Voices from the March (Education)

March to Sacramento State University

By 260 Miles of Blogging on April 20

The end is drawing near. We've arrived in Sacramento and checked into hotels a few blocks away from the State Capitol. In the morning, we sat in on a CTA meeting before they went to Lobby on the State Capitol.

Consumnes River College

By 260 Miles of Blogging on April 20

Today we walked a relatively short 2.1 miles from the outskirts of Elk Grove into Consumnes River College, within Sacramento city limits. When we reached a sign that indicated the milestone, it was another reminder of just how close we are to the finish line. In under 48 hours, we'll be at the State Capitol.

We had a great rally at the college when we arrived. CFT and AFT came out strong, including classified employees all the way from Los Angeles. The program included speeches from Marty Hittleman and Dean Murakami, as well as from students and core marchers.

UC Davis Picnic Day!

By 260 Miles of Blogging on April 17

Today we were slated to attend "Picnic Day" at UC Davis. We didn't know what to expect. Turns out, we were a part of the largest student-run parade in the country. UC Davis has over 30,000 students and between students who came out and alumni, the parade was huge! There were dozens of floats, representing everything from Veteran soldiers to KDVS, UC Davis' local radio station. We entered the parade and made our presence known. We passed out flyers and spread the word about the big Sacramento rally on April 21st.

Galt High School

By 260 Miles of Blogging on April 15

Today we traveled 8.7 miles from Lodi to Galt High School. It is also Tax Day, a day we all kind of dread but at the same understand its importance to our society. One of the most powerful images of the day was a poster that listed the top tax debtors of 2009. One of them was local to the area, Karl Hamel who owes $402,517 in taxes. At Galt High School, their local drama program is under threat of being cut.

Jennifer Cost: AFT local 1931 member and San Diego Mesa College professor of English

By Jennifer Cost on March 31

Marching these two days, I feel something powerful stirring in people. This march is the beginning of something remarkable and unstoppable. I drove up from San Diego on Monday with another teacher, Berta Harris, and I thought we’d join people and create a good sight: marchers with a noble cause.

AFSCME Local 2703 and Planada Elementary School host the March for California's Future!

By 260 Miles of Blogging on March 31

Our caravan of marchers, UDW vans and the Blogmobile entered Planada Elementary as all the students assembled outside.

LeGrand Resident: Entire Music Program Cut

By 260 Miles of Blogging on March 29

I just spoke with Robert, a father who has spent most of his life in LeGrand. As soon as our entire caravan arrived, he was immediately intrigued. He started casually talking about the fact that his son's high school has had its entire music program cut. I couldn't believe it.