STOP Governor's Managed Dismantling of Tenn State University

UPDATE: Fundraising suspended because the initial work has been completed! Thank you!

Thank you to friends -- both old and new-- who have supported

this work with donations, encouragement, and tangible information.

Your support does not go unnoticed.

Now, we wait for next the level of responses. --In the meantime, the attacks on University Programs, Downtown Campus and other properties continues. The Courts remain the only justice Tennesseans and other University students/alumni/supporters will receive.

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Federal Case 3:25-cv-0121 CALLIER v. STATE OF TENNESSEE et al was filed citing civil rights violations -- specifically as it relates to Brown v Board of Education (1954).

As a student financial services and enrollment management employee at TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY between 2016 and 2024, education access for ALL Tennessee residents remained my primary focus. I am one of roughly five individuals with a unique set of personal experiences and records in support of this specific filing.

All things being equal, TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY remains an exceptional option for residents; it remains the only state-supported MSI university in Tennessee. Even with only great intentions of Tennessee's FOCUS Act (2016), ALL THINGS WERE NEVER EQUAL! Where this legislation may have inadvertently dismantled the work of Brown v Board (1954); the Civil Rights Act (1964); and the Geier Consent Decree (2001), immediate corrective action is critical. TO THAT END, 3:25-cv-0121 was filed!

Before internal decisions are finalized -- to tweak -- and adjust -- and re-tweak, again -- the system's response to legal decisions of the Tennessee General Assembly, we can --and must-- address the root causes of the state's higher education 'separate but equal' problems. TO THAT END, 3:25-cv-0121 was filed!

TENNES SEE STATE UNIVERSITY is not short of funds for academic purposes. A federal reporting identified 'possibly' a $2.1 billion error in state payments. The Tennessee General Assembly 'knows with certainty' that the error was at least $544 million. The Assembly appropriated a $342 million release of these funds to the University in its 2022 Session; less than 25% has been spent. With another nod of the Assembly, the remaining funds that are due and owing can be moved to the current areas of greatest need for the University. TO THAT END, 3:25-cv-0121 was filed!

Your support of my efforts in this legal action sends the loudest message to the Tennessee General Assembly to correct its legislation aimed at state-supported universities -- including TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY.

~harriet