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New Series from MAC: Murdered.
A new series of posters produced by Modesto Anarcho Crew: Murdered.
A new series of posters produced by Modesto Anarcho Crew: Murdered. The first 4 in the series are:
Sammy Galvan, Murdered by the Modesto Police Department August 22 2004
Andres Raya, Murdered by the Ceres Police Department January 09 2005
Richard Philip Robles Jr., Murdered by the Modesto Police Department January 11 2009
And our bonus poster for this set,
Alexandros Gregoropolous, murdered by the Athens Police Department, December 17 2008.
Feel free to copy, distribute, post, or anything else. This is the first in many sets of this series. Posters are in PDF format for easy printing.
Note: Andy Raya wasn't really murdered by police. He was murdered by a system which forces young brown men into military service, a military which destroys their humanity, and a society with no answers or support for them when they get home. He died at the hands of police officers, but he took a couple with him, too. We support Andy Raya.
Sammy Galvan, Murdered by the Modesto Police Department August 22 2004
Andres Raya, Murdered by the Ceres Police Department January 09 2005
Richard Philip Robles Jr., Murdered by the Modesto Police Department January 11 2009
And our bonus poster for this set,
Alexandros Gregoropolous, murdered by the Athens Police Department, December 17 2008.
Feel free to copy, distribute, post, or anything else. This is the first in many sets of this series. Posters are in PDF format for easy printing.
Note: Andy Raya wasn't really murdered by police. He was murdered by a system which forces young brown men into military service, a military which destroys their humanity, and a society with no answers or support for them when they get home. He died at the hands of police officers, but he took a couple with him, too. We support Andy Raya.
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GHOST MACHINE GROUP
AFFILIATED OBSIDIAN NATION
An American Indian People's Resistance Movement of the 21st Century
Davis, California
July 26, 2010
To our Brothers and Sisters everywhere:
For years, people in the community have been asking "why don't any of the Indian gaming tribes help D-Q University?
Read the following newspaper article to see what happened when the gaming tribe closest to D-Q University (Cashe Creek) extended its hand - recently - to the school's "leaders" with an offer of help.
sined:
the A.O.N. NEWZHOUND
Woof
________________________
*from the Woodland Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA
Yocha Dehe to D-Q's rescue? Maybe
By JAKE DORSEY
Created: 07/18/2010 09:15:34 AM PDT
Even in the face of a potential savior, confusion seems to reign at D-Q University.
School trustees have put the brakes on anything concrete after Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation officials announced about two weeks ago they were considering helping the dilapidated American Indian school get back on its feet.
"The D-Q board has not given any permission to exercise any plans regarding the institution," Trustee Susan Reece stated in a press release dated July 15.
Reece said in a phone interview that Della Warrior, Yocha Dehe's representative, had attended one meeting to talk about a potential partnership. Warrior offered no specifics at that time, Reece said, and until The Davis Enterprise article run on July 4, no details about what Yocha Dehe wanted had been offered.
Warrior, contacted while on vacation, said Yocha Dehe does not have a specific plan down in writing, which Reece requested, and only wants to discuss the idea of the tribe helping D-Q.
"We're trying to work together," Warrior said. "We're in a research and planning stage."
Reece cited the D-Q board's policy of having proposals formally submitted on letterhead.
"We want to hear what they have to say, but it has to be in writing," Reece said.
A partial cause of the gap between the two sides appears to be logistical.
Reece and Warrior confirmed that Yocha Dehe's tribal council has invited D-Q board members to the tribe's headquarters at Cache Creek Casino Resort near Rumsey.
However, D-Q board members are located farther across the state than they have been in years, with one board member, Stan Rodriguez, living as far away as Santa Ysabel, Reece said.
Even after the tribal council agreed to pay per diem travel expenses, board members refused to come. They wanted to meet on a Saturday, when members were not working, Reece said.
The board then invited the tribal council to its meeting last Saturday. No council members showed.
Another issue is potentially clashing goals.
Warrior affirmed Yocha Dehe Chairman Marshall McKay's desire to have a tribal college, and that college need not be D-Q University.
"We have the data to show there is a need for a tribal college," Warrior said. "If D-Q's not interested in working with Yocha Dehe and the other tribes, we're committed to move forward."
Moving forward means handling a whole heap of problems at D-Q -- hundreds of thousands of dollars owed to the U.S. Department of Education in misspent Pell grant funds, roving occupants of the campus attempting unfocused revivals of the school, Yolo County Health Department notices stating the buildings are not safe for human habitation.
Those are just the immediate ones. D-Q lost its accreditation in early 2005, from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Getting that back could take many years, Reece said.
