Today is a national day of action to defend public education, with events planned in campuses and communities across the country. I’ll be updating the map below all day as news and information comes in.
8:15 pm | I’ll have more reports later, but right now the biggest ongoing story is the Berkeley sit-in. I’m following that here.
5:05 pm | Reports and/or photos from six California campuses. Sit-ins at Berkeley and UC Davis. National tally now stands at 76 actions.
4:45 pm | Actions in Colorado, California, Connecticut, Ohio, and Washington bring the national tally to 74 actions in 25 states.
1:05 pm | A Kansas action brings the national total to 68 in 23 states. Check out the blue pins on the map for links to reports from the field.
11:40 am | Two new actions in Wisconsin received via Twitter, one in Illinois via the blog, one in Colorado via Facebook. The total now stands at 67 actions in 22 states and Washington DC.
10:00 am | Added eight new California actions from the UC Strike Facebook page and a Massachusetts rally from Twitter.
9:15 am | Added two new actions from the Student Labor Action Project site, bringing the total to 54 actions in 21 states plus the District of Columbia.
8:35 am | Fifty-two actions in twenty-one states. I’ve posted all the actions from the Defend Education website, now I’m branching out to other sources. If you’ve got info on an action not yet listed, leave the data as a comment to this post.
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October 7, 2010 at 10:39 am
Susan Song
UIUC is having a rally at the corner of Green and Wright, Champaign, IL at noon today.
October 7, 2010 at 10:48 am
kat
William Paterson in New Jersey. I also think other Young Democratic Socialist chapters are doing it to, I just haven’t heard from them yet.
October 7, 2010 at 11:23 am
Angus Johnston
I’ve added yours, Susan. Kat, yours was already on the map. Thanks to you both, and keep them coming in!
October 7, 2010 at 1:04 pm
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October 7, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Larissa Armand
The University of Colorado at Boulder is having an event to raise awareness of how much of the University’s money comes from the state (about 4%) and show the gubernatorial and senate candidates this is an issue that students are worried about.
October 7, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Angus Johnston
Got it, Larissa. Thanks!
October 7, 2010 at 8:46 pm
occupyLA
-10 banners were hung around New Orleans in support of UNO.
-LSU in Baton Rouge had a jazz funeral.
banner report and photos:
October 9, 2010 at 11:36 am
Rich Copenhagen
California:
College of Alameda held a mock funeral and rally.
Laney hosted a Speak Out.
Berkeley City College also held a Speak Out.