That the value of city college are included in that, diversity, Lifelong Learning and education as a human right. So, the administration is trying to release a draft plan in mid april. At the hearing yesterday, at the meeting, they did not say there would be holding any more meetings. At the very last minute the chancellor said that they would Start Holding more inpublic sessions. But i think we he need to continue to push the administration to do whats right and actually hear more input from the community that has not been included in this plan. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker. applause and the next speaker who can speak in chinese can get a little more extra time so i can translate. You get to have a little more time. [speaking through interpreter] my name is vincent why you. Im originally from china and im a City College Student and i currently take classes in the esl department and also taking a beginner tai chi class. ~ so, im learning english so that i can, you know,
Trainings and Data Collection of the effectiveness of the policing resource manual as top priorities. I understand that a job as a Police Officer may be frightening. The possibilities are now coming home or desensitizing to human interaction, or more decision that go above the law and that is why i strongly feel that changes may lead the Community Members feeling thank you. Sorry. Thank you very much. applause next speaker. Hello, my name is robert fitch and im a teacher in the disabled students programs at city college and im a student in the older adults program. Im here to thank you for this resolution and also to sort of remind us all that this bottle unfortunately is going on on a number of fronts. ~ battle it started with the Student Success task force when former chancellor jack scott and carol lou and others decided that we should ration and prioritize education and exclude other people. That has been followed up with the education master plan that weve heard about with so Litt
Undocumented status. It is very, very difficult for this community to go to school. I find it ridiculous that the administration is not holding up the values of this city. Theyre basically saying, yes he, you can come to this city and we allow you to work, but in this [speaker not understood] youre not allowed to be educated. This administration has to get rid of [speaker not understood]. Thank you. Thank you. [cheering and applauding] thank you. Thank you, lalo, for your leadership. Next speaker. Hello, my name is carlos reyes. I am currently a student at the mission center. I am an immigrant and [speaker not understood]. About the values of Lifelong Learning education and it what a program that helped single mothers. And theyre turning people like myself because and i told them a lot of friends when i start going to school, it wasnt because i enrolled in bad things. I just leave it at that. But because i had to go to work. And when i came back to school, i was really irritated [speak
I am a fulltime student taking 16 units working full time with two jobs. I am a [speaker not understood] and yesterday what happened was that we occupied the building and they forced the payment policy on us so we forced our way into the building. Thats our school because [speaker not understood]. So, as a testimonial from one of my [speaker not understood], she was affected by the payment policy and i would quickly quote her. She said, i didnt qualify for Financial Aid i figured i would just be able to swing two classes at least. But when they changed the payment policy it was making it impossible for me to pay for my classes and i was one month from oh, my god. I wish they didnt do that because the people like me working paycheck to paycheck, it is way too much. And you have to understand that the people that were there all night, even the people sleeping outside, we are in support of each other and you cant do this to us. We are experienced at working hard. You cant treat us like cr