There's also the issue of handling 5th County District Supervisor Duane Chamberlain's lease on 2/3 of D-Q's land. Reece said the board has been rejecting Chamberlain's checks and wants to take him to court to get him off the land, but Chamberlain is still farming alfalfa hay.
The U.S. General Services Administration's property disposal division told D-Q more than two years ago that it must use the land, which is mostly alfalfa, for "educational purposes." Board members submitted a plan with proposed programs, which bought them time.
Reece said a program is going to start in September, similar to one run in 2008, that involves the Regenerative Design Institute of Northern California's teaching "permaculture" on D-Q's land. To do that, however, they first have to get the front entrance gates unlocked and the road cleared.
Both sides say they want to remain open to ideas, but Warrior said Yocha Dehe is committed to developing a university system, even if it takes 20 to 25 years to do it.
"We're ready to walk this path with or without D-Q," she said.
END
AFFILIATED OBSIDIAN NATION
An American Indian People's Resistance Movement of the 21st Century
Davis, California
July 26, 2010
To our Brothers and Sisters everywhere:
For years, people in the community have been asking "why don't any of the Indian gaming tribes help D-Q University?
Read the following newspaper article to see what happened when the gaming tribe closest to D-Q University (Cashe Creek) extended its hand - recently - to the school's "leaders" with an offer of help.
sined:
the A.O.N. NEWZHOUND
Woof
________________________
*from the Woodland Daily Democrat, Woodland, CA
Yocha Dehe to D-Q's rescue? Maybe
By JAKE DORSEY
Created: 07/18/2010 09:15:34 AM PDT
Even in the face of a potential savior, confusion seems to reign at D-Q University.
School trustees have put the brakes on anything concrete after Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation officials announced about two weeks ago they were considering helping the dilapidated American Indian school get back on its feet.
"The D-Q board has not given any permission to exercise any plans regarding the institution," Trustee Susan Reece stated in a press release dated July 15.
Reece said in a phone interview that Della Warrior, Yocha Dehe's representative, had attended one meeting to talk about a potential partnership. Warrior offered no specifics at that time, Reece said, and until The Davis Enterprise article run on July 4, no details about what Yocha Dehe wanted had been offered.
Warrior, contacted while on vacation, said Yocha Dehe does not have a specific plan down in writing, which Reece requested, and only wants to discuss the idea of the tribe helping D-Q.
"We're trying to work together," Warrior said. "We're in a research and planning stage."
Reece cited the D-Q board's policy of having proposals formally submitted on letterhead.
"We want to hear what they have to say, but it has to be in writing," Reece said.
A partial cause of the gap between the two sides appears to be logistical.
Reece and Warrior confirmed that Yocha Dehe's tribal council has invited D-Q board members to the tribe's headquarters at Cache Creek Casino Resort near Rumsey.
However, D-Q board members are located farther across the state than they have been in years, with one board member, Stan Rodriguez, living as far away as Santa Ysabel, Reece said.
Even after the tribal council agreed to pay per diem travel expenses, board members refused to come. They wanted to meet on a Saturday, when members were not working, Reece said.
The board then invited the tribal council to its meeting last Saturday. No council members showed.
Another issue is potentially clashing goals.
Warrior affirmed Yocha Dehe Chairman Marshall McKay's desire to have a tribal college, and that college need not be D-Q University.
"We have the data to show there is a need for a tribal college," Warrior said. "If D-Q's not interested in working with Yocha Dehe and the other tribes, we're committed to move forward."
Moving forward means handling a whole heap of problems at D-Q -- hundreds of thousands of dollars owed to the U.S. Department of Education in misspent Pell grant funds, roving occupants of the campus attempting unfocused revivals of the school, Yolo County Health Department notices stating the buildings are not safe for human habitation.
Those are just the immediate ones. D-Q lost its accreditation in early 2005, from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Getting that back could take many years, Reece said.
There's also the issue of handling 5th County District Supervisor Duane Chamberlain's lease on 2/3 of D-Q's land. Reece said the board has been rejecting Chamberlain's checks and wants to take him to court to get him off the land, but Chamberlain is still farming alfalfa hay.
The U.S. General Services Administration's property disposal division told D-Q more than two years ago that it must use the land, which is mostly alfalfa, for "educational purposes." Board members submitted a plan with proposed programs, which bought them time.
Reece said a program is going to start in September, similar to one run in 2008, that involves the Regenerative Design Institute of Northern California's teaching "permaculture" on D-Q's land. To do that, however, they first have to get the front entrance gates unlocked and the road cleared.
Both sides say they want to remain open to ideas, but Warrior said Yocha Dehe is committed to developing a university system, even if it takes 20 to 25 years to do it.
"We're ready to walk this path with or without D-Q," she said.
END
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