URGENT: Rally and Tutor-In on Thursday, December 9
RALLY INFO
Join GEO for an action at Illini Union on the Quad on Reading Day Thursday Dec. 9 at 12 pm to kick off GEO’s full contract bargaining and tie in our COVID-19 health and safety demands into bargaining, build solidarity, and contextualize our struggle historically and politically! We also invite you to join in solidarity with SEIU building service and food service workers at their rallies at the Chancellor’s office (Swanlund, 6th & John) at 7 am, 2 pm, and 4 pm the same day!
Red flyer with black circle. White text reads “Thursday 12/9 - 12:00-1:00. Quad Side of the Illini Union. Blue text reads “Reading Day Rally” with white white underneath “GEO Rally & Picket Line: 12:00-1:00 pm. GEO Tabling on the Quad: 1:00-2:00 pm. GEO Tutor-In: 2:00-8:00 pm. SEIU Rallies at Swanlund Building: 7:00 am, 2:00 pm, & 4:00 pm. Blue & red GEO bullhorn with text boxes that say “Kick off bargaining with your union—let’s show admin our power! When we fight, we win!” 3 cartoon people hold up signs that say GEO on them at the bottom.
TUTOR-IN INFO
Following the action, we will hold the GEO Tutor-In, which will be hybrid, in person at Illini Union and virtual, Thursday Dec. 9 from 2-8PM! The GEO Tutor-In has become an annual Reading Day tradition, where grad workers meet up with undergrads in the Illini Union for hours of tutoring and solidarity building in preparation for final exams and papers. We do this to make our labor visible, to show that the university works because we do and that we care about students and their quality of education. Our working conditions are students’ learning conditions!
You can sign up as a tutor in a subject you teach or are familiar with; you can sign up as a receptionist to greet and direct students; or you can just bring work and hang out with other grads.
Pink flyer with yellow dots at the top and a pencil floating diagonally on the top right. Black text under the dots says “GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION”. Underneath that is big yellow title text that says “FALL 2021 TUTOR-IN + RALLY” Underneath in black text says “The GEO Tutor-In has become an annual Reading Day tradition, where grad students meet up with undergrads in the Illini Union for a day of tutoring (and solidarity-building) in preparation for final exams and papers. This year, join us for a rally, tutoring or study time, fun break activities, and refreshments.” Underneath this is a black bar that has yellow text on top that says “HYBRID FORMAT (ILLINI UNION + ONLINE), DECEMBER 9, 2021, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM”. On the bottom right corner is a black GEO logo. At the bottom, yellow text says “Are you a graduate student interested in being a tutor or receptionist? Fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/TutorIn2021Volunteer” and “Are you a student interested in getting tutored? Fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/TutorIn2021Participant”.
Sign up here if you are a grad worker interested in tutoring, being a receptionist, co-working, and/or attending the rally: https://tinyurl.com/TutorIn2021Volunteer
Sign up here if you are an undergrad interested in receiving tutoring and/or attending the rally (TAs, please share this with your students): https://tinyurl.com/TutorIn2021Participant
Also, if you want to help make signs, phone bank, and/or gather materials for the rally and tutor-in, you are welcome to come to the GEO office Wednesday Dec. 8 6:30-8:30 pm (McKinley Foundation, 809 S. 5TH ST. GENEVA ROOM. CHAMPAIGN, IL, 61820—ring buzzer for GEO)!
Here is the tentative schedule so far. If you don’t see your department on here, we still need your help as a tutor!
[Tutoring Available in: Academic Writing, Anthropology, Arabic, Art, Biology, Communication, Computer Science, History, Information Sciences, Japanese, Linguistics, Math, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, Statistics, and Turkish.]
In Solidarity,
Graduate Employees’ Organization
809 S. 5th St., Geneva Room
Champaign, IL 61820
Email: geo@uigeo.org