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Full Funding As per our Charter, the DEN calls for "Full Funding for Public Higher Education" Organizing ResourcesDemocratizing Education CharterAdopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. NewsOccupy California: 2nd UCSC Protest on NowDate: October 16, 2009CA COORDINATING COMMITTTEE: Call for March 4 Strike To Defend Public EducationDate: December 14, 2009USSA: President endorses March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Public EducationDate: February 18, 2010Take ActionMarch 4 National Day of Action to Defend Educationsource: California students, staff and facultySan Francisco State joins in March 4 action to defend public educationsource: San Francisco State students, staff and facultyEducation Protests are Worldwidesource: International Student MovementEventsCALIFORNIA: October 24 Mobilizing Conference to Save Public Education(October 24, 2009)The purpose of this conference is both simple and extremely urgent: to democratically decide on a state-wide action plan capable of winning this struggle, which will define the future of public education in this state, particularly for the working-class and communities of color. Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone(May 1, 2009 - May 2, 2009)Major speakers include Robert Redford, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the editorial staff of the Progressive Magazine. Liberty Tree's Ben Manski, together with various members of Liberty Tree's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors -- John Nichols and Robert McChesney, among them -- will also be speaking at this exciting event. Reworking the University: Visions, Strategies, Demands(April 24, 2009 - April 26, 2009)We seek to create a space for collective re-evaluation of the university in crisis as an opportunity for real transformation. "Reworking the University" seeks to draw together academics, artists, and activists, to share and produce political visions, strategies and demands for building an alternative university in common. Publications & TalksEDUCATION FOR ALL COALITION: Resources for March 4 Day of Action to Defend Public Education(February 21, 2010)The Education for All Coalition has developed resources for local organizers in preparation for the March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. PowerShift 2009 - Democratizing Our Universities to Confront Climate Change(February 28, 2009 - March 1, 2009)"Democratizing Our Universities to Confront Climate Change" was a workshop held at PowerShift 2009, in Washington, DC. The speakers are Ben Manski of Liberty Tree and Meaghan Linick-Loughley and Atlee McFellin of New School University. Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States." |
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