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DESCRIPTION:San Francisco, CA May 1, 2014 – UC Hastings College of the Law students, 
 alumni, and community members will gather on Thursday, May 1st to hold a 
 press conference on the steps of the school’s administration building and 
 deliver a petition with 400+ signatures calling for Chancellor and Dean 
 Frank H. Wu to rescind the commencement keynote speaker invitation to Janet 
 Napolitano, the former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary and 
 current UC President. UC Hastings is led by an autonomous nine-member Board 
 of Directors, not Napolitano. UC Hastings does not receive funding from the 
 Regents of the UC system. \n \nNapolitano represents the heartbreaking 
 impact of U.S. immigration policies on individuals and families. In her 
 tenure as the Secretary of the DHS Napolitano was responsible for deporting 
 nearly 2 million people - more than any Secretary in history. She 
 spearheaded other inhumane policies, including widespread implementation of 
 so-called “Secure Communities,” a deportation program notorious for its 
 conflation of the criminal and immigration systems, and a “detention bed 
 mandate” requiring officials to fill 34,000 facility beds daily. 
 \n\nAside from increasing the marginalization of communities, her actions 
 have caused profound angst to members of the Class of 2014, their families, 
 and members of the Hastings community at large. Honoring Napolitano with 
 the prestigious position of graduation speaker implies an endorsement of 
 her career legacy and tacitly signals praise for her actions as DHS 
 Secretary.\n \nMay 1st is also International Workers’ Day and marches for 
 immigration reform and workers’ rights are scheduled in cities all over 
 the U.S. We stand in solidarity by expressing our opposition to Napolitano 
 continuing to be the scheduled UC Hastings commencement speaker.\n \nWHAT: 
 Petition delivery to Chancellor and Dean Frank Wu demanding that he rescind 
 the commencement keynote invitation to Napolitano and replace her with a 
 speaker who represents the best of the law.\n \nWHO:  UC Hastings students 
 and alumni speakers. \n \nWHEN: Thursday, May 1 at 9:00 AM.\n \nWHERE: We 
 will meet outside the law school at 200 McAllister, San Francisco, CA where 
 remarks will be given. The petition signatures will then be taken inside 
 the building and delivered to the administration.\n \nWHY:  The petition 
 from the Hastings Students, Alumni, and Community Say No to Napolitano 
 (http://www.change.org/petitions/dean-wu-no-to-napolitano) reads as 
 follows: \n“Commencement should be a time of great celebration--a moment 
 for the students and other attendees to reflect upon past accomplishments 
 and future aspirations. Having Janet Napolitano speak at commencement will 
 solely remind everyone of discrimination, heartbreak, and despair.”\n 
 \nPress Contacts: \nLeah Chen Price 415-533-4399 
 leah.price@gmail.com\nMaria Dominguez 510-967-3916 domingma@uchastings.edu  
 \nNoemi Gallardo 805-832-8411 gallardo.noemi@gmail.com \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/01/18755106.php
SUMMARY:UC Hastings Students Oppose Commencement Speaker Janet Napolitano, Deliver Petition
LOCATION:200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/01/18755106.php
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