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A DAY OF ACTION FOR UC
Schedule for UCR

7:30am-3pm: Picket Line at Solidarity Corner (University Ave. & Canyon Crest Dr.)

Teach-In Schedule (10am-3pm)
10am-11am: Why Are We Taking Action Today for UC?
Ellen Reese (UCR faculty)
Margy Crowley (UPTE)
John Valdez (CUE)
Representative from AFT (librarian)
Karthick Ramakrishnan (UCR faculty)
Students and other members of the picket line

11am-12: How the Cutbacks Affect All of Us! Supporting Public Education (from K-12 to the UC)
MC & 1st speaker: Pat Morton (UCR Faculty)
Ruby Miller (UPTE)
Gary Coyne, graduate student
Jessica Maldonado (ASUCR president)
Susan Meisenhelder (CSU-SB faculty, UCR alumni, past president of CFA)
Neal Kelsey, Coast Community College Federation (CFT)
Alessandra Moctezuma, Associate Professor of Art, San Diego Mesa College
Bill Hedrick, former teacher and Congressional candidate

12-1pm: UC Cutbacks, Workers’ Rights, & the Meaning of Labor Solidarity
MC: Ellen Reese (UCR faculty) & student member of Inland Valley Labor Action Network
Mike Davis (UCR faculty)
Representatives from campus unions: AFT (Paul Beehler), AFSCME (Purchase Washington), CUE (Chris Benoit), UPTE (Margy Crowley), etc.
Representatives from local unions: LIUNA (Aaron Chappell) and UFCW (Daniel Guzman)
David Willhoite, graduate student
1-1:30: Rickerby Hinds (UCR Faculty): Hip Hop Theater performance

1:30-2:30pm: Defending Public Education Against Cutbacks: Faculty & Students Speak Out!
MCs: Alejandra Monroy (MECHA) & Hector Rivera (Social Justice Alliance)
Jennifer Hughes (UCR faculty)
Christopher Chase-Dunn (UCR faculty)
Representatives from UCR student organizations: Mujeres Unidas, MECHA, United Students Against Sweatshops, Social Justice Alliance, PODER, Dream Act Coalition, etc.

2:30-3pm: Closing: ‘A UC Day of Action’: What It Means & What’s Next
MC & 1st speaker: Dylan Rodriguez (UCR faculty; Chair, Ethnic Studies)
Ruby Miller (UPTE)
Representatives from other campus unions
John Faheen, California College Student Association and University of California Student Association

UCR students (grad and undergrad)
Performance by Mark Gonzales (UCR alumni; spoken word artist)