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4 of us Fresno groups combine to learn healthful living
4 of us Fresno groups combine to learn healthful living. 2 minute video...
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 11:03am PDT
School Beat: Reaching Special Education Ideals is Still Far Off
Google the expression “special education is a service, not a place” and you will come up with many references from special educators, disability advocates, parents and school administrators nationwide. In a perfect world, this slogan would describe reality. But as a parent and an advocate for effective education programs for all children, it seems to me that we still have a long way to go....
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 7:10am PDT
UCSC Workers, Students Grill Chancellor, Give June 5 Deadline
On Tuesday, May 23, UC Santa Cruz's custodians, part of the union AFSCME, continued their hard-fought wage parity campaign by staging a respectful protest inside Chancellor Denice Denton's Brown Bag event. The workers are frusterated over the Chancellor's lack of support for custodians and their families. While the Chancellor consistently refers to 'market rates' to justify top admin salaries (she earns upwards of $400,000/yr.), she has yet to support custodians whose poverty wages are up to ...
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 3:57am PDT
Oakland City Council to Declare June 3rd "Youth Empowerment Day"
Oakland City Council to Declare June 3rd Youth
Empowerment Day to Stop “Pushouts”
from School to Prison
WHEN: Tuesday May 30, 2006, Press Conference 5:30PM,
Presentation of
Proclamation: 6PM
WHERE: Oakland City Hall, 14th Street and Broadway in
Downtown, Oakland
WHO: Oakland City Council Presenting a Proclamation
to Community Leaders, Including Former Councilmember
Wilson Riles...
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 5:19pm PDT
Federal judge orders Pentagon to expedite UC student's FOIA request
....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 12:08pm PDT
Take Back the Night 2006
On Thursday, May 18, students at UC Santa Cruz held the annual Take Back the Night. Starting with a rally at 6:30pm in Baytree Plaza, there were speakers and live performance addressing issues such as prison violence, sterilization, borderline violence, and institutionalized patriarchy. After marching through the colleges on East side of campus, the march stopped outside the College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room for performances by UCSC's Slam Poets Team, before making their way through the rest of...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
San Francisco Board of Education - Parent Advisory Council
Omar Khalif brought the community together in the Bayview Hunters Point and more the parents of the students that attend our SF Public School in San Francisco. The parents and students joined hands in small groups to address a survey that was conducted in other parts of the City but did not include parents and students from the Southeast Sector. The turn out was nice and the issues discussed at hand very practical and urgent....
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 8:43am PDT
ACTION ALERT! Please Tell the Governor to Stop Playing Politics with LGBT Lives
Urge the Governor to Reconsider Promised Veto of Bill to Ensure Inclusive History in
School Curriculum...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 11:29pm PDT
Historic Leidesdorff Plaza ~ Junteenth Folsom 2006
Historic Leidesdorff Plaza will come alive with the sights, sounds and history of "Our Journey Towards Freedom."...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 10:07am PDT
Student Declaration Over Exit Exam Ruling
Student response to Court's decision to reinstate California High School Exit Exam...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 11:11am PDT
School Beat: Making Schools Clean and Healthy
So much of the work that we want and need to do to improve public schools for our kids is visible and dramatic and thus readily captures our attention. More money, more staff, more equipment, more supplies. We are all working hard on all of those areas, not to mention working hard to keep that list as short as possible....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 8:42am PDT
City and SF BOE Should Work Together
In the recent months and weeks, the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors have been exploring resolutions and initiatives aimed at the San Francisco Unified School District which is a separate independent entity....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 8:12am PDT
UC Regents Meeting reportback 5/17 (audio/mpeg 6.0MB)
On Wednesday 5/17 the UC Regents held a meeting at UCSF. Students, Workers and unions were present, primarily in response to UC's plan to cut workers' pensions. The unions were united & unapologetic, cheering loudly as three California State Senators including Figeroa (D) and Maldonado (R), called for Dynes' resignation....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 2:44pm PDT
Youth Empowerment Day: June 3rd
International Figure Lennox Hinds and R&B/Pop Star Raz B Join the Education Not Incarceration Coalition (ENI) for Youth Empowerment Day to launch a campaign to address the crisis of students pushed out of school and into prison...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 8:37am PDT
Como Angeles: The Story of the Free Medical School in Havana, Cuba
Cedric Edwards MD, the first American graduate of Latin American Medical School in Havana, will talk about his experiences attending the school and participating in an experimental program in Honduras working alongside Honduran doctors trained in Cuba....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 7:06am PDT
Anti-Nuke Activists Disrupt UC Regents Meeting
Thursday, May 18, 2006 - For the second straight year, anti-nuke/demilitarization activists from around the state disrupted the University of California Regents meeting at UC San Francisco. In addition to concerns of corruption on behalf of top UC officials, students continued the decades old tradition of opposition to UC's vital role in the production of weapons of mass destruction. Through it's management of both Los Alamos National Lab and Lawrence Livermore, UC employees have designed eve...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 5:41am PDT
Free Skool Summer Quarter deadline coming up
We want you to teach Free Skool Santa Cruz....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 11:48pm PDT
Dear Supporters of Students Against War
The Project, Page 5
A thank you letter for the support following the counter-recruitment demonstration on April 11th....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:12pm PDT
An Open Letter of Solidarity...
The Project, Page 4
This is an open letter of solidarity to Students Against War at San Francisco State University....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 2:51pm PDT