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Temblor Felt in South of Market
Abrupt single quake felt at approx 8:40 PM South of Market
Here are first details:...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 8:40pm PST
UC Davis Students, Contracted Out Workers Rally for Affordable Health Care, Fair Wages, Re
UC Davis Students, Contracted Out Workers Rally
for Affordable Health Care, Fair Wages, Respect
UCD is the Last of all 10 UC Campuses and 5 Medical Centers to Still Contract Out Food Service Workers...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 11:28am PST
Parents, community members protest proposed closure of Bear Flag Elementary School
Parents and community members are challenging a proposed closure of Bear Flag Elementary School at a community meeting tonight....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 4:44pm PST
Youth Summit
Thank you for the support for the Feb. 3, EPA "Live In Peace" March & Rally event. We were thrilled with the community response and plan to continue the momentum.
EPA Peace & Unity is continuing the momentum by working together with one of our partners, OEPA.
You may also note, we are currently working on several projects with our partners to create a much more healthier and safer community
EPA Peace & Unity...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 1:16pm PST
Urgent Action: Stop the Closure of East Oakland Community High School
I ask for your urgent support to take action to stop the closure
of East Oakland Community High School (EOC), as part of our work to
implement our four point plan to stop pushouts. It is an absolute
tragedy that our un-elected State Adminstrator is trying to shut
down this inovative community school as part of a nationwide trend
to shut down and privatize public schools. It is through a mass
movement that we can stop this type of policy and return Oakland
schools to local, democrat...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 2:43pm PST
Urgent Action: Save East Oakland Community High School
PLEASE FORWARD AND TAKE ACTION!
MARCH AND RALLY IS FEBRUARY 28TH; E-MAIL OR CALL NOW!
Dear Friends,
I ask for your urgent support to take action to stop the closure
of East Oakland Community High School (EOC), as part of our work to
implement our four point plan to stop pushouts. It is an absolute
tragedy that our un-elected State Adminstrator is trying to shut
down this inovative community school as part of a nationwide trend
to shut down and privatize public schools. It is th...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 2:04pm PST
Free Skool Spring Quarter Calendar is Available
Dang, Free Skool keeps getting more exciting. 84 classes. Everything from Bicycle Touring to Survival Gourmet to our Free Skool Post-Apocalyptic Survival Weekend....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:23pm PST
PVUSD Teachers Underpaid
Mary Anne Mays returns to the PVUSD, works half-time her previous schedule, and still makes double what a teacher makes....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 1:34pm PST
Police confiscate material, arrest one at Berkeley Oak Tree-Sits
University of California, Berkeley-UC Police today, 2/22/07, conducted a sweep of the support presence at the tree-sit in the oak grove now in its 82nd day. One person was arrested....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 12:49am PST
"South of the Border" Isn't a Party, It's a Disgrace
A Latina Santa Clara University student writes about the "South of the Border" party at SCU, where white students dressed up as Latino stereotypes....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:38pm PST
Tonight! Pelosi Watch!
Reminder: Pelosi Watch tonight!
Join the 1st Pelosi Watch discussion on Thursday February the 22nd at 6:30pm at The San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. (at Grove), Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, located on the Library's lower level, (Enter 30 Grove St., proceed down stairs).
Thursday evening's discussion will include:
Alan Benjamin, Executive Board, San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO)
Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange
Antonia Juhasz, policy-...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 1:22pm PST
School Beat: NCLB and Civil Rights
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is very clearly another masterful sleight of hand by George Bush and Co. Like his many other tricks (remember the “Clear Skies” program that actually weakened the Clean Air Act), NCLB is full of seemingly lofty goals and requirements ostensibly focused on improving education for all children, while actually attacking the entire project of public education. Most strikingly, its supporters have positioned it as an unshrinking effort to address the racial and class in...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 9:27am PST
UCSC Rallies for 'Wages Not War!'
On Thursday, February 15, hundreds of students and workers at UC Santa Cruz joined more than two dozen schools across the nation in taking action against war. Locally, this meant calling for a reprioritization of resources to focus on the needs of low-paid service workers rather than on weapons development and war. Poverty-struck workers in the UC system have been promised and allocated money by both the CA state legislature and the UC system itself, yet UC President Robert Dynes has refused ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 3:28am PST
UCSC Student Government Resolution for Wage Parity
A few weeks ago, the official (Regent-endorsed) student government of UC Santa Cruz, the Student Union Assembly, unanimously approved the following resolution demanding that low-paid workers receive wages in accordance with other nearby institutions. The UC promised thousands of dollars to the lowest paid workers, many of which are members of AFSCME 3299, yet, up to this date, have not released this money.
60 workers were arrested outside the UC Office of the President last Thursday, Febru...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 5:33pm PST
Youth and Student Antiwar Event: From Protest to Resistance, Mar.3 6pm
AntiWar Youth & Student SpeakOut: From PROTEST to RESISTANCE
Political Discussion, Cultural Performances, Food and Drinks
Sat. March 3, 6pm
2489 Mission St. Rm.24, San Francisco
at 21st st., near the 24th St. BART station/#14, #49 MUNI buses...
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 1:35pm PST
Who Asked Us? -- Alternative School Means No School
A report just released by the California Legislative Analyst's office says the state's alternative schools are doing a poor job of tracking students who are at risk of dropping out. "Sneezie" is a high-school senior in San Francisco who has been through a string of alternative programs. She's getting her work done but not sure she's learning anything anymore....
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 1:38pm PST
San Francisco's Lowell High School Rallies and Walks Out Against the War-Pictures
Lowell High School's Revolution Youth Club organized a rally and walk-out on February 15 demanding that Congress use its "power of the purse" to cut all war funds and bring the troops home now....
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 6:15pm PST
Neighbors join forces to save historic UC Laguna St. Campus from the wrecking ball
Free screening of Eliza Heminway's documentary film "Closing the Books" and a public forum will be held February 24th at SF Public Library to help save the 5.8 acre historic UC Berkeley Extension campus on 55 Laguna Street in San Francisco from the wrecking ball. UC is trying to turn this billion dollar parcel into condos and shops. Neighbors organize to save this historic 1850s treasure and public park area paid for with our tax dollars and ensure it remains in public use, ideally as a univ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 1:16pm PST
Cal State East Bay: We Are Still Here!
a letter to all campus activists...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 7:52am PST
Student Strikes Against War - Feb15
On February 15, 2007, students at UC Santa Barbara, Columbia University, and Columbia College in Chicago will be on strike against the war. Solidarity actions are planned at a dozen other schools - including 5 in the Bay Area: San Francisco State, Lowell High School, Mills College, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz. Thousands are expected to attend nation-wide....
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 2:46am PST