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Your glass ceiling has been broken
Now the work begins
Marlene Hurd
Issue date: 2/5/09 Section: Opinion
Students of the 21st century welcome to year of new beginnings. As students, your glass ceiling has been broken. The inauguration parties are over. Now the work begins.
This is your historic year to start rewriting history. Your work starts by getting involved.
The world watched January 20, as we peacefully inaugurated our first African American President; Barack Obama.
In his inaugural address he stated, "What Is required of us now is a new era of responsibility. This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny."
All of us are in this together. We must play a vital role in the implementation of change, especially when it relates to the promise of our education and the security our families.
We have an African American President, but our nation has not yet changed when it comes to the restoration of obtaining life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We have just changed Presidents.
In the very same month of the inauguration, we saw the senseless killing of Oscar Grant. We demand justice.
This is where as students you come in by getting involved in your communities.
The rise of inflation increased, budget shortfalls soared to over $41 billion and families losing their homes as a result of foreclosure rates.
As students, we stood by and watched without having a say in the matter as our government bailed out the auto industry.
We watched students protest the killing of Oscar Grant.
We saw students protesting the slow delays of processing financial aid checks and the proposed budget cuts to education while the cost of textbooks continues to soar.
Students are struggling to make ends meet while trying to stay in school, obtain employment, and provide for their families.
It's time for us to have a bailout plan. We must organize and reposition our efforts. This will take place as we become involved in the shared governance process on our local campuses and statewide. And in our communities.
Your time to get involved is now. Don't just be apart of history, make history.
Marlene C. Hurd is Black Caucus President. Email her at Black Caucus
This is your historic year to start rewriting history. Your work starts by getting involved.
The world watched January 20, as we peacefully inaugurated our first African American President; Barack Obama.
In his inaugural address he stated, "What Is required of us now is a new era of responsibility. This is the source of our confidence - the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny."
All of us are in this together. We must play a vital role in the implementation of change, especially when it relates to the promise of our education and the security our families.
We have an African American President, but our nation has not yet changed when it comes to the restoration of obtaining life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We have just changed Presidents.
In the very same month of the inauguration, we saw the senseless killing of Oscar Grant. We demand justice.
This is where as students you come in by getting involved in your communities.
The rise of inflation increased, budget shortfalls soared to over $41 billion and families losing their homes as a result of foreclosure rates.
As students, we stood by and watched without having a say in the matter as our government bailed out the auto industry.
We watched students protest the killing of Oscar Grant.
We saw students protesting the slow delays of processing financial aid checks and the proposed budget cuts to education while the cost of textbooks continues to soar.
Students are struggling to make ends meet while trying to stay in school, obtain employment, and provide for their families.
It's time for us to have a bailout plan. We must organize and reposition our efforts. This will take place as we become involved in the shared governance process on our local campuses and statewide. And in our communities.
Your time to get involved is now. Don't just be apart of history, make history.
Marlene C. Hurd is Black Caucus President. Email her at Black Caucus
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