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DESCRIPTION:Friday, April 16, 2010\n6:00pm - 8:00pm\nCervantez-Velazquez Conference 
 Room, above the Baytree Bookstore\n\nThe constant attacks on public 
 education have brought us to the point where we say enough is enough. On 
 March 4th students, teachers and workers statewide took to the streets with 
 the purpose of making a statement-- that we will no longer tolerate the 
 constant blows to public education. The momentum that was built up through 
 Mach 4th cannot die down. \n\nWithin the academic year of 2009-2010 we have 
 endured severe attacks to our classes, resources, lecturers-- the quality 
 of our education. These attacks disproportionably disadvantage students who 
 come from underprivileged communities. \n\nThe fact that institutions whose 
 purpose is to further advance the success of underprivileged students 
 within the university are being slowly decimated indicates a pressing need 
 for students of color to independently organize against the budget 
 cuts.\n\nCall for a Third World Assembly at UCSC\n\nThis is a call to 
 create a space where students of color from all communities come together 
 to specifically organize against the budget cuts. The attack on public 
 education has a more severe impact on communities of color, this reason 
 alone attests the urgent need for students of color to mobilize 
 independently against the budget cuts. The purpose of this space is to 
 bring together the struggles from various communities of color-- to work in 
 solidarity and empower each other.\n\nStudents of color have been hesitant 
 to organize within the general movement at UCSC because the hegemony that 
 it displays. This organizing body is tagged by the memory of past events 
 such as occupations that have only further isolated students of color. 
 It’s time that we as a community take ownership of this struggle and 
 advance the movement in a way that it speaks for us as well. \n\nIt’s 
 important to mention that this space is exclusively for students of color. 
 This decision was made on the basis that the organizing space that already 
 exists has attempted, and failed, to incorporate the voice of 
 underrepresented communities. Given that we live in a society in which 
 race, gender and privilege plays a major role in determining a persons 
 experience, we must understand and respect the need for students of color 
 to organize independently from white allies. \n\nIf you are interested in 
 being a part of this space please come to an informational meeting this 
 Friday at 6pm at the Cervantez-Velazquez conference room above the 
 bookstore. In this meeting we will talk more in depth about some of the 
 points that I vaguely mentioned in the description and ways in which we can 
 make this a permanent space.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/16/18644895.php
SUMMARY:Third World Assembly informational meeting
LOCATION:Cervantez-Velazquez Conference Room, above the Baytree Bookstore
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/16/18644895.php
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