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DESCRIPTION:July 14-18, 2008\nUC Santa Barbara\n \n\nPlease join the Coalition to 
 Demilitarize the UC at the UC Santa Barbara campus for a UC-wide 
 convergence taking place from July 14-18, 2008.  The "Bored of Regents" 
 convergence will coincide with the bi-monthly UC Board of Regents meeting 
 occurring at the same time on the UCSB campus.\n\nThe UC Board of Regents 
 is the governing body of the University of California.  The individual 
 members are appointed by the Governor of California.  They are not elected 
 by the people of California nor the students at the core of the University 
 of California, yet they are able to make decisions which alter and impact 
 the lives of millions, on areas ranging from student fees, to worker's 
 rights and wages, to major development projects on UC campuses and in their 
 surrounding communities, to the design and production of nuclear weapons at 
 the nation's two premier nuclear weapons laboratories.  Students have 
 immense power to determine university policies, yet we currently lack the 
 degree of organization and solidarity necessary to fully and concretely 
 realize our power.\n\nThis convergence will offer a space in which 
 organizations and students across the UC system can come together to meet 
 with each other and form connections across areas of concern and campus 
 boundaries.  As we act cohesively and in solidarity with each other's 
 movements for social and environmental justice, our pursuits as individuals 
 and issue-specific organizations will strengthen exponentially.  We plan to 
 focus on the many ways which movements for demilitarization and disarmament 
 converge with other social and environmental movements.  The goals of true 
 environmental and social justice cannot be realized without a simultaneous 
 focus on demilitarization and disarmament.  This is a space in which we, as 
 organizers and engaged students, may challenge ourselves to build power 
 through solidarity and honesty and where we can meet new friends and 
 reunite with old friends in struggle.\n\nFurthermore, this convergence is 
 largely about experiential diffusion.  For students especially, the 
 university's four year tenure leaves precious little time for an adequate 
 degree of collaboration on the spectacular challenges we face.  Many 
 organizers across the UC system have just graduated or will be graduating 
 soon, and there is a vast array of knowledge and experience which needs to 
 be imparted to current students who wish to perpetuate these movements. We 
 encourage organizers with all levels of experience to participate so that 
 the highest degree of knowledge and experience sharing may occur.\n\n 
 \n\nAbout the Coalition to Demilitarize the UC:\n\nThe Coalition to 
 Demilitarize the UC, active in organizing the "Bored of Regents" 
 convergence, was founded in 2002 to provide a framework for collaboration 
 among the campus and community organizations working to challenge the UC's 
 involvement in the design, research, testing and production of nuclear 
 weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore 
 National Laboratory (LLNL). \n\nThe Coalition currently consists of 
 students and student organizations at six UC campuses, as well as four 
 community organizations in California and New Mexico.\n\nCurrent strategies 
 include grassroots education, lobbying & advocacy, non-violent direct 
 action, and the subversive utilization of creativity and humor.  Our core 
 group of students and community organizers is working to build a mass 
 movement across California to demilitarize and democratize the UC system, 
 as well as to build momentum within the larger peace and nuclear abolition 
 movements.\n\nMore info is available at 
 http://www.ucnuclearfree.org\n\nLikely Discussion/Action Planning 
 groups:\n\n \n\n    * What is the UC Student Department of Energy 
 Laboratory Oversight Committee (DOELOC) and how can you start or strengthen 
 a DOELOC branch on your campus?\n\n \n\n    * Starting and facilitating a 
 "UC and the Bomb" class\n\n \n\n    * Meeting facilitation: how to run a 
 democratic meeting and form consensus around our political goals.\n\n \n\n  
   * UC Demilitarization Coalition strategic planning\n\n \n\n    * 
 Student-worker solidarity\n\n \n\n    * Counter recruitment\n\n \n\n    * 
 Education: Student access, diversity, and affordability\n\n \n\n    * 
 Contextualizing campus struggles in the local community\n\n \n\n    * 
 Ecological sustainability: What is it really going to take?  What's 
 happening already?\n\n \n\nWe are still looking for ideas and facilitators. 
  Do you have a discussion/action planning group that you think needs to be 
 on the agenda?  Would you like to facilitate these or any other 
 discussion/action planning groups?  Let us know at 
 boredofregents@gmail.com\n\n \n\nPlus:\n\n \n\n    * Bike Tour of the 
 Goleta Valley: a bicycle ride led by Darwin touring the Goleta Valley's 
 history and geography from an anti-imperialist perspective.  The tour 
 visits important sites in the Valley's past and present and links issues of 
 racial oppression, militarism, ecological destruction, and community 
 identity.\n    * House parties, day and night hikes, picnics, beach 
 camping, art projects, games, and acoustic music throughout the week!\n    
 * Come dance and have fun at the BIKO garage on the night of Friday July 
 18th at 9pm with "BOAT" (Seattle), "Alright Class" (Oakland/SF), and 
 "Franklin For Short" (Ventura).  This show will be super fun!\n\n 
 \n\nLogistics:\n\n \n\n    * Bring a sleeping bag, pillow, and towel for 
 yourself and a tent for your group if you have one.  We'll take care of the 
 rest, i.e., couches, floors, back yards, and beaches.\n    * Lunch and 
 Dinner will be provided by Santa Barbara Food Not Bombs\n    * A more 
 detailed calendar will be sent out and posted online in the coming weeks as 
 discussion/action planning groups and facilitators are confirmed.  Plan to 
 arrive on the afternoon of July 14th.  We will also post more information 
 to www.ucnuclearfree.org in the coming days and weeks.\n    * We can help 
 out with some gas expenses, but our resources are limited.  Please carpool 
 as much as possible.  Email us for more details about reimbursement once 
 you confirm your group's travel arrangements.\n    * You can keep in 
 contact with the "Bored of Regents" UC-wide Convergence organizing group by 
 emailing boredofregents@gmail.com.  Email us with any questions, concerns, 
 or suggestions, and someone will get back to you right away!\n    * Please 
 let us know as soon as possible if you plan to attend and participate in 
 the convergence.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/19/18509064.php
SUMMARY:7/14-18: "Bored of Regents" UC-Wide Convergence
LOCATION:UC Santa Barbara
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