Baruch Students @ END THE FED
1. 10:30am – meet in front of Baruch College Vertical Campus building; do not be late.
(6) train to Canal Street >> transfer to (J) or (M) >> exit at Fulton Street
2. 11:00am – we will meet with all the various groups in front of the NY Fed Reserve at 33 Liberty Street, NY, NY 10038
3. 12:00pm – once numbers are increased, Parade will go down to Federal plaza for some spontaneous speeches
4. 2:00pm – Rally in City Hall Park
5. 4:00pm-5:00pm – end time
The rallies will be held in the following 39 cities:
Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Baltimore, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Little Rock, Louisville, Memphis, Minneapolis, Helena, Kansas City, Denver, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Washington, D.C.
Every Federal Reserve Bank in the United States!
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PETER SCHIFF WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER!
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A massive Audit the Fed Rally in NYC on Saturday, April 25th. This is an opportunity to inform thousands of NYC residents about the audacity of the Federal Reserve to give trillions away to undisclosed banks and refuse to testify to Congress about where your tax dollars are going. Its time to expose the Federal Reserve, and you are a key member to help make it happen.
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For more info about the FED:
http://endthefed.us/lessons/1.php
http://endthefed.us/av.php
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Our Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76013428305&nectar_impid=2b475584be8d09e35c60f723de9ed002&nctrct=1240374083659
EVENTS FOR THIS WEEK:
Monday, March 30th –
For Whom the Bridges Toll: A Rescue Plan for the MTA (sponsored and hosted by the School of Public Affairs)
A panel discussion on the proposed tolling of the East and Harlem River Bridges.
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM; Library Building, Conference Center (7th floor)
CLICK HERE for more info or copy/paste this in the address bar. http://128.228.5.19/EventDetail.asp?EventId=21780
Thursday, April 2nd -
Last regular club meeting before Spring Break. Edit: no meeting
LOOKING AHEAD:
Tuesday, April 7th - Edit: TBA
Oxford Debate (We are co-sponsoring with Sigma Alpha Delta)
Thursday, April 23rd -
Last regular club meeting of the semester.
Saturday, April 25th -
Off-Campus Event: END THE FED rally, downtown Manhattan.
Thursday, April 30th -
event TBA
- Thursday, March 5th: 3rd Meeting. Same place and same time, but try to be there before 1:30pm.
- Friday, March 6th: We have an off-campus event. CLICK HERE for more information.
- An additional note: Sorry about last Thursday. Because of a screw-up between Student Life and the BCTC, we were unable to have a meeting. I will make sure this does not happen again.
I’m still tweaking it, but how do you think it looks so far?
- Monday, February 16th – College Closed
- Thursday, February 19th – No usual club meeting, but PAC will be at the USG sponsored event, Government for the New Generation. Congressmen Charley Rangel and Anthony Weiner will be there to speak about the economy. There will be a big Q&A session, so come prepared with questions to ask. See the sidebar for more info.
- Tuesday, February 24th – PAC will have a table on the 2nd floor lobby 12:40-2:20pm. We need 1 guy & 1 girl to attend the table, and 1 or 2 people in front of the table.
- Thursday, February 26th – General Meeting.
- New Event: Saturday, April 25 – END THE FED rally in downtown Manhattan.
First meeting of the Spring 2009 semester is tomorrow–Tuesday, February 10th (the day follows a Thursday schedule)
- 1st club meeting of the spring semester will be this Thursday, Feb. 5th
- Campus Camp Wellstone will be held this Friday and Saturday
- 2nd 1st meeting is next week on Tuesday, Feb. 10th; day follows a Thursday schedule. Club photo will be taken.
- Update from Ben Guttman, VP of Legislative Affairs at the USG, concerning the progress PAC’s proposal to cancel classes for election days: the University Student Senate, the CUNY-wide student government passed a non-binding resolution calling for CUNY to cancel class on election days. Although it carries no real weight, progress is being made. The Political Action Club thanks Ben’s commitment to serving student interests.
