University of Wisconsin-Madison students welcomed UW Regents as they arrived for a meeting this morning on campus with signs opposing Governor Walker’s massive cuts to public education in the state budget.
“Money for public education, not for tax cuts to corporations!”
Chants rang as the UW Board of Regents walked into their meeting this morning. UW students lined the entrances of the meeting to let Regents know where they stood on Gov. Walker’s massive budget cuts to public education.
Five minutes before the meeting began, the group organizers announced they would go into the meeting to sit in silent protest with their signs held high. However, many demonstrators were not allowed into the meeting. As the number of protestors grew, the University Police shut the doors and said the room was at capacity.
This action follows two large actions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee this week. If Gov. Walker thought he could drain hundreds of millions of dollars more from public education, he was wrong. One thing is clear: the students of Wisconsin are organizing and fighting back and they can’t close the doors on us forever.
