Teach CUNY at BMCC

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The BMCC Teach CUNY website. Click image to go to the site.

The current budget and contract campaigns are tightly linked. The political and economic setting for the current round of contract negotiations is framed by the state and city budgets. Those budgets raise questions about who is taxed and who is cut -- and about the politics of "austerity."

It is in this context that the BMCC chapter has organized a "Teach CUNY" week. A website created by the chapter full of teaching resources explains the chapter's initiative:

Teach CUNY is a faculty-led effort to build student-faculty solidarity for the budget and contract fights to come because our working conditions are students’ learning conditions. During the week of March 28-April 3, we encourage you to use the resources below to educate your students about the nature of the fiscal crisis, the consequences for education, and alternatives to austerity. Teach CUNY because students, faculty, and staff deserve a better CUNY, not more cuts. Get involved and ask your students to get involved, too.

The site provides lesson plans, fact sheets and a host of other resources. It stands as a model for how chapters can engage the issues of the contract/budget campaign. Check out the site by clicking here.