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DESCRIPTION:Please come out to a community town hall to defend an anti-fascist Berkeley 
 middle school teacher under attack by the school district, and to find out 
 more about the situation:Community Town Hall for Yvette FelarcaWednesday, 
 September 28, 20165pmBerkeley Public Library, North Branch1170 The Alameda 
 (at Hopkins), Berkeley, CaliforniaAfter she helped prevent the neo-Nazi 
 rally on the steps of the capitol in Sacramento this summer, and was one of 
 several people who were stabbed by the fascists, terror threats were made 
 against the school if she was not fired. Instead of defending the entire 
 school, including Yvette, the Berkeley Unified School District has since 
 turned on her, docked some of her pay, and last Wednesday abruptly 
 suspended her. A parent of one of her students reported that his son was 
 removed from class that day, and interrogated about her.Yvette's grievance 
 to her union (written before her suspension) can be read here. You can 
 watch the video of public comments at last week's board meeting, including 
 by Yvette Felarca, her students who demonstrated how she helped empower 
 them, parents who praised her teaching style and expressed concern about 
 recent racist activities in the schools, fellow workers who wondered about 
 the implications of the district's actions for other teachers, and 
 community members who told personal stories about fascism in their own 
 lives, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg2giLt6Fu4For more details 
 about what happened in Sacramento, and the neo-Nazis involved, read the 
 accounts on the local Sacramento Antifa site: 
 http://antifasac.weebly.com/There is also information about the organizers 
 of the neo-Nazi rally from the Southern Poverty Law Center, here: 
 https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/06/27/violent-clashes-erupt-sacramento-between-white-nationalists-and-antifascistsTo 
 voice your solidarity with Yvette Felarca, and demand that she be 
 reinstated immediately, paid her full wages, and the harassment of her and 
 her students be stopped, contact the Berkeley school board and 
 superintendent at: boardofed@berkeley.net (entire board), 
 Superintendent@berkeley.net (Dr. Donald Evans)Non-sectarian defense of all 
 anti-fascists!An injury to one is an injury to all!    \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/25/18791658.php
SUMMARY:Town Hall to Defend Anti-Fascist Berkeley Teacher Yvette Felarca
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library, North Branch\n1170 The Alameda (at Hopkins), 
 Berkeley, California
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/25/18791658.php
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