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UCB ACLU Sponsored Same-Sex Marriage Debate January 28th
BERKELEY ACLU HOSTING DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 4:09pm PST
Education not Incarceration Forum Saturday, January 31st
Education not Incarceration Coalition (www.may8.org) Community Forum :
How Does Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget Relate to Attacks on Our Schools and Incarceration of Our Youth? Come Learn and Organize a Response!
Saturday, January 31st, 11AM-1PM; Laney College, Student Center...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 8:33pm PST
Arnold's War On Schools Continues With Closures Proposed In San Jose
San Jose Schools in Line for Closure...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 6:41pm PST
Education not Incarceration Planning Meeting for January 31st Forum
Education not Incarceration Coalition Planning meeting: Tuesday, January 20th, 7-9PM, Neibel Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave (near the Ashby BART) to plan for the Education not Incarceration Forum to Organize
a Response to the State Budget, Saturday, January 31st, 11AM-1PM, Laney College. We are having our largest meetings in our existance right now!!!
Come be part of this movement....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 12:27pm PST
Mobilization Against Oakland School Closures January 28th
Mobilization to Stop the Closure of 5 Oakland Schools, Wednesday, January 28th, 4PM- at least 9PM (you can come for part of the time) Oakland School Board Meeting, Rally at 4PM outside the District Building at 1025 2nd Avenue, near Lake Merrit BART....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 12:19pm PST
Education not Incarceration Forum: Endorsement and Assistance Request
Endorsement and Assistance Request:
Education not Incarceration Coalition (www.may8.org) Forum to Organize a Response to Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget
Saturday, January 31st, 11AM-1PM; Laney College, Room TBA
Planning Meeting: Tuesday, January 20th, 7-9PM, Neibel Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph (just north of Alcatraz in North Oakland, near the Ashby BART)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2004 2:19pm PST
Community Colleges Plan Protest March to Sacramento!
Community Colleges are planning a huge march to Sacramento on March 15 to protest fee hikes and budget cuts. Endorse the march, donate and even join us to protect education!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 4:09pm PST
UC Grad Student Tuition Raised To $8900/year
Tuition is going to go up at Cal State, community colleges and UC Berkeley...
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 1:33pm PST
The Oakland School District Names Five Schools It May Close
"The state administrator running the financially troubled Oakland public schools dropped the hammer Friday on five elementary schools that he plans to close this summer to save money. "...
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 12:48pm PST
More On Randolph Ward and the Occupation Of Oakland Schools
More On Randolph Ward and the Occupation Of Oakland Schools...
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 9:07pm PST
Revelations about Randolph Ward, State Occupier of Oakland Schools!
Randolph Ward, the State Occupier (Superintendent) of Oakland's schools who is threatening to close many schools, is a member of Segregationist George Wallace's American Independent Party, who want the end of affirmative action, bilingual education, the expelling of undocumented immigrants, to close the Department of Education, Repeal the Voting Rights Act, and the elimination of federal income taxes....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 12:58pm PST
Berkeley Denies Tenure to Ecologist Who Criticized University's Ties to the Biotechnology
Berkeley Denies Tenure to Ecologist Who Criticized
University's Ties to the Biotechnology Industry
By SHARON WALSH...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 10:37pm PST
Speakers At Oakland Schools Rally
These are pictures of some of those who spoke outside in front of where a public forum was held to discuss Oakland school closings. (if you have names and information about the speakers, post them as comments I can update this post to have those above the pictures)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 7:21pm PST
Pictures From Protest Against Oakland School Closures
On Thursday January 8th, several hundred students, parents and teachers gathered at the Oakland Public Schools Administration building for a hearing on Oakland school closures. As dozens rallied outside, those trying to get in were met with the news that there might not be space inside since a small room was chosen for the public forum (despite the School District's hiring of extra security guards since they knew there would be many people attending)....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 7:07pm PST
Education not Incarceration Forum to Respond to the State Budget
Education not Incarceration (www.may8.org) Forum to Respond to Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget
Saturday, January 31st, 11AM-1PM; Laney College, Room TBA...
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2004 6:26pm PST
Community College Students Plan to Fight Budget Cuts!
Coalition-building to fight budget cuts for community colleges, K-12 and higher education....
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2004 4:17pm PST
1/8 Rally, Hearing to Stop Closure of 13 Oakland Schools
Rally and Hearing to Stop State Administrator Randolph Ward's Attempt to Close Oakland Schools
Thursday, January 8th:
4:00 pm Protest
5:00 pm Public Hearing
OUSD Administration Building: 1025 2nd Ave//E. 10th St. (across from Laney College)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2004 10:19am PST
Queer Students to be More Protected after Federal Lawsuit Victory
The Morgan Hill (California) Unified School District, where LGBT students have suffered years of harassment and discrimination, including physical violence, has agreed to a staff and student training program and policy protections, ending a five-year federal lawsuit by the ACLU and the NCLR....
Posted: Tue, Jan 6, 2004 8:29pm PST
A Letter from Julia Butterfly Hill to U.C. President Designate Robert Dynes
I am concerned that a majority of the sources of our drinking water are polluted and that now, in many cases, even our very air is toxic to our health. I am concerned about the millions of children who go to bed hungry, and the statistical fact that it is more likely for a child of color to end up in prison than to get into college. And I am concerned that the United States is leading the world in manufacturing, stockpiling, and "disposing of" weapons of mass destruction....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2003 12:46am PST
Student Group Plans "Million Student March" To Protest Arnold's Attack On SB60
Angry that the movie star-turned-politician abolished a law that would have let illegal immigrants apply for driver's licenses, the teens are trying to persuade a million students to join them in a statewide protest against Schwarzenegger -- and anyone else who has opposed licenses for the undocumented....
Posted: Mon, Dec 29, 2003 9:32pm PST