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CFA Resolutions & Statements

The CFA Officers, Board of Directors and General Assembly vote to approve resolutions on an as-needed basis.

From time-to-time, CFA Officers also issue statements on immediate issues of concern.

Resolutions & Statements are listed below chronologically.

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CFA Statement of Support for Striking Chicago School Teachers

In this challenging time for public education and our nation, the California Faculty Association (CFA) is united with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) in their courageous struggle for a contract that not only addresses the rights and needs of teachers and staff but that also seeks social justice for students and their families.

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California Faculty Association Statement on Retirement of CSU Chancellor
NEWS STATEMENT FROM CFA

SACRAMENTO — The California Faculty Association (CFA) issued the statement below on behalf of Charles Toombs – CFA President and professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University– following today’s announcement that CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White will retire in June:

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90th CFA Assembly

The following resolutions were passed during CFA’s 90th Assembly, held October 18-20, 2019 in Los Angeles.

California Polytechnic State University,  San Luis Obispo Incident 

Support of Port Truck Drivers in the State of California

 

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Letter to CSU Chancellor and Trustees about Land Acknowledgement and Recognition

Dear Chancellor White and Trustees,

As you may recall, we presented you with a CFA Resolution regarding Land Acknowledgement and Recognition during the May 2019 Board of Trustees meeting.

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CFA Statement on the CSU Chancellor’s Proposed Expansion of the Quantitative Reasoning Admissions Requirement

 

The California Faculty Association (CFA) opposes the proposed expansion of the Quantitative Reasoning Admissions Requirement in its current form.

Changes in policy often come from the best of intentions, but the impact is what matters. The CSU Chancellor’s Office proposal to expand the A-G admissions requirements to include a fourth year of Quantitative Reasoning, if rushed, will have serious consequences for student access to higher education, particularly for underserved and underprivileged communities.

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CFA Statement on Endorsement of Kimberly Ellis

The California Faculty Association is proud to announce its endorsement of Kimberly Ellis for California Democratic Party Chair. CFA is the union that represents 29,000 Faculty, Librarians, Coaches and Counselors at the 23 Campuses of the California State University. Ms. Ellis is the former Executive Director of Emerge California, a non-profit dedicated to preparing Democratic women – particularly women of color – to run for and win elective office.

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89th CFA Assembly — Resolutions and Elections Results

The following resolutions were passed during CFA’s 89th Assembly, held April 12-14 in Los Angeles.

Click on the links below to download the elections results and resolutions.

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CFA Statement of Support for Striking University of California Workers

The California Faculty Association is in solidarity with our public higher education colleagues in the University of California system, members of the Union of Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA 9119) and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME-3299), who are on strike. These UC staff provide the labor and technical support that enables the University of California to provide quality public higher education to the students of California.

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California Faculty Association Statement on Academic Freedom and the Case of Marc Lamont Hill

 The California Faculty Association (CFA) continues to be committed to protecting academic freedom, including the rights of faculty, students, and staff to engage in debate and public protest. 

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CFA Supports Transgender, Two-Spirit, Nonbinary, Intersex, and Gender Non-Conforming Faculty, Staff, and Students in the face of potential federal proposal

Recently the New York Times reported that the Federal Office of Health and Human Services is considering a change in the way gender is recorded under federal law.  These are not the first signs that the current administration is hostile to LGBTQI individuals, but this would be an intentional and determined effort to strip Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Two Spirit, and Intersex individuals of their federal protections against discrimination. 

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88th CFA Assembly – Resolutions
October 2018

The following resolutions were passed during CFA’s 88th Assembly, held October 19-21 in Los Angeles.

Click on the links below to download the resolutions.

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CFA 87th Assembly unanimously passes resolution in support of Eliminating Racist Mascots in the CSU System

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Comments to the CSU Board of Trustees by CFA Activists
Sept. 12, 2018

On Wednesday, Sept. 12, CFA activists addressed the CSU Board of Trustees about the union’s support for Charmaine Lawson, mother of slain HSU student David Josiah Lawson. They addressed the Board’s treatment of Ms. Lawson at a previous meeting, and echoed her demands to improve campus safety and seeking justice for David Josiah Lawson.

The following is a transcript of their comments.

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Open Letter to Chancellor White and the CSU Board of Trustees
State Funding: How it is used, and how much to request

Dear Chancellor White and Trustees:

As we start the new academic year we want to recognize the tremendous effort that faculty, staff, and students made on behalf of increasing the CSU budget for 2018-19.

The success of that amazing effort also leads us to insist that you and the campus presidents not only use good judgment and transparency in how you spend those new dollars, but also that you faithfully fulfill the intent of the Legislature in doing so.

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CFA Comments before the CSU Trustees
May 2018

  • CSU Trustees Committee on Governmental Relations: Jennifer Eagan
  • CSU Trustees Committee on Educational Policy: Jennifer Eagan
  • CSU Trustees Committee on Audits: Kevin Wehr
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Assembly Select Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education in California
Fourth Public Hearing: Meeting the needs of faculty and staff to support students.

The following testimony was presented as part of a hearing panel by Sharon Elise, CFA Associate Vice President South- Council for Affirmative Action. Dr. Elise is a professor and chair of sociology at CSU San Marcos


Good morning Chair Berman and members of the Committee.

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87th CFA Assembly – Resolutions
April 2018

The following resolutions were passed during CFA’s 87th Assembly, held April 14-15 in Los Angeles.

Click on the links below to download the resolutions.

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CFA Supports the #NeverAgain Movement
Parkland youth, we stand with you

As the 50-year anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination approaches, along with the 50-year anniversary of our victory in the battle for Ethnic Studies in the California State University, the California Faculty Association acknowledges that the wisdom, passion, and leadership of youth continue to animate our urgent and righteous movements for social justice.

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Eagan to CA Dems: Help keep the doors of our collective future open

Eagan to CA Dems: Help keep the doors of our collective future open

The following is a speech CFA President Jennifer Eagan gave to delegates during the California Democratic Convention Feb. 23-25 in San Diego.

We need you Democrats. The faculty needs you and the students need you. The future of California depends on the Democratic Party. I am Jennifer Eagan, president of the California Faculty Association and a professor at the CSU — the People’s University. I’m asking for your support for an important issue of our time. I am asking you to help keep the doors of our collective future open.

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OPEN LETTER: We Must Protect Student Access to the California State University

CFA sent the following Open Letter to CSU Chancellor Timothy White and CSU Trustees in advance of the release on January 10, 2018 of Governor Brown’s 2018-19 State Budget plan .
 
CFA calls on CSU leaders to  be stronger in fighting to keep the CSU—the People’s University—public and open to all qualified Californians.

Chancellor Timothy White and CSU Trustees
California State University
401 Golden Shore
Long Beach, CA 90802

January 4, 2018

Dear Chancellor White and CSU Trustees,

The time has come for the state of California to end the long, slow process of dismantling public higher education. For decades, state disinvestment from the California State University has harmed students and it has harmed our state. We have too few Californians with college degrees.

The CSU is turning away eligible students who were promised a place in college in California’s Master Plan for Higher Education. More than 31,000 students were denied admission this year, with more students likely to be excluded in the future.

Now, this disinvestment is poised to continue, both in the Governor’s budget proposal to be released this month and in the budget request that the CSU Trustees submitted to the governor.

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