The
following model letter is designed to help you recruit help from
local, state, and national unions, academic senates, and professional
organizations. It can be copied and pasted into your word processor,
and edited to fit your circumstances. Replace the bold parenthetical
items to fit the organization you are approaching for CEW support.
(Date)
Dear (Organization)
Colleagues,
Campus Equity
Week (CEW), 2003, has been scheduled for the week of October the
27th through the 31st. CEW 2003, like the highly successful CEW
2001, is conceived as a loosely coordinated coalition for concurrent
locally developed activities highlighting the issues surrounding
the use of contingent academic labor. International coordination
allows local and national organizers to gain from the synergy of
being a part of something much larger while retaining their ability
to be responsive to local issues.
During the
first CEW, there were activities on over 150 campuses in over 30
states and 6 Canadian provinces. Approximately 80% of the local
organizers were new to broad based coalition activities, and about
10% of these were entirely new local contingent academic labor efforts.
The year and a half since CEW 2001 has seen an explosion of organizing
and press coverage regarding contingent academic labor issues, and
a heightened awareness of the complex broader issues emerging from
the increasing corporatization and decreasing public support of
higher education.
(Organization)
should become an active supporter and participant in CEW 2003. To
this end I am introducing three motions for your consideration.
1) Moved that
(Organization) endorses Campus Equity Week (CEW),
2003 and will notify the CEW Central Coordinator (storerchris@fhda.edu)
of our endorsement.
2) Moved that
(Organization) will actively participate in local
CEW organizing activities, appointing (representative)
to form (or participate in) a CEW Organizing Committee
and develop an action plan for CEW 2003. Local CEW 2003 activities
and expenses of the Organizing Committee will be supported with
an initial commitment of ($200.00-$500.00) and
(Organization) will consider further support as
the action plan develops and warrants.
(3) Moved that
(Organization) will support the organizing and
coordination efforts of the Campus Equity Week Steering Committee
with a financial contribution of ($200.00 +/- from local
level organizations; $500.00 +/- from state/provincial level org.s;
$1000.00 +/- national level org.s). Check should be made
out to “Campus Equity Week” and mailed to:
Suren Moodliar
Co-coordinator; North American Alliance for Fair Employment
33 Harrison Ave, 3rd flr.
Boston, MA 02111
I strongly
encourage your support of these important efforts on behalf of our
profession and the fundamental mission of higher education in our
society.
In Solidarity.
(Name
and Signature)
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