TELL CHANCELLOR CHRIST:
HANDS OFF PEOPLE’S PARK!
Rally and Speakout
Monday June 6 @ 12noon
California Hall, UC Berkeley
The Regents of the are preparing to invade and destroy People’s Park by mid-June and we call on our community to RESIST! We call on all people who value Open Space, Free Speech, User Development and the right of our community to exist to tell Chancellor Christ that we will defend People’s Park against this corporate University takeover!
JOIN US! Now is the time to challenge the Regents for their part in creating the current housing crisis in Berkeley! Now is the time to fight for our history and our future!
Sponsored by the Peoples Park Council
www.peoplespark.org
ALL are welcome to speakout!
Speakers include activists, lawyers, students, community members and park residents.
We must unite to fight.
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For Immediate Release
June 1, 2022
Contact:
Joe Liesner 510-542-3112
Max Ventura 510-900-1160
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RALLY AND SPEAKOUT
TELL CHANCELLOR CHRIST: HANDS OFF PEOPLE’S PARK!
People’s Park Council is hosting a rally and speakout for groups and individuals who oppose UCB’s plan to destroy People’s Park. DEMAND OPEN SPACE!
The situation is increasingly urgent as UC administration and the City of Berkeley make plans to suppress community opposition to the impending invasion of People’s Park. Tensions are rising as deadlines and rumors of deadlines circulate through the park. The placement of large dumpsters in the park; the opening of the new Rodeway Inn specifically for the residents of People’s Park and anecdotal accounts of police warning campers that it is “illegal” to trespass, all indicate that the UC will attempt to take the park soon. Despite the fact that just this week the park was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, decades after it was named a City of Berkeley Landmark, UC is amassing its forces to attempt take People’s Park once and for all.
Our opposition is to the construction of ANY housing on People’s Park no matter who it is for. While the pandemic emergency required that we use public places to respond to an emergency, People’s Park is meant to be a place for all people. We all need open space and a place to be.
For the sake of the climate, for our health which depends on green spaces and trees for good air quality, for the sake of our mental health, and for the sake of our children who by nature need to have open space to explore and grow. For the sake of our history and the movement that not only built People’s Park, but also made Berkeley known internationally. We must prevent needless desecration of that sacred space. The University community and administration need to honor our rich tradition of resistance and let People’s Park remain as a community park.
Our history AND our future depend on People’s Park.
WHO: People’s Park Council
WHAT: Rally and Speakout
WHERE: California Hall, UC Berkeley
WHY: To protest UC occupation of the park
WHEN: Monday, June, 6, 2022 at 12pm
More information: www.peoplespark.org