On November 27, 2011, the Council of UC Faculty Associations (the UC systemwide organization of faculty association chapters) delivered the following letter to UC President Mark Yudof: Dear President Yudof, The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) protests…
The Davis Faculty Association is the Davis chapter of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, which has published (cucfa.org) the following: The Council of UC Faculty Associations Condemns Police Violence Against Non-Violent Protesters This week, we have seen excessive force…
The DFA Board calls for the immediate resignation of Chancellor Katehi. The Chancellor’s authorization of the use of police force to suppress the protests by students and community members speaking out on behalf of our university and public higher education…
Nathan Brown is a board member of the Davis Faculty Association. He has been distributing the following letter, which the DFA board has agreed to reprint below: 18 November 2011 Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi Linda P.B.…
The Davis Faculty Association supports the ongoing efforts of students at UC Davis and across the UC system to defend the public mission of our university by protesting ongoing tuition increases. We commend the persistence and the courage of UC…
The rally yesterday on the UC Davis quad went very well and was extremely well attended. One of the speakers at the event, Nathan Brown (that is him with his arm raised on the speaker’s stage at the rally yesterday),…
The DFA board reiterates its support of the Occupy Cal call for a strike on November 15 to protest the use of police brutality to stifle the important debate about the current course of the University. While we believe the…
The board of the Davis Faculty Association has voted to endorse the strike called for by Occupy Cal to occur on November 15. After a mass rally and march of over 3,000 people, and repeated police assaults on the encampment,…
Students at UC Davis and college campuses around the state are planning to walk out tomorrow, at least long enough to hold noon information meetings leading to protests planned at next week’s UC Regents’ meeting. Although such activities on the…
