Several stories in the regional media covered Wednesday’s rally in Lansing which included students from several state universities, including students from EMU:
- “College students march on Lansing” from the Midland Daily News.
- “EMU students rally for state funding” from MLive.
- “With tales of woe, students rally in Lansing” from the Michigan Daily.
So, from anyone who was there: how’d it go? Any first-hand accounts?
It was a great experience. I was really excited to see so many students who typically aren’t involved with politics or student government. The best part was when one of the legislators told the crowd that they could go inside and talk to their representatives about higher education funding, and suddenly the mob started rushing the steps of the capitol (only to find those doors locked)!
It was a great momentum-started for the Student Association of Michigan, and we will be pressing on with our pledge campaign to ensure that legislators know that we are here to hold them accountable.
I’m working on turning the video that I took into a web-friendly format, and I’ll post links when I get them.
It was a great rally and one of the most succesfull I have every attended. Many state legislator’s came out in to support our cause.
And I was great that Eastern had one of the bigger showings at the rally.
Students from the 15 public Univerisities in Michigan need to stand together in Solidarity.
Ok I’ve uploaded the rally video onto my blog (eagletalon.wordpress.com) so you all can see for yourselves how it went.