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Pressure the Legislature & Governor to Support Grad Students in the Final 2016 Budget

The 2016 budget is due to the Governor’s desk by June 15. The UC has requested $6M from the State to enroll 600 new graduate students in order to support graduate student success and meet the enrollment and instruction needs of incoming undergraduates. The CA Senate and Assembly have included the $6M in their budget, but we still need to advocate to the Governor to make this allocation happen.

Over the past few weeks, UCSA collected 90 letters from UC students to send to the Governor’s desk. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this action!

(The form to submit new letters is now closed.)

As Executive Director, Salih leads our staff team and organizational strategy, keeps the UCSA office in operation, supports the Board and other student leaders, and fundraises to maximize the potential of our organization. Salih also oversees planning for UCSA’s annual statewide conferences.

 

Raised in Oakland, California, Salih Muhammad strives to embody the principles of service, sacrifice, and selflessness. For much of his life, he has been committed to living toward the liberation of Black people, at home and abroad.

 

In 2009, he continued the pursuit of knowledge at the University of California, Berkeley, where he excelled as a Black student and organizer on campus. His favorite quote is from Franz Fanon, who stated, “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”