The Alliance for the CSU is asking faculty and staff to drop by its table in the quad between Stevenson Hall and Darwin Hall this coming Monday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to fax or phone Governor Schwarzenegger's office to voice its opposition to the governor's proposed $386 million budget cuts.
The message to the governor is "I support the California State University and you should too! Restore the cuts to the CSU in the May Revise."
SSU is kicking off this program with the other 22 campuses who will be holding similar events in the upcoming days and weeks. Fax sheets and have cell phones will be on hand to aid in the communication.
"The Alliance for the CSU had meetings on all the campuses and thousands of people signed up to help save the budget for the next year. This is the next step," says Andy Merrifield, Chapter President, California Faculty Association.
"As all the speakers made clear at our All Campus Budget Summit on March 20, this is too big a project to be done by just one campus group, but working together and reaching out to the community, we know these cuts are not inevitable," says Leanne Bowes and Mike Hearty of California State University Employees Union, Chapter 304.
The Alliance is made up of students, alumni, faculty, CSU staff, administrators, parents of CSU students, employers, church leaders, labor union members, and people who depend on and enjoy the many assets the California State University adds to communities and cities.
Faculty and staff are urged to sign up for the Alliance at http://www.allianceforthecsu.org.
For further information, contact Andy Merrifield, (707) 664-3946.
