Day 2 - Fast for Education in Oakland

by upton sinclair (irlandeso [at] riseup.net)

Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

The Mayor's Office of Oakland, City Manager, and Oakland Police are trying to stop the fasters from continuing to fast in Frank Ogawa Plaza. They have already forced strikers to get rid of their port-o-potty and not allowed them to stay at Frank Ogawa Plaza overnight. Join the fasters at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Wednesday May 12th; or take action by calling, emailing or faxing the officials mentioned above. for contact info for the City of Oakland Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Manager, and Oakland Police go to:
http://www.march4education.org/action.html
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For an update on how the above mentioned officials have been harrassing the fast and what will be happening tomorrow go to:
http://www.march4education.org/5-11.html
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Schedule for Wednesday May 12th, 2004

7:00a.m. Fasters will set-up site at Frank
Ogawa Plaza (14th & Broadway) reaching their 55th hour.

7:00-6:00p.m. Fasters try and maintain amidst Oakland
Police and City pressure for them to evacuate

6:00p.m./8:00p.m.March 4 Education Community Mtg. At Fast
Site. 8:00p.m. Candlelight Vigil

For more information: http://www.march4education.org

§Day 2 of the Fast for Education

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

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§at Frank Ogawa Plaza

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

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§Apathy is Poision

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

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§Judy Goff from the Alameda County Central Labor Council

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

Stopping by to say hi and offer her support after some lobbying efforts in Oakland City Hall for a worker retension plan that is being proposed for Oakland's hospitality industry(to try to make sure that the new owners of the Claremont don't law off a large amount of the employees just to break the union effort).

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§Pictures from the March for Education

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

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§Huelga de Hambre

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

westside view of fasters

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§Oakland's new City Manager

by upton sinclair (irlandeso [at] riseup.net)

Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM

The City Manager has been harrassing the fasters in petty ways and was worrying about chalk art work on the stones on the ground at Frank Ogawa Plaza. She has probably been the main reason why the fasters are not currently allowed to stay over night. According to an inside source she is simply trying to "throw her weight around" since she is new to the city manager office. She has only been City Manager 3 months, but in shouldn't take that long to learn that you don't mess with education funding, and you don't mess with activists and organizers, especially when there are youth organizers involved.

Here is the City Manager's info if you choose to call her, email her, fax her, or just drop by her office for a while to express your frustration with her petty harrassment of the fasters.

Oakland City Manager - Deborah Edgerly
One City Hall Plaza, 3rd Floor
Oakland, California 94612
Telephone: 510-238-3301
Fax: 510-238-2223
TTY/TDD: 510-238-3724
citymanager [at] oaklandnet.com
http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/cmo/cmohp.cfm

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§Rally on May 17 in Richmond

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Tue, May 11, 2004 11:54PM