The History and Struggle for People’s Park
Panel and Q&A Discussion
Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 7pm–9pm
UC Berkeley, MLK Student Union, Stephens Lounge, 3rd floor
Panelists:
Jim Chanin – American civil rights attorney, and former member of the City of Berkeley/University of California Committee around Berkeley’s People’s Park, from 1990 to 1994.
Dan Siegel – American civil rights attorney, former student activist and leader in Students for a Democratic Society from 1967-1970 while at University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law.
Carol Denney – Award-winning musician, published poet, “Fiddlers for Peace” founder, curator of the “Deep Poetry Project”, and editor of the Pepper Spray Times. 2004 honoree by the City of Berkeley for homeless advocacy, 2003 honoree for civil liberties activism by the Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women, People’s Park SLAPP-suit defendant.
Joe Liesner – East Bay Food Not Bombs member and activist
Andrea Pritchett – founding member of Berkeley Copwatch, and Berkeley Police Review Commissioner
Musical Performance:
Hali Hammer – award winning singer-songwriter
Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
People’s Park Committee, Berkeley Copwatch, Food Not Bombs, Students Against Fascism and War, Green Party at Berkeley, Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance, Berkeley East Bay Grey Panthers, Neither Here Nor There, Berkeley Friends on Wheels, The United Front Against Displacement
Protect Our Green Space, Trees, Community, Historical Landmark, Free Speech, Social Justice, Civil Rights, Gardens, Music, Art, Style, Freebox, Recreation, Climate, Ecology, Education, Sports, Health, User-developed Park
The 50th Anniversary of People’s Park will be celebrated in April 2019 with several events and two concerts in the park.