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Higher Education Faculty Unite! |
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by Campus Equity Week Steering Committee
Email: storer (nospam) fhda.edu (unverified!)
Phone: (650) 949-2287
Address: Dept.of Philosophy, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 95014-5797 |
28 Oct 2001
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Campus activists across the U.S. and Canada have banded together to designate October 28 to November 3rd 2001 as Campus Equity Week, a week of action to highlight a 40 year degradation of higher education. |
Campus Equity Week Coming Soon to a Campus Near You
Faculty activists and other campus activists across the US and Canada have banded together to designate October 28 to November 3rd 2001 as Campus Equity Week. The Campus Equity Week coalition marks the first time faculty from all of the major faculty unions and associations from the US and Canada, supported by their other campus union and student allies, have joined forces for an international campaign to promote faculty activism.
Campus Equity Week, designed to educate the academic community, the public, and policymakers, will focus attention on issues of fairness and quality of education. Our message: "teachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions" and "equal work deserves equal pay."
The week’s activities seeks to emphasize the effects of the growing use of part-time, temporary, and other forms of contingent labor in colleges and universities. Increasing contingency is one consequence of a corporate management style now commonly employed by higher education administrations. This "corporatization" of our colleges and universities causes negative impacts on the educational experience of students as well as the on the working conditions for faculty and other campus employees.
Writing for an-online magazine Writers Chronicle, Jennifer Berkshire captured the activist’s motives when she wrote, "By shining a spotlight on a higher education system that they maintain cheats teachers and students alike, a growing movement of faculty activists believes that they can turn the tide."
Plans across North America are shaping up quickly. A new documentary film, "A Simple Matter of Justice: Continent Faculty Organize," will also debut that week.
Contact any of the local campus leaders below for a sampling of Campus Equity Week events across the country. The Campus Equity Week Website, <www.cewaction.org>, is constantly being updated with new college plans and local contacts.
Campus Equity Week Contacts
Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Kotzebue, Alaska Wasilla, Alaska Kenai, Alaska Contact: David Levi Afsteveleviafscl (at) alaska.net
Acadia University,Wolfville, NS Contact: Soren Bondrup Nielsen; soren.bondrup_nielsen (at) acadiau.ca
Bishop's University Contact: Daron Westman, Chief Steward, (819) 564-3666 ext. 603/519 (office) e-mail: dwestman (at) lennox.champlaincollege.qc.ca
California Polytechnic - Pomona, California Contact: John Lloyd (909) 869-3865 or (909) 869-7659, jplloyd (at) csupomona.edu>
Camden County College - Blackwood, New Jersey Contact: Elaine Bobrove, elbob5 (at) home.com
Central Connecticut State University Contact - Michelle M. Malinowski (860) 832-3790, MalinowskiM (at) mail.ccsu.edu
Chicago Illinois Colleges Contact: Sue Kaufman, Skaufman (at) ift-aft.org
City University of New York (CUNY) Contact: Mary Ann Carlese, macarlese (at) yahoo.com
Cochise College Douglas, Arizona Contact - Dan Frey, FreyLarson (at) aol.com
College of the Desert Contacts: Judith Mandel, President, <JMandel (at) DCCD.CC.CA.US>
Community College System, British Columbia Contact: Barb Brown at 604.873.8988 or bbrown (at) ciea.bc.ca
Concordia University Contact: Pierre Ouelette pierre.ouellet6 (at) sympatico.ca
Community College of Philadelphia Contact: Charis Bowling, (215) 233-0781, cbowling (at) ccp.cc.pa.us
Connecticut State University-AAUP Contact - Larry Glenn, www.ccsu.edu/aaup/csu
Cuesta College - San Luis Obispo, California Contact: June Henry, junethan (at) juno.com>
Curry College - Milton, Massachusetts Contact - Patty Kean (617) 333-2391, pkean (at) post03.curry.edu
The University of Delaware Contact - Gerry Turkel, (302) 831-1567 gmturkel (at) udel.edu
Eastern Connecticut University Contact: Ross Knotting, nutmeg (at) ctstateu.edu/aaup/
Edmonds Community College – Contact: Mary Hale<mhale (at) edcc.ctc.edu.
