The march toward progress can be slow, but the United States took
a leap forward this year with the election of Kamala Harris – the
first woman, first Black, and first South Asian elected to the
second-highest public office in the nation.
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.
REGISTER FOR CFA’S DECEMBER 10 LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
WORKSHOP: The CFA Native American and Indigenous Peoples
Caucus is hosting an interactive workshop December 10 from 3 to
4:30 p.m. The workshop focuses on the personal and collective
understanding of land acknowledgments, and what it takes to
create the space for them in academia through best practices and
protocols. Although land acknowledgements are designed to show
respect and honor the traditional caretakers of the land, there
is so much more to the act of recognition.
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.
