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Minister Christopher Muhammad sets the tone at City Hall in front of the BOS Minister Christopher Muhammad set the tone in front of the Board of Supervisors (BOS) today June 5, 2007. The issue the hazardous material and toxics that have adversely impacted thousands in the Bayview Hunters Point and all over the City. The Board of Supervisors particularly Aaron Peskin should take note of the unity and the ultimate "removal " of Sophie Maxwell a total sell out who has taken money from Lennar BVHP LLC. Third time is a charm....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 9:36pm PDT
KZSC News on Alette Rally (audio/mpeg 7.5MB) The following radio segment was aired on student-run radio station KZSC on May 24. It has audio from the Defend Alette rally, with clips from Angela Davis, Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal and more....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 2:17am PDT
Ethnic Studies Community Letter: Pedro Castillo Decades have passed & generations of students have moved through UCSC without experiencing the positive impact of Ethnic Studies. UCSC has & continues to ignore the needs of a “diverse” student population & California overall. We are left to attempt to understand our his/herstories, as well as our individual & communal experiences within the context of that his/herstory, without the tools Ethnic Studies offers....
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2007 9:52pm PDT
Help fight racism and protect free speech at UCSC 
Fellow UC Alumni -
We are writing to ask you to join us in supporting the UC Activist Defense Committee's campaign in defense of Alette Kendrick. Alette was targeted as a Black woman and a central organizer of the student speak-out that took place on Oct. 18, 2006, resulting in her arrest. The Office of Doug Zuidema, Student Judicial Affairs, has now announced its intention to suspend Alette for a period of 3 years—essentially a sentence of expulsion for the third year student. For more ...
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2007 1:46pm PDT
At grave of woman poisoned we blast law inaction 
At grave of woman poisoned we blast law inaction. 7 minute video...
Posted: Tue, May 29, 2007 6:19am PDT
Even more pictures from the protest for Alette. 
More pictures from the May 24th protest....
Posted: Sat, May 26, 2007 2:52pm PDT
Hundreds Rally at UCSC in Solidarity with Alette Kendrick 
The UC Activist Defense Committee, along with a large network of supporters, rallied at Kerr Hall on May 24th to defend Alette Kendrick, protect free speech and fight the institutionalized racism that is the University of California. The speak out featured the impassioned voices of History Professor Dana Frank, History of Consciousness graduate student Greg Caldwell and Angela Davis, the most famous professor at UC Santa Cruz.
A highlight of the rally was getting "King George" Blumenthal,...
Posted: Fri, May 25, 2007 11:41pm PDT
6/9-10: Queer Women of Color Film Festival 
On behalf of our friends and allies, Sistahs Steppin' in
Pride wants you to know about this event. Enjoy!...
Posted: Fri, May 25, 2007 10:29pm PDT
A Personal Narrative By Alette Kendrick My name is Alette Kendrick. I’m a third year student here at UC Santa Cruz, majoring in History. For the past three years, I’ve devoted a great deal of my time and myself to social justice movements here on campus. Specifically, I’ve done a lot of work in labor solidarity organizations with different campus workers’ unions, and with student organized anti-war efforts. It seems a lot of what this university purports to cultivate within students is a sense of social responsibility to the world ...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 6:23pm PDT
UCSC Admins Seek 3 yr. Suspension/Expulsion of Prominent Black Activist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2007
UCSC Admins Seek 3 yr. Suspension/Expulsion of Prominent Black Activist
Community Fights to Defend Alette Kendrick, Protect Free Speech & Fight Racism...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 3:54pm PDT
"Beyond shock and horror, through Boundless Love and the Healing Power of Grief Work:"the Healing Power of Grief Work:" (An exclusive interview with Madame Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou), 5-12-07
by mesha Monge-Irizarry, director of Idriss Stelley Foundation...
Posted: Sat, May 19, 2007 1:38am PDT
Condemn Police Brutality on Filipino Family Public assembly area outside of the Superior Court, 190 West Hedding St, San Jose, CA, 95110...
Event Date: Tue, May 15, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2007 6:50pm PDT
Lennar Corp. aided by SF City crooks harm thousands in San Francisco Lennar Corp. is harming thousands by polluting the air with dangerous Asbestos Dust laden with numerous other toxic elements - much of it radiological in nature. SF Health Department is helping Lennar Corp. pollute the Bayview Hunters Point. Mayor Gavin Newsom knows about it and has with intent allowed this nonsense to go unabated....
Posted: Sun, May 13, 2007 5:58am PDT
Shame of Mayor Gavin Newsom and Lennar Corp. Shame on Mayor Gavin Newsom and Lennar Corp. With intent these EVIL forces have harmed our children and others in and around a 3 mile radius with Parcel A as the epicenter. Where is the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Environmental Protection Agency and other State and Local agencies such as SF Health Department on this issues linked to Parcel A and Asbestos Dust....
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 6:40am PDT
'Illegal' is racism in disguise At last night's Beret meeting one of our compañeras brought up the issue of the widely used term "Illegal Alien" and its link to the racist eugenics movement. It prompted this letter to the editors of the local corporate press....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 3:47pm PDT
Defend Alette* Protect Free Speech* Fight Racism Alette kendrick, a woman of color who was arrested during the Regents protest of October 18, 2006 is now facing a three year suspension from UCSC! Whereas the white male student arrested with Alette received only one quarter of academic probation, Alette's sentence is essentially an expulsion! This struggle is situated within the longstanding history of institutionalized violence against people of color at the University, as well as an unprecedented attempt to suffocate activism at UCSC thr...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 3:12pm PDT
MUNI 15 Bus should be restored its rights to serve the people - now. Bring Back the MUNI 15 bus to serve the people as it has done all these many years. The T-Third Light rail is a mess with long waits - some for over one hour. The performance is getting worse every single day. What has Mr. Nathaniel Ford and Mayor Gavin Newsom to say about this fiasco?...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 6:11am PDT
POWER 10th Anniversary needs Volunteers 9:45AM At POWER offices
32 &th St @ Market
11am-5pm at the Bayview Opera House
4705 Third Street...
Event Date: Sat, May 12, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2007 4:28pm PDT
Lennar Corp and other scum bags exposed in public at City Hall on May 7, 2007. For years the forces of EVIL have been polluting the Bayview Hunters Point aided and abated by Sell Outs. Now, the forces of good gathered before the Land Use Committee on May 7, 2007 and exposed Lennar Corp. and its operations and many scum bags on the take. We call them sell outs....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2007 10:25am PDT
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