The links at the top of the page have been revised to include the both the conference agenda and the directions to the Pauley Ballroom. Additional information will be posted shortly.

Feedback on the agenda is encouraged — this is your conference as much as it is ours, and we’re always looking for suggestions to ensure that this is productive for everyone involved. Share your thoughts by clicking the comment link at the top of this post. Thanks!

Agenda:

9:00AM – Doors open

10:00AM – Conference begins

10:00AM to 10:45AM – Explanation of conference and greetings

10:45AM to 11:45AM – General Assembly: What Next For Struggle To Save Public Education?

15 minute break

12:00PM to 1:30PM – Break out groups/Task-forces

1:30PM to 2:30PM – Lunch

2:30PM to 4:00PM – General Assembly and Voting: What Next For Struggle To Save Public Education?

4:00PM to 5:00PM – Network/coordinating

We’d like to thank the Representative Council of the Oakland Education Association for passing the following motion on Monday evening:

OEA Rep Council endorses and urges OEA members to participate in the October 24 Mobilization Conference to Save Public Education initiated by the UC Berkeley General Assembly (students, staff, and workers who convened following the huge mass actions at UC Berkeley on September 24). The conference organizers have invited all UC, CSU, community college, and K-12 students, workers, teachers, and their organizations across the state to participate in order “to democratically decide on a state-wide action plan capable of winning this struggle, which will define the future of public education in this state, particularly for the working-class and communities of color”. We call on the California Teachers Association to endorse this conference and to urge its members and its affiliates to fully participate.

A Facebook event for the conference is now available!

Please pass this along to all your friends and other interested parties, and RSVP using the button at the top of the site (or by clicking here).

Color and black & white flyers for the conference are now available under “Resources.” They’re attached below as well, for your convenience. The sidebar has been updated to include quick information and related links.

Thanks for the enthusiastic support so far!

October 24 Mobilizing Conference to Save Public Education

We have the power to stop the catastrophic budget cuts, fee hikes, and layoffs — but to save public education in California requires coordinating our actions on a state-wide level.

We invite all UC, CSU, CC, and K-12 students, workers, teachers, and their organizations across the state to participate in and collectively build the October 24 Mobilizing Conference to Save Public Education. The all-day conference will take place at UC Berkeley (contact us for more logistics).

The purpose of this conference is both simple and extremely urgent: to democratically decide on a state-wide action plan capable of winning this struggle, which will define the future of public education in this state, particularly for the working-class and communities of color.

Why UC Berkeley? On September 24, over 5,000 people massively protested and effectively paralyzed the UCB campus, as part of the UC-wide walkout. A mass General Assembly of over 400 individuals and dozens of organizations met that night and collectively decided to issue this call.

We ask all organizations and individuals in the state who want to save public education to endorse this open conference and help us collectively build it.

• Save public education!
• No budget cuts, fee hikes, or layoffs!
• For state-wide student, worker, and faculty solidarity!

Please contact oct24conference@gmail.com to endorse this conference and to receive more details.