Dear friends and colleagues,
Many may be surprise to learn that I was an Affirmative Action admit and a Regents Scholar during my undergraduate years at UC. Who would have thought a university education would support my ability to accomplish what has been achieved.
Committing my life's work in the public sector, would the same doors have opened to me, had I not completed my undergraduate and subsequently a graduate degree? Difficult to say since a formal education is part of the mix.
Kindly consider signing on. I have been a long term supporter and will continue till the day when color, nativity and sex is no longer an issue in who has opportunities within publicly supported institutions such as UC.
Yours in the struggle
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SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION to REVERSE THE DROP in Underrepresented Minority Enrollment at UC-Berkeley -EVERYONE CAN SIGN! Sign the petition online at:http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/188146775
DAY OF ACTION at UC-Berkeley on MARCH 3rd!
See http://bamn.com/california for details
This semester, supporters of integration and equality have an opportunity to reverse the resegregation of higher education in California, IF WE ACT NOW. Ward Connerly, the national frontman for the attack on affirmative action, has left theUC Board of Regents. Congratulations to the more than 15,000people who signed the petition and supported the campaign to remove him -- we are now in the position to reverse the droping underrepresented minority enrollment at UC-Berkeley for THIS FALL.
BAMN has launched a campaign demanding that UC-Berkeley's chancellor, Robert Birgeneau, use the sanction provided bythe Supreme Court's pro-affirmative action ruling (Grutter v.Bollinger) to reinstitute effective affirmative action policies and reverse the drop in underrepresented minority student enrollment.
Last fall's freshman class at UC Berkeley had only 2.9%, 9.3%, and 0.4% black, Latina/o, and NativeAmerican students respectively. These groups make up more than 42% of California's high school graduates. To win, supporters of equality must sign and circulate the petition to reverse the drop far and wide.
Everyone can sign the petition, and we need thousands more signatures. The petition is a way to extend the movement to other individuals, colleges, high schools, student clubs, unions, churches, and organizations throughout California. We will rally and march at UC-Berkeley on Thursday, March 3rd (seeBAMN.COM for details).
Reversing the drop at UC-Berkeley, which has been the campus at the center of the attack on affirmative action, will be a crucial victory for the movement and will set the stage for us to take on and defeatProp 209. This spring semester can be a turning point for the fight for equality and integration in California. UC-Berkeley is a public university and must open its doors to all the people of California!
This state must no longer be the nation's leader in resegregation and racist attacks. It must lead the way for progress. Our victory in reversing the drop at UC-Berkeley will open a new period of gains for civil rights and equality.
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EVERYONE CAN SIGN!
You can sign the petition online at:http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/188146775
You can download a hard copy of the petition at: http://www.bamn.com/reversethedrop.asp
DAY OF ACTION at UC-Berkeley on MARCH 3rd!
See http://bamn.com/california for details
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Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, & Immigrant Rights and Fight for EqualityBy Any Means Necessary (BAMN) www.bamn.com bamn@uclink.berkeley.edu
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