<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey All, </div><div><br></div><div>I hope your summers are going well. I just wanted to make sure this email co-authored by Jordan Steinhauser (GSA President) and myself hit your inboxes. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about it. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div>Greg</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Vice-President External Affairs via GSAUCR</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:gsaucr@lists.ucr.edu">gsaucr@lists.ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM<br>Subject: [GSAUCR] Our Response Trump Administration's cuts to UCLA<br>To: <<a href="mailto:GSAUCR@lists.ucr.edu">GSAUCR@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span id="m_-3536348277635558290gmail-docs-internal-guid-efd4a417-7fff-c942-8ec5-572e64c48d70"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Dear UC Riverside Graduate Student Community,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In recent months, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented steps against UCLA. The university is currently facing the suspension of $586 million in funding. In response to the funding freeze, U.S. District Court Judge Rita Lin ruled that the action violated the standing injunction and ordered that more than a third be restored. Regardless of the restoration of some of the funding, this will jeopardize critical research projects that train our students and support essential research for healthcare, national security, scientific innovation, the economy, and more. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The federal government has proposed that UCLA pay a $1 billion fine and contribute $172 million to a fund intended to compensate individuals allegedly affected by civil rights violations. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Beyond these financial demands, the proposal calls for sweeping changes across the UC system, including restrictions on campus peaceful protests, changes to admissions fair practices, limitations on gender identity accommodations in housing and athletics, elimination of scholarships based on race or ethnicity, and the appointment of an external monitor to enforce compliance. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In solidarity with the UCLA Faculty Association, we urge the UC to stand firm against the Trump administration’s illegitimate and bad-faith demands. The UC must reject these malicious efforts to weaken higher education in the United States and immediately challenge them vigorously in court. We further call on the UC Office of the President to work in close partnership with Governor Newsom and the California State Legislature to address any resulting financial shortfall, and to explore utilizing a portion of the University’s over $5 billion in unrestricted endowment funds to preserve the integrity of its mission.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">On August 9th, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">UC Student leaders urgently called on the UC administration to reject the Trump administration’s proposed settlement</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. In </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sMwwuaWLXM-2atDx-EyQn8E5Tun510EtViz_cJxUI38/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this letter</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> sent to President Milliken by the UC Graduate and Professional Council, we asked for the UC to refuse any settlement, to collaborate with Governor Newsom and the UCLA Faculty Association, and to vigorously challenge the federal government’s actions in court. It has been over a week and there has been no response from the Office of the President. Our voices are stronger together and we must make it clear to President Milliken that </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">we DO NOT want to negotiate with the Trump administration! </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">With over 280,000 students, 227,000 faculty and staff, and more than 2 million alumni worldwide, the UC has the collective strength, power, and unity to stand firm against unconstitutional federal overreach. This is our opportunity to stand together and stand strong against federal overreach and to resist ideological authoritarianism.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Join the movement by adding your voice to the call (via</span><a href="https://forms.gle/4q6wspxNM2GU81yy8" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> google form</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) and sharing with others, then posting on social media about the action and what the University of California means to you with the hashtag </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">#StandUpForUC</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In addition to your support in our call to action, if you or anyone you know has benefited from the NSF, NIH, and Department of Energy funded from UCLA we encourage you to fill out </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XYJBQylIL8JtobvMNIy5CL7iYfLU59zKRufmUsiChbs/viewform?edit_requested=true" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this google form</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> with personal testimonials to show </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">#ResearchPowersProgress</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,31,31);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">TLDR :</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The time for action is now! Sign in support of the UC community coming together to stand against federal overreach by using </span><a href="https://forms.gle/4q6wspxNM2GU81yy8" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this link</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">–</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">In Service and Solidarity,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="520"><col width="419"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Gregory Blake Hutchins, M.A.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Graduate Student Chair & PhD Candidate | Department of Political Science </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Vice-President of External Affairs | UCR Graduate Student Association</span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Jordan Steinhauser, M.S.L., M.A</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PhD Candidate | Department of Psychology </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">President | UCR Graduate Student Association </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
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</div><div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span><span><div dir="ltr"><span><span><div><div>Gregory Blake Hutchins, M.A.<br></div>Graduate Student Chair & PhD Candidate | Department of Political Science <br></div><div>Senior Advisor and Lead GSR | Inland Empire Labor and Community Center</div><div>Vice-President of External Affairs | UCR Graduate Student Association<br></div><div>Budget Engagement Commissioner | City of Riverside</div></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span>University of California, Riverside</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><span><span><a href="http://www.gregbhutchins.com" target="_blank">www.gregbhutchins.com</a><br></span></span></div><div><span>Phone: 951-827-0592</span></div><div><span><span>Twitter: @GregBHutchins</span></span></div><div><span><span>Instagram: GregBHutchins</span></span></div><div><span><span>BlueSky: </span></span>@gregbhutchins.bsky.social</div></span></span></span></span><span><span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>