Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to try to slash cal grants to solve the budget crisis. The future of hundreds of thousands of college students literally hangs in the balance. Please, watch this action video, send it to your friends, and call your legislators to preserve the dream of education and opportunity for all Californians.
This moving video, created by students at UCLA, illustrated exactly what this fight is about: students. There are thousands of students who will be forced to drop out of college if the Governor's plan goes through. Hundreds of thousands of students depend on these grants. Without them students will not be able to afford college. Without a college education, the next generation won't have the skills they need to compete in the new global economy. By eliminating Cal Grants, we would be planning our own obsolescence - destroying our future to pay for the short-sighted mistakes of the present. Don't let Arnold take the future away from young Californians.
Call, email, fax, and write your state legislators. Participate in a sit in or a protest if one is in your area. Digg, Rec, or email this diary, or the action video - whatever will get your friends to take part. Please, do what you have to do fight for our future.