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California Gold Rush History ~ William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. 
Discover Gold ~ History of our Black Farmer and Agriculturalists Association and the Golden Legacy of the First Black Millionaire in the United States of America, Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2007 10:40pm PDT
UAW, UC Administration Reach Tentative Agreement on Non-Discrimination UC Unresponsive on other Proposals
In our August 7-9 bargaining session, our union and the UC administration came to tentative agreement on the nondiscrimination article. In addition, the administration presented us with a proposal on posting which was unresponsive to our central concerns. We, on the other hand, presented them with our comprehensive health proposal. The administration continues to bargain at a glacial pace and employ obstructionist tactics to delay progress....
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2007 3:58pm PDT
Diabetic Kids Win School Settlement Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 10, 2007 : There are more than 15,000 school-age children in California with diabetes, but only about 30 percent of California’s schools have a school nurse on campus on any given day. All that’s about to change, reports NAM healthcare editor Viji Sundaram....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:06am PDT
[Hidden Due To UC Take Down Order] Halt UC Berkeley vivisection! 
UC Berkeley engaging in cruel and useless experiments.
Shameless experiments conducted by: Yang Dan, Jack Gallant, Ralph Freeman, Frederic Theunissen, Jeffery Winer, John Casida
PLEASE WRITE TO THE UC REGENTS AND THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES TO ASK THEM TO PHASE OUT LIVE ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION.
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[The rest of this post is hidden due to the following letter from the University of California]...
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 6:33pm PDT
AB1403 Threatens Our Schools Central Valley Assemblymembers Juan Arambula and Mike Villines continue their attacks on our public school system....
Posted: Sun, Jul 29, 2007 5:02pm PDT
Tribes Join Forces Re: UC Berkeley's Decision Affecting Native American Ancestral Remains TRIBES JOIN FORCES AGAINST UC BERKELEY’S DECISION AFFECTING NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTRAL REMAINS
Five-tribe NAGPRA Coalition Rejects Discrimination in Decision
Process, UCB’s Complete Deference to Research Scientists...
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 7:14am PDT
Youth & Power 2007 Vet’s Hall - 215 East Beach St., Watsonville, Califas, 95076...
Event Date: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 1:40am PDT
California Safe Schools Protects Students & Teachers With AB 405 (Montanez) Summary: AB 405(Montanez) Sponsored by California Safe Schools became effective January 1, 2006, and prohibited experimental pesticides, whose health effects are unknown in schools....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 11:51am PDT
Graduate Students Rally at UCSC to Defend Health Care 
On May 17th, graduate students, who are also teaching assistants at UC Santa Cruz, held a rally and sick-in, along with other employees, to let the University of California know that we are sick of attacks on our health care. Hours after the demonstration at Kerr Hall, Lisa Sloan, Dean of Graduate Studies, announced that next year's Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP) will maintain the current level of coverage. This victory was achieved in combination with an email campaign to UCS...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 3:01pm PDT
Teaching Assistants Fight for Workload Protections at UC Campuses 
On June 12th, teaching assistants and other members of UAW Local 2865 held a grade-in at the Baytree Plaza at UC Santa Cruz as part of a statewide action to highlight our demand for better protections against excessive workload. The action was successful and turned out over a thousand TAs, readers, and tutors across seven UC campuses. The willingness of Local 2865 to take action around important issues is a vital part of negotiations.
In the bargaining session that took place June 18th a...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 7:19pm PDT
World Can't Wait Youth and Student Conference July 12-16th 2008 is too late! What harm can Bush do before his term is up? He can . . . . . . bomb Iran. Appoint another Supreme Court justice. More war, more lies, more torture....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 3:47pm PDT
Success Blooms at the Renaissance Garden Project 
You may have heard of our new project, "The Renaissance Garden Project" from the media and word of mouth. The Garden Project started when U.C.S.C. students responded to a call for help that Renaissance High School (R.H.S.) students sent out about the lack of nutrition they were receiving at school; students felt unhealthy....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 4:25pm PDT
UC reaches agreement with UPTE on wage increases for lower-paid employees University of California officials announced today (June 27) an agreement with the University Professional and Technical Employees union regarding special wage increases for lower-paid employees....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 7:30am PDT
Students Launch Campaign o Dismantle 'Asian American' at UCs Sunday, July 8, 2007 :The title of "Asian Pacific American" can give and take. It can empower and at the same time engender the feeling of being a minority within a minority group. APAs make up 34.6 percent of the University of California's new freshman admits in 2005 - the second largest group next to Caucasian, according to university data....
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 9:24am PDT
Rally for DREAM Act Fasters (video/quicktime 43.9MB) Supporters demonstrate at office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Three-minute QT movie. 44MB....
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 5:03am PDT
Student Fast for Dream Act starts in San Francisco (video/quicktime 47.9MB) On Thursday, July 5th, they will lead a march from Senator Dianne Feinstein's office to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and then return to the Civic Center Plaza to greet students who are coming from all over California for the fast. Three-minute QT movie. 48MB....
Posted: Wed, Jul 4, 2007 6:46pm PDT
Free Speech Victory: Court Agrees Napa Middle School Dress Code Banning "Tigger" Goes Too Far 
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 : NAPA – Upholding the principle that students do not “shed their constitutional rights…at the schoolhouse gate,” a Napa Superior Court judge issued a ruling on Monday that prevents the Napa Valley Unified School District from enforcing the Redwood Middle School dress policy....
Posted: Wed, Jul 4, 2007 8:48am PDT
An evening with Alan Haber, founder of S.D.S. and Long Haul Infoshop Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 9:28pm PDT
SF Holds Hearing on Controversial Building Plan Wednesday, June 27, 2007 :SAN FRANCISCO -- The City College of San Francisco will hold a community hearing on the controversial building plan in Chinatown, reports the Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily. The public hearing would be a good opportunity for Chinese-American residents to express their opinions, the Ming Pao Daily reports....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 12:07pm PDT
Timely San Francisco Film! 
Film launches campaign to preserve public use on historic San Francisco campus.
Uncommon Knowlede to screen in two upcoming SF Film Festivals!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 12:16pm PDT
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