September 19, 2017
A Presentation by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
The Alternative Right, commonly known as the Alt-Right, is a set of far-right ideologies, groups and individuals whose core belief is that “white identity” is under attack by multicultural forces using “political correctness” and “social justice” to undermine white people and “their” civilization.
A Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) expert on hate and extremism will share information on an orchestrated campaign by white nationalists to make college campuses their battleground. The battle is not over free speech or political conservatism. Come learn about what they’re pushing, why they’re obsessed with UC Berkeley and how we can effectively resist.
Speaker Bio
Ryan Lenz is the Senior Investigative Writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project and editor of its Hatewatch blog. Before joining the SPLC in 2010, Lenz was a regional reporter for the Associated Press and an Iraq war correspondent for the wire service from 2005 to 2008. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
The SPLC is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. SPLC is headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama and have of offices in Atlanta, Miami, Tallahassee, Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/us/splc-guide-dealing-with-alt-right/index.html
Sponsored by: Division of Equity & Inclusion, diversity.berkeley.edu
September 20, 2017
Empathy Tent at UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza
Public · Hosted by Center for Building a Culture of Empathy and Compassion
3 PM – 7 PM PDT, Sproul Plaza
Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Join us at UC Berekely at Sproul Plaza. We will offer listening, trainings and practice in empathic dialogues. Discuss the current political situation on campus between the left and the right. How do you feel about the upcoming Free Speech week?
From 6pm to 7pm we will be training Empathy Circle practice with the Decal Class on Empathy.
http://EmpathyTent.com/
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
No Hate in the Bay: March Against White Supremacy!
starting at 63rd St & Adeline in Berkeley, CA
begins at noon on Saturday, September 23rd
Join fellow community members to let fascists, the alt-right and all white supremacists know that they are not are not welcome in the Bay Area.
Stay through the march or meet up afterward for a festival of resistance to celebrating black, POC, Muslim, immigrant, queer, trans, dis-abled, and interfaith communities!
This march was organized so that we can take the streets on our own terms – counter-demonstrations are very important, but we live here, this is our community, and every day is a good day to be united against white supremacy.
This march takes place the day before upcoming far-right, racist events set to take place on (and off) UC Berkeley campus, but it isn’t taking place at the same time as any of those events nor is it a specific response.
This is for us to come together on a day of our choosing and show unity and solidarity in the struggles against all forms of oppression!
Endorsers:
Af3irm SF/Bay Area
AFSCME Council 57
Anti Police-Terror Project
AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center
Bay Area Queer Anti-Fascist Network (Queer As F*ck)
Berkeley Federation of Teachers, local 1078
California Coalition for Women Prisoners
Catalyst Project
Code Pink Women for Peace: East Bay
Community READY Corps
Critical Resistance Oakland
The Degenderettes
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
The Center for Political Education
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
Jewitch Collective: Jews, Pagans, and Those Who Love Them
Jewish Voice for Peace
John Brown Anti-Klan Bloc
Left of the Dial
Middle East Children’s Alliance
National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Oakland Brown Berets
SURJ – Oakland/Bay Area
SURJ SF – Showing Up for Racial Justice
Workers World Party – Bay Area
Interested in endorsing? Follow this link! https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSe5l-e8AeySxoQ-0C…/viewform
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September 23, 2017
We Are The Majority! We Must Defend Ourselves!
Public · Hosted by Revolutionary Workers Group
7 PM – 9 PM PDT
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis St, Berkeley
Far right fascist groups have been growing amidst an increase in attacks on Muslims, mosques and immigrants. But we can’t afford to be scared into silence. These groups present a threat but they are small and can be stopped. We can stop these fascists by organizing in the tens of thousands to say “NO” to their messages of bigotry.
Join us for a presentation and discussion
$5.00 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
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September 24-27, 2017
Express Yourself – A Program on Free Speech Week
Public · Hosted by ACLU of UC Berkeley – Cal ACLU
We bring to you a four-day event, a peaceful moment of reflection and show of solidarity for those vulnerable groups on campus. From faculty and departments to RSOs and graduates, we stand firmly behind the values of our community, and in defense of our loved ones. Join us for any of our events – listen to a speaker, participate in an open mic, or stop by to write a letter to your representative. Unite against hate.
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September 24-27, 2017
Send In The Clowns!
Public · Hosted by Kira B. Summer
University of Califorinia, Berkeley
Send in the clowns! Show speakers Steve Bannon, Ann Coulter, and Milo Yiannopoulos what you think of them by coming in your most ridiculous clown costume. Big, floppy shoes, red rubber noses, and don’t forget those horns for honking every time one of the three says something racist, homophobic, or misogynist. Carpooling encouraged.
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September 24 – September 27
See You At Free Speech Week!
Public · Hosted by Crowman17
Berkeley, California
Politically involved. Been to all 3 post-Milo “Battles of Berkeley”. This is the power of Orange ^ Pokemon Trainers for Trump are loved. Hindi has some of the funnest Holidays. Non violent- no joke! We settle our differences with Pokemon battles. Come get involved with us and get a burger and a beer, too. We raise up our glasses against evil forces.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
Berkeley Rally Against White Supremacy:
Defend Our Campus and Reclaim Free Speech!
In solidarity with the faculty-led call to boycott campus business as usual during so-called “Free Speech Week,” join us for a rally on Monday, Sept. 25 on UC-Berkeley, Crescent Lawn.
We are students, workers, and members of the UC Berkeley campus community, the City of Berkeley, and the larger Bay Area. We are immigrants, people of color, religious minorities, queer and trans people, leftists, liberals, and others. We think it’s time to come together in a united front, celebrate our differences in solidarity, and speak out against the hateful currents on our campus while affirming our vision of a free, inclusive, and equitable society.
Since the 2016 election, white supremacists have been coming to Berkeley to intimidate, harass, and incite violence against us. This time, the UC Berkeley administration is set to spend hundreds of thousands of public education dollars and heavily militarize the campus to ensure that Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter, Stephen Bannon, and others speak at our university from September 24-27. We believe these speakers and their supporters are dangerous to our community. They support deportations of our undocumented friends and family and are leading figures of the white supremacist movement. They uphold the structures of power that violently suppress the speech and democratic rights of workers and oppressed people around the world.
But we will not be silenced or intimidated. The massive demonstrations of August 19 in Boston and August 26-27 in the Bay Area proved that when we come together, we can protect our communities and politically defeat the bigots. In that spirit, we are meeting on Crescent Lawn to reject white supremacy, speak to each other about the world we want, and reclaim our campus, our city, and our democratic rights. Join us, bring signs, bring friends!
To endorse our rally, please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmjE7ZDiBt6_iiGZey54UzESlgXWcMUpvPmB4XmLC1pUjVOw/viewform
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