El Camino College - Torrance, California Contact: Sam Russo, (310) 660-3747, srusso (at) elcamino.cc.ca.us
Emerson College - Boston Massachusetts Contact - Barbara Gottfried (617) 868-8058, bgotfried (at) bu.edu
Everett Community College Contact: Sandra Schroeder, schroeder (at) wftaft.com>
Glendale Community College – Contact: Phyllis Eckler, Phlaire (at) aol.com
Grossmont College - El Cajon, California Contact: David Milroy, (858) 569-8435, dmilroy (at) pacbell.net
Indiana State University- Terre Haute, Indiana Contact: Paul Burkett, or Richard Schneirov, (812) 237-2719, hischnei@ruby
Madison Technical College – Madison Contact - David Boetcher, (608) 246-5280, mailto:president (at) ptunion.org
Maricopa County Community College Contact: Carol Bernstein, 1-800-204-3695 bernstein3 (at) earthlink.net
Mesa College - San Diego, California Contact - David Milroy, (858) 569-8435, dmilroy (at) pacbell.net
Olympic College - Bremerton, WA Contact: Jack Longmate, jacklongmate (at) silverlink.net
Palomar College - San Marcos, California Contact - David Milroy, (858) 569-8435, dmilroy (at) pacbell.net
Pennsylvania State University Contact: Asma Abbas, aabbas (at) polisci.la.psu.edu>
Portland Community College - Portland, South West Oregon Community College Western Oregon State College Contact: Dick Schwarz, <richards (at) aft-oregon.org>
Pima Community College Contact: Carol Bernstein, bernstein3 (at) earthlink.net
Quebec Colleges and Universities Contact: Marie Blais marie.blais (at) csn.qc.ca
Rutgers University - Rutgers, New Jersey Contact - Karen Thompson, (732) 445-2278, kgt (at) rci.rutgers.edu
Seattle Community College Contact: Lynne Dodson, dodso (at) sccd.ctc.edu>
San Jose State University Contact: Elena
Santa Monica Community College Contact: Andrew Walzer (310) 434-8616, Walzer_Andrew (at) smc.edu
Shoreline Community College Contact: Sandra Schroeder, sschroeder (at) wftaft.com
Sinclair Community College Contact: Fred Thomas, (937) 512-2886, fred.thomas (at) sinclair.edu
Sonoma State University - Rohnert Park, California Contact- Steve Wilson, steve.wilson (at) SONOMA.EDU
Southern Connecticut State University-AAUP Contact - John Kavanagh, http://scsu.ctstateu.edu/~aaupwww/
Southwestern Community College – Chula Vista, California Contact - David Milroy, (858) 569-8435, dmilroy (at) pacbell.net
Suffolk University - Boston, Massachusetts Contact: Bob Rosenfeld at (617) 254-0509.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Contact: Brenda McLean, (780) 492-7547, or brenda.mclean (at) ualberta.ca
University of Arizona Contact: Carol Bernstein, 1-800-204-3695, bernstein3 (at) earthlink.net
University of British Columbia Contact: Karen Needham, needham (at) zoology.ubc.ca or Brian Green - bg (at) interchange.ubc.ca
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Contact: Eileen Lohka (403) 220-5875; elohka (at) ucalgary.ca
University of California - Berkeley, California Contact: Michael Eisenscher, meisenscher (at) igc.org
University of California, Santa Barbara California Contact: Heather Horn, 455-4563, horn (at) writing.ucsb.edu
University of Louisiana - Lafayette, Louisiana Contact: Jim McDonald, jcm5337 (at) louisiana.edu
The University of Missouri Contact: Amy Zeh, (816) 361-5523, abz87a (at) umkc.edu
University of New Mexico Contact: Beverly Burris <bburris18 (at) home.com>
University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan Contact: Aydon Charlton: (306) 585-4303 or charltoa (at) cas.uregina.ca
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Contact: Gail Osachoff (306) 242-5969 or Heather Wagg; cupe3287 (at) usask.ca
University of Tennessee Contact: Peter Hvyng, (865) 974-7162, hoeyng (at) utk.edu
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Contact: Tess Hooks, UWOFA, (519) 661-2111 ext. 85145 (office) e-mail: thooks (at) julian.uwo.ca
University of Wisconsin Contact: David Boetcher, (608) 246-5280 president (at) ptunion.org
Valley College - Los Angeles, California Contact: Deborah Kaye (818) 760-3152, debkaye (at) hotmail.com
Western Connecticut State University-AAUP Contact -Katy Wiss, http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/aaup
Windsor University, Windsor, ON Contact: Mark Letteri (519) 253-3000, ext. 3948 or letteri (at) mnsi.net
For a full list of coalition partners, materials, and for details of some of the many activities planned across the United States and Canada, visit our webpage at :
www.cewAction.org
Additional Contacts:
AAUP - Richard Moser (202) 737-5900
AFT - Susan Levy (206) 524-4326
CCA/CTA - Judith Mandel (760) 345.8694
CWA - Stacey Burks (530) 345-3658
NAFFE - Brendan Smith (203) 453-0155
NEA - Rachel Hendrickson, (202) 822-7115
North West, US - Sandra Schroeder (206)-242 4777
Central West, US - Chris Storer (650) 949-2287
South West, US - Donna Hurtado (505) 265-0899 or David Milroy, (858) 569-8435
Canada (French) - Pierre Ouellet (450) 971-4798, (514) 848-3691 or Marie Blais (514) 598-2448
Canada (English) -Vicky Smallman (613) 820-2270 or Brenda McLean (780) 492-7547 Mid-West, US - Joe Berry (312) 733-2172
Northeast, US - Eileen Schell (315) 443-1067
New England - Gary Zabel (617)-899-8403
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See also:
http://www.cewAction.org
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