Press Release March 16, 2009

Media Advisory
Contact: Monica Gomez
Public Information Officer
San José/Evergreen Community College
(408) 759-0626
monica.gomez@sjeccd.edu

SAN JOSÉ, CA—) Hundreds of Evergreen Valley College and San José City College students will be heading to Sacramento on Monday, March 16 to rally for education.   They will be marching onto the steps of the Capitol and meeting with legislators to encourage them to avoid fee hikes, support the California DREAM Act, and to save programs, such as EOPS and CalWORKS.

WHEN:            Monday, March 16, 2009
                    6:30 AM—Gather at Evergreen Valley College and Board Buses

WHO:           San José/Evergreen Community College District Chancellor Rosa G. Pérez
                    Evergreen Valley College President David Wain Coon
                    San José City College President Michael Burke
                    Hundreds of community college students
                       
WHERE:       3095 Yerba Buena Rd., San José
(enter San Felipe Road entrance, in front of Library Educational Technology Center)

WHY:           Rally—March—Support Higher Education

1. Scheduled appointments with Lt. Governor John Garamendi, Senator Elaine Alquist, Assemblymembers Jim Beall, Joe Coto, Paul Fong, Ira Ruskin, Joe Simitian

• Calling for no increases in fees

• Pass the California DREAM ACT
• Increase support for emancipated foster youth
• Save categorical programs such as EOPS, DSPS, CalWORKS.