March 1-5 Week of Action in Defense of Public Education and Social Services

Student groups and Occupy activists have called for a nationwide day of action in defense of education and social services on March 1, 2012.  Events are currently being  planned  in New York City, Boston, Seattle, and many cities throughout California. 

Local coalitions throughout the UC system are planning for events on UC campuses for March 1.   Activists at UCSC are calling for a strike and campus shut down.  Here is the basic schedule of events for the first week of March in California.

MARCH 1:   NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN DEFENSE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
MARCH 2-5:   99 MILE MARCH FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (Oakland to Sacramento)
MARCH 5:   OCCUPY THE STATE CAPITOL

** A Broad-Based Call to Action for the 99%!
** No Cuts! No Concessions! Fully fund education and social services
** Tax the rich
** Support the Millionaires Tax
** Support the Oil Tax to Fund Education (Prop. 1522)
** Reject Jerry Brown's budget
** Defend Free Speech and the Right of Assembly
** End police attacks on Occupy
** Health care for the 99%
** Support workers' rights
** End immigrant scapegoating to cover-up economic injustice

ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE MASS MARCH MOBILIZATION (NOT A COMPLETE LIST):
AFT 2121
Alameda Central Labor Council
Berkeley Faculty Association
Berkeley Federation of Teachers
California Federation of Teachers
International Socialist Organization (Northern California)
La Raza Centro Legal
Oakland Education Association
Occupy SF Action Council
Occupy Solidarity Network Community Labor and Faith Groups
Occupy Bernal
Occupy CAL
Occupy Education NorCal
Occupy UC Santa Cruz_
Peralta Association of Teacher_
San Lorenzo Education
San Francisco Labor Council Executive Committee
San Mateo Federation of Teachers'
SEIU 1021
UAW 2865
United Educators of San Francisco
UPTE