Committee on Political Education (COPE)

2022 Mid-Term elections and endorsements

CCFT Cabrillo Board of Trustee endorsements:

• Donna Ziel, Cabrillo Trustee Area #1
• Adam Spickler, Cabrillo Trustee Area #2
• Dan Rothwell, Cabrillo Trustee Area #6

A note from Trustee Adam Spickler, Area #2:

Thank you CCFT for your endorsement of my Cabrillo Trustee re-election efforts! I have an exciting campaign event I’d like to invite you to participate in—a combined campaign precinct walk with me, Adam Spickler for Cabrillo College Trustee, and Dawn Addis for Assembly District 30!

Dawn Addis is a Morrow Bay City Councilmember, teacher, and mom, with a 20-year record of leadership in our Central Coast communities. More importantly, Dawn is a former Santa Cruz resident AND former Cabrillo College student! She is the Democratic Party and CCFT endorsed candidate in the Assembly District 30 race.

Please join us at 12 noon on Saturday, October 29, to walk a few precincts in the areas where my Trustee area 2 and Dawn’s Assembly District 30 overlap, in the 7^th Ave / Harbor / Twin Lakes Beach area of unincorporated Santa Cruz. Exact location to meet up will be forthcoming. Thank you, Adam!

From California Federation of Teachers:

The Educators Choice — find endorsements customized to your local ballot in our online voter guide. Simply enter your home address.

CFT Statewide General Election Endorsements

Monterey Bay Central Labor Council Endorsements:

Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (scroll down or download the PDF)

COPE IN ACTION!

The Committee on Political Education coordinates faculty efforts on matters of a political nature and funds candidates, propositions, and causes that Cabrillo faculty—

through their representatives on the CCFT Council— choose to support. COPE funds are generated from monthly payroll deductions from individual faculty members; they are raised separately from and in addition to regular dues. All faculty members may become COPE members by completing a COPE card. The obligation to represent faculty interests involves action in the political arena, particularly when it comes to local board elections. COPE allows us to legally participate in the political arena. While some unions funnel general dues money into COPE, CCFT has not done so. If you would like to participate in these efforts, please call email or ccft@ccftcabrillo.org. COPE has worked in the past to mobilize the college community around such issues as Prop 55 (2016) and Prop 30 (2012), a tax on the wealthiest Californians that provides funding for education statewide, and an estimated 15% of Cabrillo’s funding. A primary ongoing focus is to elect strong Cabrillo Governing Board candidates. COPE has also supported the Standing Rock Sioux Community, Monterey Bay Central Labor Council events, the Reel Works Labor Film Festival, the Community College Initiative (Prop 92), protecting the right of unions to organize, and US Labor Against War. CCFT COPE also supports State and National candidates for office that support public education and labor. COPE funds are allocated based on the recommendation of the COPE Committee and/or the CCFT Executive Board (depending on timing) to the CCFT Council. The current COPE Chair is Tobin Keller. If you would like to contribute to COPE funds, participate in COPE decision-making, or receive email updates from the COPE Committee, please complete a COPE card and submit it to the CCFT mailbox or contact Daniel Dodge.