“Public college and universities tuition free? Damn right.” Bernie Sanders , most popular politician in the U.S. [1]
WHAT:
State funding for higher education has declined by 65% in the last four decades, part of a broader gutting of the U.S. public education system. In response, tuition and fees have more than quadrupled in California since 2000 [2]. At UC Davis, 49% of students take out loans during their time in school. These students graduate with an average debt of $19,124 [3].
The YDSA at UC Davis is launching Davis’ College For All campaign on Saturday March 2nd , 2019. The YDSA’s nationwide College for All campaign demands tuition-free public higher education through direct federal and state funding to fully cover living wages of all campus workers, student debt cancellation, ending all forms of government subsidies to for-profit institutions, and democratic representation for students, faculty and staff in all higher education budgeting decisions. Davis’ local YDSA chapter will be working to build a broad coalition with student organizations on campus, as well as working with campus workers in their joint fight against austerity.
WHO:
Speakers: Eva Mroczek (Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Jewish Studies), Morganne Blais-McPherson (Co-chair of YDSA at UC Davis, teaching assistant), Student testimonials, Duane Wright (teaching assistant), Mike (UPTE member, DSA member)
Attending: Members of the YDSA at UC Davis; UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students, teaching assistants, faculty, and staff; Members of Sacramento DSA
WHEN:
Saturday, March 2nd, 6pm-10pm
WHERE:
Solano Park Community Center, Davis, CA
ABOUT YDSA AT UC DAVIS
The YDSA at UC Davis is an autonomous and democratically organized branch of the Young Democratic Socialists, the student and youth wing of the Democratic Socialists of America. Members of the YDSA at UC Davis are students at UC Davis organizing to build a better world.
Please refer to www.dsausa.org for all media enquiries relating to the Democratic Socialists of America.
[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-most-popular-po litician-poll-trump-favorability-a7913306.html
[2] https://www.ppic.org/publication/higher-education-funding-in-california/
[3] https://www.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/upload/files/uc-davis-student-profile.pdf
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