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Fast 4 Education Update: Fast Enters 4th Week
The three fasters, Jessica Vasquez, Israel Haros, and Cesar Cruz, along with the six other original fasters and their supporters, believe that equal education for all children is a moral imperative. The time for action in education is now....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 3:05am PDT
Fast 4 Education Day 11: Superintendent of Public Education talks to fasters
State Superintendent of Public Education, Jack O'Connell meets with organizers and endorses their demand to fully fund Prop. 98, then comes out to talk with the fasters on the lawn of the capitol....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 3:01am PDT
Fast 4 Education Day 22: Call for Solidarity and Update
THIS IS NOT A BAY AREA CAUSE BUT A STATEWIDE ONE, NOT A LATINO/AFRICAN AMERICAN CAUSE BUT A HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT WITH POTENTIAL FOR OPENING UP A NEW DIALOGUE AND SETTING A NEW PRECEDENT FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 10:51pm PDT
Cable Access Struggle Takes Place in Madera, California
Community media activists win cable access victory in Madera, California...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 9:23pm PDT
Coalition to Deliver "Sack Lunches" to Governor, Legislators
“Numerous polls – including a June 2003 poll by the Public Policy Institute – show that likely California voters favor cuts to prison spending over any other area of state spending, but real change and real savings will not come from denying prisoners a peanut-butter sandwich.”...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 12:48pm PDT
june 12 day of action
june 12 day of action in solidarity with jeff luers...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 1:00am PDT
2 protests at California State Capital Tribal health care/Indian mascots
2 protests at California State Capital Tribal health care/Indian mascots...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 6:36pm PDT
Day 19 of the Fast 4 Education: Not too late to help - Save Our Schools, Si se puede!!
The following is a plea for solidarity with the fasters on their 19th day and down to 5 fasters. Below that is an update about the progress the Fast 4 Education folks, community members, and certain helpful legislators have made because of the pressure that the fasters and supporters of education in Cali have put on folks....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 9:50pm PDT
5/27, 12noon, Fast 4 Education Rally
Thursday May 27th at Noon, they will be
holding a Rally and Youth Speak Out on the West side lawn of the Capitol
Building in Sacramento....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 9:38am PDT
PETA Protest in Bakersfield
PETA comes to Bakersfield to educate the public about alternatives to leather....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 9:24pm PDT
"Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam"
Charley Trujillo's "Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam" will show at Galeria Posada in Sacramento on May 27 at 6:30 p.m....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 8:52pm PDT
5/21 - Day 12 Fast 4 Education - Cruz Reynoso endorses 2 demands
5/21- Day 12 - Magistrate to the Supreme Court, Cruz Reynoso, met with the fasters and has also endorsed our first two demands....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 5:18pm PDT
Oaks and Wild Rice; NO GMO
When GMO corporate crops are pushed on people as the only solution to world hunger, we are neglecting the many wild food plants that can sustain people without continuing the cycle of corporate dependency started by spray herbicide/pesticides and continued into GMO patented crops. Wild native food plants can sustain people's health without corporate control.....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 12:11pm PDT
For the lives and education of our kids...
For the lives and education of our kids we must stand up in our communities. 2.5 minute video...
Posted: Mon, May 24, 2004 12:18pm PDT
Emergency Demo Against Israeli War Crimes!
Get the word out about the demo against Israeli War Crimes on Monday, May 24 4:30 to 6 pm at 16th & J!...
Posted: Sun, May 23, 2004 4:47pm PDT
Poor, Black, White, and Brown Together we will Overcome
A march today in Fresno called for peace in Iraq and more resources for education, health, and human needs in this community....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:43pm PDT
Fresno National Action Network Anti-Violence March
N.A.N. anti-violence march in Fresno....
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 3:35pm PDT
Fresno Bike to Work day pictures
Fresno Bike to work day pictures....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 9:06pm PDT