‘Imagining a different future’: UC Cops Off Campus to hold day of refusal
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In an effort to start off Abolition May and demand the abolition of UCPD, UC Cops Off Campus is planning to hold a day of refusal Monday. Those who participate in the day of refusal will not partake in university-based labor.
UC Cops Off Campus, a coalition of university students, faculty, community organizations and other workers, is planning to hold a day of refusal to demand the abolition of UCPD on Monday.
During the day of refusal, participants will stop all work, including attending lectures, responding to emails and other university-based labor.
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UC Berkeley plans to construct a building of up to 17 stories for student housing on the site of People’s Park, long a refuge for homeless people. A second building would have 150 beds for supportive housing.Noah Berger / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Chris Faries smokes outside his tent in People’s Park. Faries, 53, first lived in the park when he was 19 and returned there over the summer.Noah Berger / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
UC Berkeley students and community members alike gathered in People’s Park on Friday to protest campus plans to build housing in the area, culminating in crowds of people tearing down fences and placing them on the steps of Sproul Hall.
The protest, which was planned by a loose network of organizers, was prompted by UC Berkeley’s decision to fence off certain areas of the park in order to retrieve soil samples for the planned construction.
Several people against this plan claim that People’s Park has invaluable environmental significance.
“People have the right to a free environment,” said former Berkeley mayoral candidate Aidan Hill, who helped organize the demonstration. “They have the right to clean air and space especially children. It’s the last open green space in the Southside neighborhood and close to the university.”