[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Friday, March 9th, 2007

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Friday March  9th 2007
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* Upcoming Events
* Black Mesa benefit events - support indigenous resistance!
* UCSC Student Government Resolution for Wage Parity
* Norman Solomon: Media in Times of War
* US Jails and Anti-Immigrant Practices

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UPCOMING EVENTS

March  9th  8:00 PM: TAMPOPO at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/05/18372900.php

March 10th  7:00 PM: Black Mesa benefit- screening of the film "Broken Rainbow" (Fundraiser)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/23/18367646.php

March 10th  8:00 PM: In Celebration of the MUSE (Speaker)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/05/18372837.php

March 14th  9:00 PM: Black Mesa Benefit- music show, 5 bands (Fundraiser)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/04/18372464.php

March 16th  7:00 PM: Christian Peace Witness for Iraq: Candlelight Vigil (Vigil/Ritual)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/08/18374608.php

March 17th 11:00 AM: Salinas Vigil to Mourn Four Years of War (Vigil/Ritual)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/19/18365799.php

March 18th  8:30 AM: Car Pools and Bus to SF Protest March (Protest)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/04/18372582.php

March 20th  7:00 PM: WILPF meeting -Helping Low-income Women Succeed: Gemma and the Women Venture Project (Meeting)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/28/18370532.php

More Events On Santa Cruz Indymedia's Calendar:
http://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=60

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Black Mesa benefit events - support indigenous resistance!
Benefits in Santa Cruz for Black Mesa Families Resisting Relocation

Two benefit events are taking place in Santa Cruz for Native American (Dineh) families at Black Mesa who are resisting forced relocation from their homeland and the continuation/expansion of devastating mining operations by Peabody Coal. There will be an educational film screening at the RCNV on Saturday, March 10th, and a fundraising concert at 418 Front Street on Wednesday, March 14th.

Read more and download the flyer
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/08/18374160.php

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UCSC Student Government Resolution for Wage Parity
AFSCME Wage Parity Resolution

In January 2007, the official (Regent-endorsed) student government of UC Santa Cruz, the Student Union Assembly, unanimously approved a resolution demanding that low-paid workers receive wages in accordance with other nearby institutions. The UC promised thousands of dollars to the lowest paid workers, many of which are members of AFSCME 3299, yet, up to this date, have not released this money. 36 people, including workers and students from Berkeley, Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco, were arrested outside the UC Office of the President on February 15th, while hundreds rallied in support both on-site in Oakland, as well as at a rally at UC Santa Cruz.

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/08/18374155.php

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Norman Solomon: Media in Times of War
Norman Solomon Receives the Rubén Salazar Journalism Award

Media analyst and antiwar activist Norman Solomon spoke at UC Santa Cruz on February 7th, 2007, about media in times of war. On this night, Solomon received the third annual Ruben Salazar Journalism Award. Rubén Salazar was a Mexican-American news reporter killed by the police during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in Los Angeles.

Read more and listen to Norman Solomon at UCSC
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/08/18374151.php

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US Jails and Anti-Immigrant Practices
Report on the Incarceration of Families and Individuals

Semillas writes: Both the federal government and coporate America simultaneously implement violations of human rights and support language, ideas, and practices that justify the hatred of immigrants, to maintain profits and political power. This is a summary of reports about jails where la Migra (ICE) detains families and individuals suspected of violating U.S. immigration law. You will find links to information regarding current conditions of incarceration provoked by U.S. immigration law and lived by those incarcerated.

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/06/18373508.php


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