FA-PAC WINTER QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS The Faculty Association Political Action Committee (FA-PAC) [FA-PAC – FAFHDA] and the FA-PACInternship Program have a number of accomplishments to celebrate this quarter. Patrick Ahrens Wins Primary Election! Patrick Ahrens secured the largest number of votes in the March 5 Primary Election, gaining34.6%. Patrick’s campaign was the central focus of the...Read More
Everyone eligible to vote should have received their ballot. Our focus this primary election is on regional Assembly and State Senate seats, starting first and foremost with Patrick Ahrens who is running to replace Evan Low in Assembly District 26, which represents De Anza College. These campaigns are important because it is the state legislature...Read More
In Winter 2024, the FA-PAC and the FA-PAC Internship Program remain committed to supporting faculty and student interests in several crucial areas across the District. Our work to support the arts at De Anza continues apace with the Measure G Task Force, which is currently involved in renewed discussions and planning regarding the Measure G...Read More
The FA-PAC met three times in fall. Here are the highlights: Rallying for Part-Time healthcare at Evergreen (October) Adopting a PAC/PAC Internship Program budget for 2023-2024 Interviewing two Board of Trustee Candidates for November 2024 General Election from district 5 (FHDA Board of Trustees District Map) Endorsing Patrick Ahrens for Assembly District 26 (March 2024...Read More
Rally to Win Healthcare for Part-Time Faculty: Friday, October 13th, at the San Jose Evergreen Community College District Office FA-PAC Intern Coordinator Isabel Caballero Teixeira, faculty mentors Danny Solomon and Laura Chin and some of her POLI 1 students (first row). The Faculty Association Political Action Committee (FA-PAC) is the political arm of the union....Read More
Faculty who will not be teaching in spring quarter are eligible to receive unemployment benefits. Unemployment claims are filed with the California Employment Development Department (EDD). There is an excellent resource produced by John Govsky, a Cabrillo College part-time faculty member, that walks one through the entire application—with screen shots! This can be found here.Read More
In Memory of Rich Hansen, an FA News Eulogy by Tim Shively As most of you by now know, Rich Hansen, De Anza Mathematics Instructor and former Faculty Association President passed away recently. His loss to our organization is incalculable as is the personal loss for those many across the District who worked with him....Read More
President’s Report • Tim Shively • FA President In his infamous essay and now best-selling book On Bullshit, Princeton Philosophy Professor Emeritus Harry Frankfurt questions why the titular phenomena is so prevalent in our society and proceeds to systematically delineate its various parts of speech, usage, etymology and sociohistorical contexts. One of the more instructive...Read More
One of the functions of a union is to negotiate matters related to compensation and working conditions for all unit members. The FA unit members are all faculty working in the district and the outcomes from those negotiations are recorded in the Agreement (the contract agreed to by both FA and the District) and its...Read More
