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DESCRIPTION:October 29th Climate Justice Walkout\n\n*Please take a minute to fill out 
 this October 29th Climate Walkout Strike Google Form if you are interested 
 in coming to the event/signing up for our email list: 
 https://forms.gle/ZVsvvThpWjAQe8UP8\n*Please fill out this form to sign up 
 for tabling or to speak at the strike: 
 https://forms.gle/PuP6ywKME8egAEvY6\n*If you are interested in helping 
 organize—come join our meetings Sundays at 10am at Tabby Cat 
 Cafe!\n\nOrganizers:\nYouth for Climate Justice: 
 @youth4climatejusticeca\nUC Green New Deal Coalition: 
 @ucgreennewdeal\nRachel Carson College Council: @rcc_ucsc\nSCHS Coalition 
 for Environmental Justice: @schs_c4ej\n\nEndorsers:\nStudent Union 
 Assembly: @ucscsua\nUCSC Office of the President: @ucscpresident\nSanta 
 Cruz Climate Action Network scruzclimate.org\nNovasturas 
 @Novasutras\n\nFull Itinerary:\n\nWest Side:\n* UCSC Walkout 
 (12:00pm)\nMeets at 12:00pm in the Quarry in front of the Baytree 
 Bookstore. 15 minute rally. Departs at 12:15 and marches down towards 
 Mission Hill Middle school. Arrive by 12:45pm. \n* PCS Walkout 
 (12:30pm)\nWalkout at 12:30pm and walk to SCHS.\n* Kirby Walkout 
 (1:00pm)\nWalkout at 1:00pm and walk to SCHS. \n* MHMS Walkout 
 (1:00pm)\nWalkout at 1:00pm, and depart around 1:05pm. Walk to SCHS WITH 
 the UCSC students. \n* SCHS Walkout (1:00pm)\n30 minute student rally with 
 speeches outside of SCHS. PCS, Kirby, and the group of Mission Hill and 
 UCSC students will converge here during this time. Leave at 1:30pm, march 
 down to school offices and then down pacific to Wells Fargo. \n\nEast 
 Side:\n* Harbor Walkout (12:45pm)\nWalkout at 12:45pm and walk to B40\n* 
 B40 Walkout (1:20pm)\nWalkout at 1:20pm (as soon as lunch is over) and walk 
 with Harbor to Monarch Elementary/BSSC Small Schools Campus\n* BSSC Walkout 
 (1:35pm)\nWalkout at 1:35pm and join Harbor and B40 in walking to Wells 
 Fargo\n\nAll:\n* Wells Fargo Convergence (2:00pm)\nEast and West Side 
 Marchers converge at Wells Fargo at 2:00pm. Tell people to divest.\n* 
 Downtown Farmers’ Market (3:00pm)\nEveryone ends here at 3:00pm! 
 Speeches, activities, tabling and Youth open mic here.\n\nFull 
 Demands:\n\nWe demand an equitable transition to a fossil-free future that 
 centers BIPOC. This means:\n1. Recognizing the disproportionate effects of 
 climate change on BIPOC and minorities, and working towards BOTH social and 
 environmental justice\n2. Zero Carbon by 2030 in Santa Cruz County\nWe need 
 to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis, and the limited amount of 
 time we have to stop it. \n3. No new multi use parking garage \nNew 
 structures should work towards goals of social and environmental justice. 
 The proposed 6 story parking garage would create tons of carbon, even after 
 studies have shown we do not need more parking in Santa Cruz. It would also 
 cut down ancient Magnolia trees, force the Farmer’s market to move, and 
 take over the space that could be potentially used as a community commons. 
 A majority of the public disagrees with the idea, and so it should not be 
 moved forward with. New structures built should have affordable housing, 
 and prioritive low income households.\n4. GHG inventory and climate action 
 plan for Santa Cruz City Schools\nTo lower our schools emission levels, we 
 first need to get an understanding of what our current emissions are, and 
 create a structure to get to zero. Youth for Climate Justice is working 
 with and urging the city school board to invest in our futures by setting a 
 goal for zero emissions, and a clear goal to get there.\n5. Curricular 
 change in schools and universities to teach about Climate Change 
 \nCurriculum at the state level already exists, but is not enforced at a 
 lot of schools, and does not have clear standards. Climate Change should be 
 a focus of not only science classes, but every subject. Students who do not 
 decide to take AP environmental or other advanced optional science classes 
 should still be educated on our current climate reality. \n6. CalSTRS 
 divests from fossil fuels\nCalifornia teacher retirement funds must divest 
 from fossil fuels. \n7. UC Santa Cruz must adopt the UC Green New Deal 
 (GND) Coalition’s GND Policy Platform to meet the urgency of this moment 
 to avert the worst consequences of unchecked climate catastrophe.\n* 1. To 
 learn more about our current campaign to electrify the UC, visit our 
 campaign website at: electrifyuc.org. The Electrify UC campaign calls for 
 the end of the Carbon Neutral 2025 initiative, and demands that the 
 university instead be fossil-free and fully electrify its energy grid 
 instead of relying on carbon offsets (that offset the UC’s 
 responsibility) to meet its emissions targets.\n* 2. As a leader in climate 
 science, the UC has a responsibility to model the types of climate policy 
 that the world should be adopting. While recognizing the effects climate 
 change will have on our own campuses, we stand in solidarity with frontline 
 communities bearing the brunt of climate change. We call on the UC to 
 deploy its investment, procurement, educational, labor, and research power 
 to help drive a just transition to a more equitable, accountable, and 
 carbon-free future.\n* 3. Below is a brief summary of the over 140 specific 
 policy demands in the FULL Draft UC Green New Deal Policy Platform: 
 http://bit.ly/UCGNDplatformv5\n* 4. Brief Summary\nIn accordance with what 
 science supports and what justice demands, we (the UC GND Coalition) call 
 for:\n1. Environmental Justice measures that promote a just transition for 
 the UC community to sustainable educational, living and working 
 environments, while addressing the disproportionate effects of climate 
 change on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.\n2. Energy systems at 
 each UC campus to rapidly transition to renewable energy by developing 
 detailed plans for true decarbonization.\n3. Transportation policies to be 
 updated to rapidly decrease emissions from commuting and travel and 
 simultaneously promote health.\n4. Development standards for new buildings 
 and green spaces that employ environmentally restorative architectural 
 designs.\n5. Food systems at UC to be reenvisioned for a sustainable future 
 by increasing sustainable sourcing and reducing the consumption of animal 
 products.\n6. Waste disposal and procurement to be redesigned to increase 
 reuse, recycling, and composting systems, with validated endpoints. The 
 ultimate objective should be a zero waste system.\n7. Divestment to extend 
 to institutions that support fossil fuel infrastructure, including banks 
 and insurers that directly support fossil fuel projects.\n8. Education and 
 practical training about climate to be offered across the UC system that 
 includes the scientific, social, geopolitical, and economic dimensions of 
 the crisis, centered on the voices of the dispossessed.\n9. Funding to pay 
 for the UC Green New Deal from federal, state, legislative, and 
 philanthropic sources.\n\nState\n\n* Support and endorse Climate Safe Ca 
 – basically a Ca Green New Deal\n* Already endorsed by Sandy Brown, 
 Justin Cummings, Zack Friend, Manu Koenig, Mark Stone and Watsonville City 
 Council\n\nNational\n\n* Implement the Green New Deal\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/22/18845892.php
SUMMARY:Climate Walkout Strike in Santa Cruz
LOCATION:Converge at Well's Fargo, River St., Santa Cruz at 2pm
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/22/18845892.php
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