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DESCRIPTION:In the 1960s, students organized a Free Speech movement to resist the 
 University of California, Berkeley, to counter administrative bans on 
 flyering on the campus. 53 years later, there is a new battle brewing over 
 Peoples Park with its community advocating for civic space and the 
 University offering housing projects. As tensions grow between the City’s 
 establishment and Park protesters, many people are caught in the middle 
 trying to navigate college, Covid-19, and Berkeley’s unaffordable housing 
 crisis. \n\nOne of the greatest challenges facing the Peoples Park 
 community is that UC Berkeley and the Berkeley City Council have agreed on 
 the development. In fact, they have already allocated over $325 million 
 dollars to displace the homeless encampments to the Rodeway Inn and build 
 “over 1,100” beds for students and “formerly unhoused people.” 
 \n\nBut, there are growing concerns about adding more students to Berkeley. 
 The Save Berkeley’s Neighborhood group sued UC Berkeley for over 
 enrolling students, but the Supreme Court decision in their favor was 
 nullified by the California Legislature. The UC Regents then bought a $6.5 
 million dollar home in Berkeley for its president while thousands of 
 students sleep on the streets during the summer months. These groups argue 
 that the more students we have in Berkeley, the more open space we need to 
 protect them, and that Peoples Park is the only green space available in 
 the neighborhood outside of UC Berkeley’s main campus.\n\nAs tensions 
 grow between the City’s establishment and the Anarchists of Peoples Park, 
 thousands of students, businesses, and passersby will be caught in the 
 middle of a potential war brewing in the Southside community, echoing the 
 1960’s invasion of the National Guard which changed Berkeley’s history 
 forever.\n\nWhat is the quality of life like at the Rodeway Inn?\n\nWhat 
 brought you to Peoples Park and why do you fight for it? and\n\nIs there a 
 sustainable future possible for Peoples Park?\n\nJoin the Green Party of 
 Alameda County for a roundtable discussion with Peoples Park activists 
 where we ask these questions and more during our monthly Green Sunday.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/12/18850410.php
SUMMARY:The Future of People’s Park
LOCATION:Join Zoom Meeting\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89559844652\n\nMeeting ID: 
 895 5984 4652
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/06/12/18850410.php
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