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Sacramento State AmeriCorps tutors say Sunday email ended jobs and scholarships
Summary
Two Sacramento State students told meeting attendees that a Sunday evening email told them not to report for AmeriCorps tutoring, ending their jobs and associated scholarships and leaving mentees and the students uncertain about next steps.
Misa Sagun, a freshman at Sacramento State and an AmeriCorps member, said a Sunday evening email ended her tutoring position, her scholarship and her connection with the elementary school students she mentored.
"Misa Sagun was tutoring elementary school kids until a Sunday evening email ended her job, her scholarship, and her connection with their students," she said. "The thing I was relying on to pay for my education is now, like, I don't know what to do."
The loss was echoed by another student. "A freshman at Sacramento State, Misa says AmeriCorps gave her purpose, and it was pulled out from under her," Sagun said, later adding, "It almost felt like we were being pushed aside, that we weren't being cared for just like as human beings. In the dorms."
"She is not alone," said Jean Carlos Correas, a senior at Sacramento State. "Senior Jean Carlos Correas had his own students and also told not to come into work. You're essentially taking away people's, mentors and friends and somebody they might remember for the rest of their lives."
The students described the disruption in personal and educational terms but gave no numbers for how many AmeriCorps tutors or mentees were affected, nor did they specify scholarship amounts. The transcript excerpts supplied do not identify who sent the email or whether the change was temporary, directed by AmeriCorps, the university or another entity.
These remarks were delivered by students reporting direct experience; the transcript does not record any formal action, staff response, or vote on the matter. The students' comments describe discussion-level testimony about impacts to tutors, scholarships and the children they served, not a formal decision recorded in the meeting record.
