

Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 4 of11 A student wears a sticker demanding senator Isabella Chow resign during an Associated Students of the University of California meeting held at the University of California in Berkeley, Calif, on Wednesday November 7, 2018. Chow is facing backlash for abstaining from a resolution condemning the Trump administration's anti-LGBTQ actions in new Title IX regulations. Photos by Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of11 Students hang a sign asking for student senator Isabella Chow to resign, during an Associated Students of the University of California meeting held at the University of California in Berkeley, Calif, on Wednesday November 7, 2018. Student Senator Isabella Chow is facing backlash for abstaining from a resolution condemning the Trump administration's anti-LGBTQ actions in new Title IX regulations. Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of11 Students Lindsey Chung, left, and Tatiana Su wave flags and yell in response to a speaker's comments during an Associated Students of the University of California meeting held at the University of California in Berkeley, Calif, on Wednesday November 7, 2018.
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Read the full Daily Californian and Heat Street pieces.Student senator Isabella Chow listens to speakers during an Associated Students of the University of California meeting held at UC Berkeley on November 7, 2018. (A fellow protester adds “That is unnecessary!”). The students ended their letter with an ultimatum: “If you fail to vacate immediately, community action will continue to escalate with the goal of eliminating any revenue generation”, adding that “This space expansion is one step in an ongoing process to remedy the historical devaluation of students of color and LGBTQIA+ students.”Īt about 3:57 into the video (after the demonstrators moved to the book store), a female activist confronts a police officer who is merely entering the building: “(Inaudible) like that?” she says.


University administration wrongly allocated this two-story facility to a third-party corporations, keeping in line with its intensifying legacy of prioritizing financial profit over student needs.” MORE: UC Berkeley faculty to host anti-Trump ‘teach in’Ī notice of eviction is seen being put on the building by students claiming “You are hereby notified by the students of the University of California, Berkeley to vacate the premises immediately. In video of the protest, the so-called anti-racism protesters were seen denying passage across the bridge to white students - shouting “go around” - while happily allowing students of color to pass through.Īfter blocking the bridge, the protesting students moved towards the front of campus to occupy the front of the student store, because they felt it interfered with their “safe spaces”. Minority students were permitted through.īy and large, students avoided the protesters by taking alternate routes, notably by crossing over the nearby Strawberry Creek. What the Daily Californian doesn’t note is that activists refused passage to white students through the Sather Gate area during the demonstration. “Nobody even knows that MLK has a fourth floor.” “It’s not just the size of the space, it’s also the location,” Lemus said. The Daily Californian reports that the issue is one of “visibility.” This was the groups’ third protest-demand to be moved from the Eshleman Hall basement. Over 100 protesters from the UC-Berkeley Queer Alliance Resource Center (QARC) and bridges Multicultural Resource Center blocked student access to Sather Gate last Friday afternoon during their demonstration to “be relocated to different club space on campus.” The College Fix on Facebook The College Fix on Twitter The College Fix on Reddit The College Fix on Parler Share on Email
