Resolution Supporting Voter Registration Campaign at San Francisco State University
Resolution Supporting Voter Registration Campaign
September 8th to the 22nd, 2003, at San Francisco State University
#RF03-215
WHEREAS Among the many forms of
government with which human beings
have
experimented, democracy remains the best of the
alternatives, and
WHEREAS The
heart and strength of an open society result from the
widespread participation in civic matters of those eligible
to
participate, and
WHEREAS A fundamental
form of that participation is voting in
national, state, and local elections, and
WHEREAS The
California Faculty Association and the Associated Students, Inc. will be
conducting its 6th non-partisan voter registration campaign at SFSU
from September 8th through 22nd, 2003, and
WHEREAS President Robert A. Corrigan and
Provost John Gemello have
consistently encouraged faculty to participate in this
non-partisan
civic activity, and
WHEREAS By participating in voter
registration, faculty can model the
commitment to the society beyond the University that we
encourage in community service learning courses, and
WHEREAS Many
thousands of SFSU students, faculty, and staff have
registered or re-registered during such campaigns in prior
years;
therefore be it
RESOLVED That the SFSU Academic Senate
strongly endorse the non-partisan
voter registration campaign of fall 2003, and be it further
RESOLVED That the SFSU Academic Senate
publicize the dates, times, and
places of the voter
registration campaign, and urge all faculty to
do the same in their classes, and be it further
RESOLVED That the SFSU Academic Senate
invite all faculty members to
participate in staffing voter-registration tables during the
voter
registration campaign and be it further
RESOLVED That the SFSU Academic Senate
urge teaching faculty to open
their
classrooms to voter registration activities in our joint efforts to enable all
eligible members of the SFSU community to exercise their right to vote.
***APPROVED by the Academic Senate at its meeting on September
9th, 2003***