Tacoma SDS

WE ARE PUGET SOUND
A CAMPUS FORUM ON DIVERSITY

The University of Puget Sound
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Rotunda
Tacoma, WA

President Thomas looks forward to an important conversation with all student, faculty and, and staff.

"Find An Illegal Immigrant Tag" on UW-Seattle campus, Tuesday Apr. 15, 2008 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. COUNTER PROTESTERS REQUESTED.

The event is called "Find an Illegal Immigrant Tag" and will be held on the HUB lawn. The UW College Republicans will be tabling from 10:00am to 2:00pm and the game itself will be held at 12:20.

According to a message from the CR president, the event is intended to
send a a "clear statement that we need to get serious and crack down on illegal immigration and secure our borders.

A counter-protest is being organized by the Chicano group MeCHA, and others.

Word is Tacoma recently passed legislation that will ban hip hop shows from Tacoma's public venues. The legislation came into effect last Friday. Tacoma hip hop artists and producers heard about this just recently and are staging a rally at the Pantages Theaters, Downtown Tacoma, Monday, March 10 at noon.

Take your lunch break at noon & show your support!

For more information on gentrification, see here:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/flagwars/special_gentrification.html

This letter was delivered and read aloud to UPS president Ronald Thomas on March 3rd at 8am by the Coalition Against Injustice and Racism (C.A.I.R.). Currently, the coalition is working with the university to implement the demands. If you have any questions or would like to join the coalition's email list, please email Whitney Stewart at wstewart@ups.edu

update: the document has been edited and reposted.

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