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DESCRIPTION:UC SANTA CRUZ STUDENTS OF COLOR COLLECTIVE HOLD HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST 
 CUTS TO RESOURCES FOR UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES\n\nMAY 22th, 2009\n\nThe 
 Students of Color Collective (SOCC) brings together organizers from various 
 campus minority organizations to address the disparities at UC Santa Cruz 
 and the higher education system. The collective has formed in response to 
 the massive education budget cuts that have adversely people of color who 
 have historically and continue to face inequalities in higher education 
 achievement.\n\nMembers of the SOCC will be conducting a HUNGER STRIKE 
 Beginning Tuesday May 26th at the Base of Campus at 12:00PM that will be 
 accompanied by a large student rally in support of the hunger strikers and 
 the SOCC demands. This action will is being conducted to draw attention to 
 cut backs in resources for students of color and for the UCSC 
 administration to recognize and meet these demands.\n\nStudent of Color 
 Collective Demands\n\nShort Term ( by the end of this quarter 
 09-10)\n•Hire full-time American Indian Resource Center and Women’s 
 Center directors with student voice in open hiring process\n•Maintain 
 academic integrity and current structure of Community Studies Dept. by 
 keeping field study\ncoordinators Mike Rotkin and Flor Marchetti and 
 Department Manager Penny Stinson and not merging the department into 
 Sociology.\n•Retain both Latin American and Latino Studies professors 
 Guillermo Delgado and Susan Jonas\n•Makes UCSC a sanctuary campus for 
 undocumented communities\n•UCSC openly and publicly support the state and 
 Federal DREAM Act\n•Permanent funding for Ethnic- Year-End Ceremonies 
 from college C.A.O.s and Provosts\n•Resource Center representative as 
 liaison between local tribes and UCSC in order to maintain respectable 
 relationships with local tribes\n•Support Family Student Housing in 
 receiving equitable rent for next year 09-10 funding (no rent 
 increase)\n\n•Fair transparent negotiations with workers and unions to 
 ensure equitable pay, working condition and representation\n•No 
 layoffs!\n•No worker deportations by ICE\n•Freeze on Budget Cuts over 
 the summer, while students are not present\n\nLong 
 Term:\n\n•Institutionalize scholarships and other resources for AB540 
 students\n•Access and affordability to higher education for 
 underrepresented communities- STOP STUDENT FEE HIKES!\n•Outreach and 
 retention of faculty and staff of color (including hiring a full-time 
 Counseling & Psychological Services staff of color)\n•Fill Asian American 
 “specialist” position for American Studies\n•Movement towards an 
 Ethnic Studies Program\n•Affordable and quality housing for under 
 resourced immigrant students\n•No cuts to Disability student 
 resources\n•No cuts to Rape Awareness Programs\n\nSigned,\nUCSC STUDENTS 
 OF COLOR COLLECTIVE\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/24/18597741.php
SUMMARY:UCSC Students Hunger Strike
LOCATION:Base of UC Santa Cruz campus (the intersection of Bay street and High 
 street)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/24/18597741.php
DTSTART:20090526T190000Z
DTEND:20090527T030000Z
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