More than 400 people tuned in to CFA’s COVID-19 Relief Town Hall
last week to hear gut wrenching stories from working parents and
caregivers and to take action to urge CSU Chancellor Joseph I.
Castro to provide desperately needed relief.
In just two weeks, CFA’s Equity Conference returns. Like last
year’s Equity Conference, CFA leaders will continue the theme of
connecting for co-liberation; however, this year’s conference
moves virtual as our meetings remain online.
Our faculty are drowning in work during the pandemic. We have all
shown extraordinary efforts to move the university system to
virtual modalities, but the struggle for working parents
The CFA Bargaining Team continues to work toward greater rights,
respect, and justice, as well as structural change to our next
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The 2021-22 legislative session is upon us and CFA looks to build
off of its successful sponsorships and support of anti-racism and
social justice reforms from the last two legislative years.
Around 200 faculty activists met in Los Angeles for three days of
meetings and CFA’s semi-annual Assembly of delegates. These are
some of the images from the weekend weekend.
Both at the Fall Leadership Kickoff and at a recent meeting of
the CalPERS Investment Committee, CFA members proudly showed
their solidarity in calling on the pension system to stop
investing in private prison operators CoreCivic and GEO
Group. At the committee meeting, CFA Associate Vice
President Margarita Berta-Avila and others provided a series of
emotional and direct remarks to the assembled members.
On Tuesday, April 30, faculty and students were at the Capitol to
urge lawmakers to #FundTheCSU and support state budget
allocations that would strengthen the People’s University.
To learn more about CFA’s budget advocacy and sponsored
legislation, click
here.
CFA held a reception on Monday, April 29 honoring Senator Holly
Mitchell and Gov. Gavin Newsom for their efforts on behalf of
public higher education.
Both Newsom and Mitchell were at CFA Headquarters in Sacramento
to accept their awards during the reception, which also was
attended by numerous legislators, faculty, and students.
CFA hosted a rally in support of gubernatorial candidate Gavin
Newsom on Friday, Nov. 2 at San Diego State.
The event drew hundreds of students, faculty, and community
allies to the East Commons, where the crowd heard more about
Newsom’s commitment to protecting quality public higher
education.
More than 400 people tuned in to CFA’s COVID-19 Relief Town Hall
last week to hear gut wrenching stories from working parents and
caregivers and to take action to urge CSU Chancellor Joseph I.
Castro to provide desperately needed relief.
In just two weeks, CFA’s Equity Conference returns. Like last
year’s Equity Conference, CFA leaders will continue the theme of
connecting for co-liberation; however, this year’s conference
moves virtual as our meetings remain online.
BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS: In a TIME article
last month, authors compared the country that President Joe Biden
inherited to one that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
sworn into.
The question still remains whether Biden can be as impactful as
FDR in his first 100 days. So what has the president done thus
far to help Americans in need of COVID relief, higher education,
and anti-racism and social justice measures?
On behalf of the CSU’s working parents and caregivers, we implore
you to provide COVID-19 relief for spring term and beyond.
We are Akhila Ananth from CSU Los Angeles and Michelle Soto-Peña
from CSU Stanislaus. We urge you to put your actions where your
words are and recognize the critical, tireless work CSU faculty
are balancing to keep students learning and families functioning.
Governor Gavin Newsom, Speaker Anthony Rendon and Pro Tem Toni
Atkins announced today that the previously enacted $299 million
reduction to the CSU budget for 2020-21 is being restored under a
COVID-19 economic recovery package. CFA appreciates the
restoration of funds and looks forward to working with the CSU to
restore the jobs and course sections that were lost when the
funding reduction was instituted in F
COVID-19, or the coronavirus, is challenging our university
communities. At CFA, our tenure-line faculty, lecturer
faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches are not alone.
We are stronger together.
Hundreds of wildfires are ravaging throughout California, and we
again find ourselves as a union with our minds and hearts focused
on our fellow CSU colleagues and CFA siblings across the state
affected by these fires, smoke, and air quality issues.