ITEM 1:
Friday, January 16th – Baruch Vertical Campus Cafeteria, 1:00pm – PAC Fall Agenda
Join the PAC Officers/Executive Board in setting the agenda for the Fall semester. We have many programs, but we only have 3 months. Help us decide which are the best programs to pursue and also add any ideas you may have.
ITEM 2:
Tuesday, January 20th – Baruch Vertical Campus Multipurpose Room (1-107) – Obama Inauguration
The School of Public Affairs is inviting all Baruch students to watch Obama take the oath of office at Baruch College. The School of Public Affairs also hosted the Presidential Debates last year. I found them to be more exciting watching them at school with people who share your interest, rather than watching it at alone at home. More information can be found here. To RSVP, click here.
ITEM 3:
Friday, February 6th to Saturday, February 7th – Baruch College – Campus Camp Wellstone
The USG is bringing to Baruch a program called Campus Camp Wellstone. It is totally free, including food, but registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. The information can be found on your Blackboard page, but I will repost it here:
“The camp is focused on teaching skills needed for community organizing and political activism. It’s a series of workshops in both large and small groups led by trainers from Wellstone Action and there is also case study. Participants get meals on both days covered by USG, a free tee shirt, and a free book from Wellstone Action. We can only take about 75 students, so we are doing it roughly first come first serve. To register, students need to be undergraduates registered for the spring semester, and either find someone who is signing people up in person, or send an email to CampWellstone@usgbaruch.org with their name, phone number, most frequently checked email address, and year.”
1. Ron Aaron never got back to us about a student bill of rights. This is, for practical reasons, a dead end. We may pursue alternative paths in the future, but not until the Spring semester.
2. Ben Guttmann, the VP of Legislative Affair at the USG whom we met with and discussed our proposal to cancel classes on election day has gotten back to us. For every Ron Aaron, there’s always a genuine guy like Ben.
Anyway, this is what he wrote: (1) the academic calendar is a CUNY-wide thing; (2) he’s going to speak to both people at other CUNY colleges and people at CUNY central to determine the appropriate path of action; (3) he going to stay in touch.
3. “CUNY Contingents Unite!” says NO to a tuition hike, NO to budget cuts, and NO to layoffs.
<< Gov. Paterson’s $51 million in budget cuts to CUNY are already causing class cancellations and layoffs of adjuncts and other staff. The threat of a $600 tuition hike still looms. So does a hike in subway/bus fares. CUNY’s Board of Trustees has sought a green light to raise tuition at will, while Chancellor Goldstein said the cuts could be “absorbed.” Paterson’s drive for even bigger budget cuts to CUNY, and to programs needed by the most vulnerable sectors of society, has only been delayed — now is the time to stop all the cuts, hikes and layoffs. Opponents of the tuition hike, cuts and layoffs will speak out [in front of the] CUNY Board of Trustees [meeting, where it is supposed to vote on the budget]… >>
There are 2 events. The first is a PROTEST on MONDAY, DECEMBER 08th at 4pm, in front of the Board of Trustees meeting at BARUCH COLLEGE, 24th STREET ENTRANCE.
The other is on the day Gov. Paterson is scheduled to announce his new executive budget. It is a mass rally on Tuesday, December 16th at 4:30; it’s in front of the governor’s NYC offices: 633 3rd Ave at 41st Street. We can’t go to this one because it’s the last day of class and many professors give their final exams that day.
I sent an email to the organization for more info, but you can take a quick look at cunycontingents.wordpress.com
Send me an email if you are willing to join in the 08 DEC event in front of Baruch. It’s absolutely imperative that I know who is coming. We can meet and make posters, signs, and whatnot.
4. The will be a “mandatory” Club Social on Tuesday, DECEMBER 09th, 12:30 – 2:30pm. It will be in the multipurpose room VC 1-107. We will get a chance to speak about our club and food & refreshments will be served.
- Sal
salvatore.chiarelli@baruchmail.cuny.edu
