PHENOM was part of a coalition which organized a sizable rally and public meeting in solidarity with the embattled public sector workers of Wisconsin.

PHENOM organized a large conference on Expanding Access to Public Higher Education that brought together a diversity of constituents to explore barriers to access, pathways to overcome the barriers, and short-term steps we can take. Following the conference, we redoubled our efforts to win in-state tuition for immigrants. Our close collaboration with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Association and the Student Immigrant Movement strengthened us, despite our lack of success and the rise of anti-immigrant fervor among cowardly politicians.

The March 8 rally was sponsored by PHENOM. Overall PHENOM’s campaign is titled “For a Great State of Mind,” but this rally was intended to dramatize how poorly the Commonwealth compares to other states in funding higher education. Currently Massachusetts is 46th in the nation

Students, faculty and alumni walkedfrom Pittsfield to Boston from October 2nd to 7th 2010 to urge legislators to reverse the state’s disinvestment in public colleges and universities.