[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For February 7th 2010

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For February 7th 2010
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* Upcoming Events
* AFSCME Week of Action at UCSC Dining Halls, Feb 8-11
* WAMM Remains Vigilant While Settling Case Against Feds

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UPCOMING EVENTS

February 7th  7:00 PM: Kinetic Poetics Spoken Word Festival
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/27/18636341.php

February 12th  6:00 PM: Strengthening the Roots: Food & Justice Convergence Day 1 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635903.php

February 12th  7:00 PM: Cuba Caravans Santa Cruz fundraiser
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/25/18636213.php

February 12th  8:00 PM: Post-Racial Film Festival 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/04/18636992.php

February 16th  7:00 PM: Stop Military Recruitment in our Schools; GIs, Know Your Rights!
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/28/18636500.php

February 19th  7:00 PM: Audiopharmacy at Kresge Hall, UCSC
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/08/18634702.php

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AFSCME Week of Action at UCSC Dining Halls, Feb 8-11

On Monday through Thursday, February 8-11, UCSC staff and students will hold demonstrations at a different dinning hall for each of the four days, from 11:30am-1:30pm to protest the rising cost of student fees while student services are being slashed; major cuts to labor time while forcing workers to perform more labor; and workers, being rushed through their shifts, aren’t able to thoroughly clean dining halls, resulting in unsanitary eating commons and an unsafe working environment.  

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/06/18637171.php

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WAMM Remains Vigilant While Settling Case Against Feds  

The Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a collective providing cannabis under California’s 1996 Compassionate Use Act (Prop. 215), along with the city and county of Santa Cruz, have reached a settlement in their unprecedented lawsuit against the federal government. WAMM's case was prompted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration's raid of their medicinal garden in Davenport on September 5, 2002, in which armed agents terrorized residents and patients, and seized more than 160 cannabis plants.

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/23/18636042.php

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