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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
Groups Protest DA's Failure To Press Charges in Eyewitnessed Rape Case of 17-Year-Old National and state groups will protest Santa Clara District Attorney's decision not to press charges in the rape of a 17-year-old girl at an off-campus party attended by De Anza College students and athletes. The two De Anza students who came to the aid of the young victim (a local high school student) will be presented with recognition by the California National Organization for Women, and representatives from women's and anti-violence organizations will speak. DA's office in San Jose, 1:0...
Posted: Tue, May 29, 2007 10:58am 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
Oakland School Board Vote for a End to School Closures Oakland Education Admin Building, 1025 2nd Ave(near Lake Merritt)...
Event Date: Wed, May 30, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 25, 2007 5:53pm PDT
Hundreds of Students Rally to Defend Alette 
Alette Kendrick is facing the harshest punishment ever imposed on a student at UCSC - a three year suspension which would virtually expel the third year History Major. Organized by the UC Activist Defense Committee, hundreds of students, faculty and community members joined together on May 24 to rally in support of Alette - to demand that the charges against her be dropped and that she be allowed to stay in school. Numerous campus groups have participated in solidarity actions during the past...
Posted: Fri, May 25, 2007 2:53am PDT
Cal State East Bay Holds Mock Wedding for Marriage Equality 
California State University, East Bay's Queer/Straight Alliance hosted a mock wedding entitled: A Wedding To Remember to commemorate Marriage Equality Month....
Posted: Thu, May 24, 2007 6:12pm PDT
School Beat: “Tools for Schools” Helps Us Create Healthier Indoor Learning Environments Indoor air quality may not be one of the first things that jump to mind when thinking about how to create great schools for all children, but it probably should be. Along with the obvious factors of sufficient funding, great teachers, and engaging and relevant curricula, adequate environmental conditions in our school facilities is a critical necessity. Similar to the imperative to ensure that school meals are as nutritious as they can be, indoor air quality is another “background” factor tha...
Posted: Thu, May 24, 2007 8:34am 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
Free Skool Post-Apocalyptic Survival Weekend a role-play and survival skill-share and two-night Free Skool campout all rolled into one...
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 10:38am PDT
UC Hunger Strikers, Supporters Confront UC Regents On Nuclear Weapons Ties, 13 Arrested 
More than 100 people, including about 40 on the 9th day of a fast to protest the University of California's ties to the US nuclear weapons complex, delivered their demand for UC nuclear weapons lab severance directly to the UC Board of Regents at their meeting at UC San Francisco on May 17th. After several of the protesters vocally and persistently confronted the Regents on refusing to consider the demand, Regent Norman Pattiz ordered the dozen or so UC Police officers on hand to clear the r...
Posted: Sun, May 20, 2007 10:06pm PDT
While Congress votes for war, Students "March for Peace" 
Monday, May 21st at 11:00am
Civic Center across from City Hall steps in San
Francisco. Kick off rally and press event as marchers begin their
journey....
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 6:54pm PDT
Special Education Parents Seek to be Heard in Sacramento This month, policymakers in Sacramento are beginning to get serious about the state budget, which is due at the end of June. That’s why for the past two years, parent members of the SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education have taken a field trip to Sacramento to participate in the annual “Legislative Information Sharing Day.” This lobbying day was created a decade ago by special education administrators, as a way of educating parents on special education policy and funding is...
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 7:56am PDT
UC Hunger Strikers in the Baytree Plaza 
On May 16th, students at UC Santa Cruz were in the Baytree Plaza to spread information about the University of California's Board of Regents and their ties to the management of the Los Alamos and Livermore nuclear laboratories. Ashley and Tosh are two undergraduate students at UCSC that are part of the 44 University of California students on a hunger strike to demand that the UC Board of Regents sever their ties to the the laboratories which are producing new nuclear weapons....
Posted: Thu, May 17, 2007 12:45am PDT
Hunger Strikers Protest Bechtel Weapons Deal (audio/mpeg 7.2MB) THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS PUT ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST PROMINENT WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY LABS UNDER PRIVATE MANAGEMENT. IN THE LETTER, TAUSCHER EVOKES THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, WHEN LAWERENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORIES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA JOINED TOGETHER TO CREATE THE ATOMIC BOMB.
three minute mp3 file...
Posted: Wed, May 16, 2007 9:26am PDT
Fresno High Schoolers Make Transgender History Three weeks after Cinthia Covarrubias was nominated for Prom King at Fresno High School, transgender Roosevelt High senior Johnny Vera was selected by his classmates as this year’s Prom Queen....
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 8:42pm PDT
University of Mass Destruction: UC Students Demanding “No More Nukes In Our Name!” For over six decades, the University of California has been the United States government’s primary nuclear weapons research and design contractor. It has managed the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore nuclear weapons compounds since their inceptions. Scientists at these laboratories – UC employees, all – have designed every nuclear warhead in the US arsenal, of which there have been 65 designated types (1). UC nuclear weaponeers have also carried out close to every US nuclear weapons test d...
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 7:16pm PDT
Take Back OUR Schools Day 2007 May 17th marks the 53rd anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education but economically disadvantage youth and youth of color continue to receive an unequal education. On this historic date, we hold a press conference in commemoration of Brown vs. Board of Education so that elected officials could have the opportunity to hear what students, teachers and community members feel is most urgent and what should be prioritized when talking about education reform, and so that politicians can state whe...
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 6:26pm PDT
UC Hunger Strike Against Weapons Labs Passes 1-Week Mark 
A hunger strike initiated by 44 UC students, several alumni and a professor has passed its 1-week mark. The hunger strikers are demanding that the UC Board of Regents withdraw from their contracts to operate Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories based on, “the grounds that the Reliable Replacement Warhead program and Los Alamos Labs’ ongoing preparations to conduct plutonium pit manufacturing both clearly violate Article VI of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.” The hunger ...
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 10:42am PDT
10th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards (5/19) (video/mp4 10.5MB) 10th Annual
Queer Youth Leadership Awards 2007
Saturday, May 19th
From Isolation to Visibility...
Harbor High School, 300 La Fonda, Santa Cruz
* 6 pm Catered Buffet Dinner
* Toast celebrating the 10th Annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards
* 7:30 pm Resource Fair
* 8 pm Variety Show and Awards Ceremony
* Community Dance to follow with DJ Reb...
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 10:36am PDT
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