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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 01, 2008 |
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JBead Foundation, Inc., Partners with Alliance for CSU Los Angeles, CA - JBead Foundation, Inc., is very pleased to announce our partnership with the Alliance for CSU. The Alliance for the CSU includes all those who care about the future of the state and its CSU system. The alliance are students, alumni, faculty, university staff, administrators, parents of students, employers, church leaders, labor union members, corporations, financial institutions, businesses, community associates, and people who depend on and enjoy the many assets the California State University adds to our communities and cities. The FIGHT: The fight for the CSU Budget is a Fight for the State’s Future! The governor’s proposed budget would cut $386 MILLION from the CSU. No cuts have been made. Cuts are not inevitable! We must fight these cuts and win the funding. There are many good reasons to fund public higher education. In a time of budget crisis, we focus on the CSU’s role in solving that crisis. THE ECONOMY: Higher education is part of the solution to a troubled economy. Cuts to the CSU undermine California’s economy and undermine revenue to the state. California’s economy will stagnate if more people do not earn bachelor’s degrees. California’s economy thrives on knowledge-based innovation; higher education is key. Too few Californians are earning four-year degrees to meet California’s future needs, and the state won’t be able to "import" a trained work force. Every dollar the state invests in the CSU directly generates $4.41 in spending. The CSU, its students and graduates generated $3.11 billion in tax revenue in 2003. ACCESS: Cuts to the CSU mean it will be harder for students to get a college education. This will fall hardest on the under-served. It will be harder to get into and stay in the CSU. Thousands of students are already being turned away. This will fall hardest on Latino, African-American, Native-American, low-income and first-generation students and veterans who rely on the state university to get a college education. California’s middle class will shrink if these communities can’t send kids to the CSU. INFRASTRUCTURE: Cuts to the CSU will undermine future growth in meeting the state’s human infrastructure needs. The CSU prepares the people who do exactly the type of work the Governor wants done—engineers, teachers, nurses and more. Of all degrees granted in CA, CSU awards 51% in engineering, 64% in nursing, 65% in business. The governor’s plan for 100,000 more teachers in 10 years is impossible if the CSU budget is cut (SOURCE: http://www.allianceforthecsu.org/). SPONSORS: If you would like to be a major sponsor and/or become a community partner with the Alliance for CSU, please go to this link @ http://www.jbeadfoundation.org/sponsors.html. For SPECIAL OFFER, please go to this link http://www.jbeadfoundation.org/president.html. To learn more about this organization, please visit www.jbeadfoundation.org. Thank you for supporting the Alliance for CSU. Your donation will assist to establish the Alliance for CSU Scholarship Fund annual luncheon, health and wellness walk-a-thons, entrepreneurship seminars, celebrity charity basketball and golf games, and other activities @ JBead Foundation, Inc. More importantly, your company brand will be featured worldwide on the Foundation’s homepage with other sponsors and community partners. Your commitment is essential as we continue to grow toward becoming more deeply, more truly who we are as a community non-profit corporation to serve your needs. We hope you will find an opportunity to attend the 4th Anniversary Community Recognition Awards and Scholarship Benefit: A Black Tie Event, on November 15, 2008 @ the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California. If you have any questions about sponsorship, page ads, invitations, please do not hesitate to contact us @ P :(800) 319-4036; F: (310) 988-2710: Email: jbeadfoundation@aol.com. Thank you for your support! Jeffery L. Butler, Ph.D.
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