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Rally, Queer Kiss-in Greet Military Recruiters at UCSC
18 Oct 2005
by Erin Gilday
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News :: Education & Youth : Gender & Sexuality : Peace & War : Resistance & Tactics
Military Off UCSC - March & Rally Tuesday!
16 Oct 2005
(Updated)
by Students Against War
Bring 5 friends and show up at 10am, Baytree Plaza
On Tuesday, multiple branches of the u.s. military will be recruiting at UCSC for the first time this year. In April - the last time the military was here - recruiters were kicked off campus by hundreds of students. On Tuesday, students will be holding a large march and rally to re-affirm that UCSC is a campus opposed to discrimination, opposed to war, and opposed to recruiters' lies.
While our Career Center requires that all groups coming to our job fairs affirm that they are Equal Opportunity Employers, the military is the ONLY institution that is granted an exception. Through the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, queers are officially banned from any position. This is in addition to the military's official ban on women serving combat positions.
see also:
Military Recruiters Shut Down in San Diego: Protests Planned in Santa Cruz ||
UC Santa Cruz Students to March Against Discriminatory Military Recruitment
April 5, 2005:
UCSC Students Kick Military Recruiters Off Campus
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Announcement :: Arts & Culture : Civil & Human Rights : Gender & Sexuality
GLBT Alliance: Hate-Based Reggae Out of Tune With Santa Cruz Values
29 Aug 2005
(Updated)
by featurizer
Deja vu.
Local Santa Cruz night club, The Catalyst, is bringing another reggae singer to town who advocates for violence against queer people. In October 2004,
Capelton was scheduled to perform and was eventually cancelled due to community protest. Now,
Sizzla, a self-professed murderer of gay men, is supposed to perform on Septemeber 11th at the club.
The GLBT Alliance is asking the community to exercise their collective consumer voice and tell the Catalyst management to cancel this hate-filled show.
See also:
Fight Homophobia at the Catalyst
Photos:
Protest Against Catalyst and Sizzla's Hatred
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Gender & Sexuality : Womyn
Take Back the Night 2005 in Santa Cruz
22 May 2005
(Updated)
by danielsan
Take Back the Night is an international rally and march that is organized in local communities with the purpose of unifying women, men, and children in an awareness of violence against women, children and families. The event is a collaboration of community and campus and other interested persons who are ready to take a stand against violence and make the night safe for everyone.
Women are often told to be extra careful and take precautions when going out at night. In some parts of the world, even today, women are not allowed out at night. So when women struggle for freedom, we must start at the beginning by fighting for freedom of movement, which we have not had and do not now have. We must recognize that freedom of movement is a precondition for anything else. It comes before freedom of speech in importance because without it freedom of speech cannot in fact exist.
Audio interview with three of the organizers: Download the mp3 (9:20 minutes / 8.5 MB)
Photos and Report Backs from Take Back the Night 2005 at UCSC
From the open publishing newswire: More than 125 people marched through UCSC Campus Thursday night, participating in 2005's Take Back the Night and demanding that UCSC address safety issues on campus.
The evening began with a rally at UCSC's Baytree Plaza, where students gathered to hear poetry and presentations, and to get information from campus and community organizations dedicated to helping survivors of sexual violence and ending rape and sexual assault. More words and photos...
From the open publishing newswire: On the night of Thursday, May 19, the UCSC community 'Took Back the Night' from various forms of violence, especially violence against women.
This year's march had a different feel than in previous years due to the wheelchair friendly route, the inclusion of men, and the continued expansion of the definition of 'violence'. More words and photos...
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Special Issue of The Project for Statewide Strikes at UC on April 14th
13 Apr 2005
(Updated)
by The Project Collective
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The Not So Silent Scream
26 Oct 2005
by
Tony Ryals
This Latin woman-girl-child could as easily be from Asia, India, the Middle East or Africa. Born into her economic and sexual caste. No way out. At most a baby-machine, and not a very good one at that.
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Photos from Oct. 18 SAW Rally
23 Oct 2005
(Updated)
by
josh sonnenfeld

"October 18th, 2005 - UCSC Students Against War (SAW) organized a nonviolent rally and Queer Kiss-in against the presence of military recruiters on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
About forty students participated in a Queer Kiss-in in protest of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell� policy. The Queer Kiss-in was staged in front of the military’s tables during the march and rally. From inside the fair, kissers were able to effectively block access to military recruiters without shutting down the entire career fair."
santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18812/index.php
The following photos are from the rally outside and from when students involved in the Queer Kiss-In jubilantly emerged from the job fair.
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LOCAL News :: Education & Youth : Gender & Sexuality : Peace & War : Resistance & Tactics
Oct. 18 Counter-Recruitment Events - Photos by Bob Fitch
18 Oct 2005
(Updated)
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Photos by Bob Fitch, commentary by Josh Sonnenfeld
"On October 18th, hundreds of students marched and rallied at UC Santa Cruz to protest the presence of military recruiters at the campus career fair.
A Queer Kiss-in was staged in front of recruiters' tables during the march and rally. From inside the fair, kissers were able to effectively block access to military recruiters without shutting down the entire career fair."
santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18797/index.php
All photos copyright Bob Fitch Photo.
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