Fwd: CCSU Students to Join Occupy Movement on Election Day

[Maxwell Hellmann]

Hi all,

A friend that from Occupy Hartford sent me this email.  He is organizing Connecticut Central State University's first General Assembly, which will be taking place tomorrow at 4 pm.  The meeting will include students, faculty, and staff from CCSU and hopefully many surrounding high schools and colleges as well.  As small group of students on campus are planning to protest their GA, so he has asked for Wesleyan students to show up in solidarity - and CCSU is only 15-20 minutes away!  The GA will be followed by a rally against the former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who will be speaking at CCSU, because of his policies in support of war.  Please read more about the event below, and perhaps we can get a few people out there tomorrow!

-Maxwell

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Christopher Hutchinson <christop...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Subject: CCSU Students to Join Occupy Movement on Election Day
To: mhel...@wesleyan.edu, mitra...@gmail.com

For immediate release
CCSU Students to Join Occupy Movement on Election Day
"Erase Student Debt, End the Wars, Tax the Rich!"
 
What: A General Assembly for All Students, Faculty and Campus Workers
When: Tuesday November 8, 4 p.m.
Where: CCSU Student Center Circle
Why: To take a stance against growing social and economic injustice
Contact: Keishla Mota-Santos, 860-989-3996; email: Motasa...@my.ccsu.edu
or Chris Hutchinson, 860-680-6314; email: Christop...@gmail.com
 
Central CT State University students have been organizing to hold a
general assembly to take a stand against social and economic
injustice. Students discussed increased debt, inability to find jobs, the
unjust execution of Troy Davis in Georgia and costly endless wars as issues
that affect all students and young workers today.
 
The growing Occupy Wall Street movement has inspired and given voice to a
generation that will not stand idle while the pockets of the wealthy grow fatter
and the poor get poorer. We at CCSU will join in solidarity with over 1000
occupations in cities, towns and campuses across the country. On
election day our occupation will seek to reclaim a space on campus where
students can have a political discussion, can plan future actions, and suggest
resolutions that can be passed through the general assembly. We want to directly
participate and shape our future not just elect politicians.
 
We, the students of Central Connecticut State University, would like to
invite the surrounding communities, colleges and high schools to help make history by joining the world wide movement.

CCSU's first General Assembly will begin at 4pm on November 8th. Following the General Assembly at 6pm there will be a solidarity march to Welte Auditorium to join the CCSU AAUP
sponsored protest of the campus lecture by former Defense Secretary Robert
Gates. Our campus community does not support Robert Gates' message of war.
We want to put forward our message of peace, justice, solidarity, and
equality for all.
 
Contact: Keishla Mota-Santos, 860-989-3996; email: Motasa...@my.ccsu.edu
or Chris Hutchinson, 860-680-6314; email: Christop...@gmail.com

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Maxwell Hellmann