hearing
Flyer pdf
(127 KB)
Tentative
Detailed Hearing Schedule
NOTE:
This is a draft, which is constantly changing due to speaker availability
and program logistics.
I hope all are satisfied with this, but please know the structure
is limited by time, possibility of speakers talking too long, and
need to have some parity among CSU, CCC, and UC. Some times are
purposely longer than necessary in order to build in time for any
unexpected delays or for speakers talking too long, or for transitions.
DRAFT of Program for CSUDH Regional Public Hearings as part of Campus
Equity Week, hosted and sponsored by COCAL-California (the Coalition
on Contingent Academic Labor-California):
12:00-1:00 buffet lunch
12:45 starting moving attendees into room and seats
1:00-1:02 CSUDH host David Bradfield, CFA Chapter President and
Statewide Officer
1:03-1:10 COCAL-LA coordinator Craig Flanery; summarize COCAL, CEW,
CEW 2003’s historic coalitional achievement, and acknowledge
CCC host (Andrew Walzer) and UC host (Sandy Barringer)
1:11-1:13 explain format: panel, grouped testimonials, concluding
remarks, who needs to leave early (Oropeza 1:30; Lowenthal 2:00).
1:14-1:16 Introduce panel of 6 notables (4 state legislators; Montanez,
Dymally, Lowenthal, Oropeza confirmed; John Travis (CFA President),
Mona Field (LACCD Board of Trustees President) or Kathy Holland,
2nd Vice President of Glendale Guild of AFT and spokesperson for
FACCC),
1:17 –1:25 Marcus Harvey summarize contingent faculty conditions
across N. America
1:26-1:31 Kent Wong, UCLA, Labor Research Center, explaining difficulties
and strategies for organizing contingent faculty (perhaps in comparison
with other contingent labor)
1:32-1:37 Jenny Oropeza remarks before leaving (this may have to
precede Kent Wong)
1:38-1:43 Panel dialogue with Harvey and Wong
1:44-1:48 Vivian Price (UCIrvine, CSULB, and Long Beach CC lecturer;
longtime union activist as electrician and documentarian.
1:49-1:53 Kathy Holland, 2nd Vice President of Glendale Guild of
AFT
1:54-1:58 Elizabeth Hoffman, CSULB and CFA officer
1:59-2:04 Alan Lowenthal respond and provide concluding remarks
2:05-2:10 panel response and dialogue with speakers
2:11-2:14 CSU student (Blanca Castaneda or other intern she identifies)
2:15-2:18 CCC student (yet to be identified)
2:19-2:21 UC student (yet to be identified)
2:22-2:27 panel response and dialogue with speakers
2:28-2:45 2 minute testimonials from a collection of the academic
community, including: Vicky Blahoe and Melissa Michaelson (SMCC
part-time faculty; Andrew Walzer contact); Robert Melsh (Victor
Valley CC); Paul Von Blum, UC lecturer for 34 years; longtime activist
with history of admin opposition to his campus activism and unionism;
Eileen Klink, CSULB English Chair (EHoffman contact); Delores Griffie
(CSLA lecturer who lost all classes but remains active; CDFlanery
contact); CSUDH ASI President (DBradfield contact); student.
2:35-2:45 selected speakers on solutions and where to go from here
(if such speakers are available)
2:45-3:00 closing comments from panel of notables
3:00-3:02 closing comments from COCAL and CEW host, Craig Flanery
3:03-4:00 Reception
The
Northern Regional Hearing at De Anza College in Cupertino Califorinia
A
Hearing on
the Status of Public Higher Education
and
the Effects of the Budget Crises
on Students and Faculty
October 31, 2003
De Anza College
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA
PROGRAM
11:30-12:30 Buffet Lunch
12:30-12:45 Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Judy Miner, Interim President, De Anza College
Mary Ellen Goodwin, CPFA Executive Council Chair and COCAL- California
Chair
12:45-2:00 Student and Faculty Testimonials
2:00 - 2:30 Panelists Response to Testimonials
2:30 - 3:30 Roundtable Discussion by Panelists on the issues of
Budget, Accountability, and Hiring Practices
Contact: