PSU’s Board of Trustees meets Next Thursday, November 21 to decide whether to approve a budget that includes all the controversial job and program cuts they have recently announced—including layoffs for 91 NTTFs and major cuts to academic programs and student services. Do you have something to say about Cudd’s cuts? Now is your chance to tell the BoT to change course and invest our reserves in the students and workers that are the core of PSU! You can help stand up for the many adjuncts, full-time faculty, graduate employees, and students who care and will be affected by this extreme austerity program by signing up to provide public comment at the upcoming BoT meeting.
Is this your first time speaking at a board meeting? Do you need tips on how to prepare your testimony? PSUFA has got you covered! In collaboration with our colleagues at PSU-AAUP, we are excited to share this handy Board Testimony Worksheet to help you organize your thoughts and get ready to tell the board what you really think! You can use these prompts to craft your own “cheat sheet” in preparation for your testimony to the board. Remember, each registered speaker is allotted 2 minutes for their verbal testimony.
If you are an adjunct interested in presenting alongside PSUFA, please email psufa.erica@gmail.com and organizing@psufa.org to coordinate with our team ahead of the board meeting. Help us make sure adjunct voices are heard loud and clear!
Are you a student at PSU? Do you want to tell the board how these cuts will affect your educational experience? Check out our specially designed Board Testimony Worksheet for Students, so you can figure ut the best way to make your point and your voice heard!
Thanks to Victor Reyes, Executive Director of AAUP Oregon for creating and sharing these BOT testimony tools.
Don’t forget to email trustees@pdx.edu by 11:30 am on Wednesday, Nov. 20 (nest week!) to register for oral testimony. When registering, include your name, email address, affiliation, and the subject of your comments. You can also submit your written comments so that the board reads them before the meeting. Not providing public comment? Join campus unions and supporters in gathering outside ASRC at 11:15 on Thursday, Nov. 21 to observe the meeting as a group. Make sure to wear your union gear!