UC Regents cancel meeting.

[nadinbrzezinski]

“The UC Regents’ decision to cancel their meeting wastes a huge opportunity for the UC community to engage in dialogue about how to make the 1% pay to re-fund public education and all Californians instead of more cuts.  With more tuition increases and budget cuts on the table, it is urgent that the UC community unite around specific proposals to make banks and the 1% pay to ensure sustainable long-term funding for all colleges and universities in California. Today’s decision raises serious questions about the commitment to an open, accountable decision-making process by the Regents – many who are the 1%. Furthermore, it is outrageous that the Board of Regents would attempt to dismiss the serious efforts of thousands of students and other peaceful demonstrators to refund public education and essential services by insinuating that our cause is motivated by violence. Only the police, acting under the direction of campus authorities subordinate to the Regents, have instigated violence on UC campuses – not the thousands of peaceful demonstrators who seek solutions to the urgent crisis of higher education in California.

The thousands of students, teachers, and others who planned to go to the Regents meeting will gather at another location to take their protest to UC’s Wall Street regents.  That location will be announced as soon as possible.  Students in southern California will also proceed with the planned convergence at the CSU Trustees meeting in Long Beach.”

http://www.makebankspaycalifornia.com/refund_ca_statement_on_cancelation_of

Realize there was going to be a demonstration...as in busses leaving from all regional UC and CSU campuses. The fact that it was cancelled...

Now off to see if strike goes off at UCSD tomorrow.