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Polynesian Youth Attend Retreat at South Lake Tahoe Polynesian youth from the Bay Area and Southern California attended the Annual Retreat at South Lake Tahoe and came out with flying colors. It was awe inspiring to see our beloved Polynesian youth shine when they spoke, in the dances they performed, the sports they played and the way they all behaved. Kudos to the Mentors and the Chaperones for doing such a wonderful job....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 11:13pm PDT
Denton giving in to watching the students' skit (video/quicktime 12.7MB) Unsatisfied with more of Denton's ambiguous statements, students pull off a skit in front of her (Actual skit not filmed). Afterwards, Denton leaves surrounded by the voices of discontent from the crowd....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 9:13pm PDT
Asking Questions About UCSC's Missing Journalism Program 
On June 7th, UC Santa Cruz students concerned about their missing journalism program asked questions of Bill Ladusaw, UCSC's Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Ladusaw seemed to place blame on UCSC's faculty for the loss of the journalism program, while dodging questions about the misappropriation of funds at the administrative level, including Chancellor Denice Denton's extravagant dog-run. Ladusaw encouraged students to seek support from faculty members and the academic sena...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 7:53pm PDT
Surprising Denton (video/quicktime 32.7MB) Students and workers fighting for diversity at UC Santa Cruz silently gather outside a meeting with Chancellor Denton inside and surprise her...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 4:13pm PDT
Students & Workers charge institutional racism & sexism; Demand affirmative diversity 
On Tuesday, June 6, coalitions of students and workers charged UCSC with institutional racism and sexism, declaring that seemingly passive and apolitical administrative practices and policies as well as subtle forms of racism and sexism have the effects of producing inequality, particularly for communities of color. Students and workers demanded affirmative diversity, arguing that for diversity not to be empty rhetoric, UCSC would need to provide infrastructural support for student initated o...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 11:41am PDT
UCSC Charged With Disadvantaging Students, Faculty and Workers of Color 
On June 6th, UC Santa Cruz students and workers held multiple rallies and confronted Chancellor Denice Denton to demand affirmative diversity on campus. Workers and students are charging UCSC with active institutional racism and sexism by sustaining hidden systematic policies and practices that have the effect of disadvantaging students, faculty and workers of color. Affirmative diversity means actively working against the status quo of institutional racism and sexism at UCSC. The Diversity C...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 1:43am PDT
Anglo students attack migrant youth in Vacaville Ms. Luz Cardona, a Migrant Education youth counselor
at Vaca High in Vacaville, reported this week that
sometime on Friday (June 2) afternoon a 16 year-old
migrant youth was beaten while in the bathroom
severely enough to be attended by a physician, by some
six anglo youths....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:18pm PDT
Recruiting Lives. Student documentary About Military Recruitment. (video/mpeg 27.6MB) This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:13pm PDT
Affirmative Diversity Talking Points STUDENTS AND WORKERS RALLY TO DEMAND AFFIRMATIVE DIVERSITY!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:05pm PDT
Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Who Asked Us? Preschool Laid a Foundation A recent high school graduate remembers the base that his preschool years established for his academic career. John Springer is 18 years old and will be attending UCSD in the fall....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 9:01am PDT
Polynesian Club at Balboa High School The Polynesian Club at Balboa High School under the Presidentship of Peter Vaovasa and fellow class mates Mapesone Galuega, Robert, McManus, Andrew Vai and others have continued to keep the fire burning and show casing the cultural values of all Polynesians. Year after year the Cultural Event grows better and thanks to the Balboa Principal, the teachers, and mentors....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:56am PDT
Five Days until Free Skool Deadline. 
Five Days until Free Skool Lummer Quarter Deadline....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 7:41am PDT
June 3rd is Youth Empowerment Day WHAT: “Youth Empowerment Day” to Stop
“Pushouts” from School into Prison
WHEN: Saturday, June 3, 2006, 6pm to 9pm, Press
Conference: 7PM
WHERE: McClymonds Educational Complex , Peace Plaza,
2607 Myrtle Street (26th Street, between Adeline and
Market Streets)...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 8:33pm PDT
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
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