Core academic courses, provide Work Force Training, provide an education that prepares students for 4 year universities, keep City College Libraries and Student Support services open, Keep Technology and instructional support up to date, and offset state budget cuts. Im here with alyssa messer, an english teacher at city college of San Francisco. Shes the ppt of aft2121, the faculty union, and a proponent of proposition a. Also joining us is starchild, a local activist with the Libertarian Party of San Francisco and a former candidate for the San Francisco school board. Hes an opponent of the measure. Thank you both for taking the time to be with us today. Thank you. Alyssa, id like to give you the opportunity it share the thoughts of your position. So proposition a is a temporary 8year, 79 parcel tax on properties in San Francisco. And that money would go directly to supporting city college of San Francisco. City college is the largest Work Force Training center in San Francisco. We t
Hi, im jane konig, a member of the league of women voters. Along with the league and sfgovtv, im here to discuss proposition a, a ballot measure that will be before the voters on november 6th. City college of San Francisco has 9 campuses in the city and serves approximately 100,000 students each year. The state has reduced funding to ccsf by core academic courses, provide Work Force Training, provide an education that prepares students for 4 year universities, keep City College Libraries and Student Support services open, Keep Technology and instructional support up to date, and offset state budget cuts. Im here with alyssa messer, an english teacher at city college of San Francisco. Shes the ppt of aft2121, the faculty union, and a proponent of proposition a. Also joining us is starchild, a local activist with the Libertarian Party of San Francisco and a former candidate for the San Francisco school board. Hes an opponent of the measure. Thank you both for taking the time to be with u
Do not have to go to the beach to wash their clothes. Their lives are transformed. The have the sense of possibility that you have here. Theyre thinking, how do i get my kid to dartmouth . That is the summit of their aspirations. All i am saying is, lets make it possible for them to do it. Lets realize that we have a great formula and lets fight, be community activists, not just to redistribute the pie, but to widen the pies. And widen the possibilities of the world. Thank you very much. [applause] the National Geographic did a study some years ago of 18 to 25yearold american kids. They asked him to identify countries on a blank world map. 80 could not find iraq. 80 of american young people could not find iraq. 80 could not find israel or palestine. 40 could not find england and 10 could not find United States. That one makes us laugh but the others, not so much. It is hard for americans. That is what american exceptionalism leaves you with. It leaves you with a sense that you we are t
Good evening and welcome to tonights feature debate between Dinesh Dsouza and bill ayers. Im a junior at dartmouth and the current editor and chief of the dartmouth review. It is my privilege to serve as moderator and introduce you to the topic. Before we get underway, i would like you to locate the nearest emergency exits and silence all cell phones. Please note that flash photography is strictly prohibited, but our participants would like to encourage you to take photos and share what you are seeing on social media sites. When individuals like bill ayers and Dinesh Dsouza get together for an evening of discussion, theres sure to be much to talk about. The focus of the debate tonight has to do with the nature of america and its meaning in the world today. We will be asking our participants for what their thoughts are on what makes america unique and how it has succeeded and failed in living up to its own ideals. The wording of the resolve have been left purposely vague. We hope that w
The dartmouth review. It is my privilege to serve as moderator and introduce you to the topic. Before we get underway, i would like you to locate the nearest emergency exits and silence all cell phones. Please note that flash photography is strictly prohibited, but our artists participants would like to encourage you to take photos and share what you are seeing on social media sites. When individuals like bill ayers and Dinesh Dsouza get together for an evening of discussion, theres sure to be much to talk about. The focus of the debate tonight has to do with the nature of america and its meaning in the world today. We will be asking our participants for what their thoughts are on what makes america unique and how it has succeeded and failed in living up to its own ideas. Ideals. The wording of the resolve have been left purposely vague. We hope that we can take up the central question fully and explore its social, economic, and political forms. Part of what will make the discussion un