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03/05/03 at 11:17:48 |
As-salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah, I'm wicked late, I know. [Sorry, Sarah!] -------------- MARCH 5: BOOKS NOT BOMBS! - National Student Strike by National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (N • Sunday March 02, 2003 Sunt 06:18 PM clearinghouse@tao.ca The National Student Strike for Books Not Bombs, will take place March 5th on campuses across the US and the world. The strike is building a wave of campus sentiment against the Bush Administration’s war plans in Iraq. The event was originally called for and is being coordinated by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC), a collection of 15 student and youth organizations whose members organizations represent large and diverse constituencies stretching across the US. BOOKS NOT BOMBS! - National Student Strike - March 5th, 2003 WEBSITE: http://www.nyspc.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Worldwide Demonstrations Build Momentum for National Student Strike Over 300 Campuses to Walkout for 'Books Not Bombs' The National Student Strike for Books Not Bombs, will take place March 5th on campuses across the US and the world. The strike is building a wave of campus sentiment against the Bush Administration’s war plans in Iraq. The event was originally called for and is being coordinated by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC), a collection of 15 student and youth organizations whose members organizations represent large and diverse constituencies stretching across the US. Thousands of students on over 300 campuses have pledged their support for this day of national student resistance. On March 5th, high school and college students will demonstrate their collective opposition to the Bush Administration's plans for a pre-emptive, unilateral war in Iraq and call for better-funded and more accessible schools. Students are also demanding that their campuses serve education instead of war by removing ROTC and JROTC and replacing them with financial aid and college preparatory programs. They call for local administrative non-compliance with and the federal repeal of the provision of the "No Child Behind Act" which forces high schools to give their students names over to military recruiters or lose federal funds. "We demand that Bush bring our troops home now. We don't want to see our friends die in a needless war," said Amanda Flott, a junior at the University of Kansas. Many students say that the latest round of tuition hikes and aid cuts across the country are a "war tax" on the poor. "Working class youth will have to fight and die while students at home are seeing their education undermined," said Ben Waxman, a Philadelphia area high school student. "I want to go to college, not fight for global US domination." On Feb. 15th, the world experienced the largest outpouring of support for peace since the Vietnam era as an estimated 6 million people worldwide attended protests in over 500 cities. "Now the campuses are doing our part to stand up for a better tomorrow," said Amanda Crater, a junior at UC-Berkeley. The worldwide peace demonstrations have significantly increased awareness of and participation in the strike. Since the initial call to action was circulated by the NYSPC, students across the world have joined on to the Books Not Bombs strike campaign. In Austraila, Spain, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Brazil, and Scotland students will be striking in solidarity with the US students. Sarah Ahmed of the Muslim Students Association said, "its the people on the streets and on the campuses across the globe who are giving UN diplomats their credibility to resist this war." As a prepatory event, students will hold local press conferences early next week to announce their strikes and walkouts. An as-accurate-as-possible list of high schools and colleges participating in the strike will be posted at <http://www.nyspc.net> no later than Wednesday evening, Feb. 26. See <http://www.nyspc.net> for more details including a press kit and weblinks to NYSPC member organizations. *** BOOKS NOT BOMBS! - National Student Strike - March 5th, 2003 LIST OF PARTICIPATING CAMPUSES (Organized by state) THIS LIST WILL BE MUCH LARGER SOON! This list is a partial list of confirmed campuses as of 2/27/03. We have a large backlog to post and are constantly receiving new additions so keep checking for more. We will update as we are able. To obtain contacts at individual campuses, or to make corrections/additions to this list, contact clearinghouse@tao.ca Campus Organization(s) City State/Province Country Hendrix College STARC-180/MDE Conway AR USA University of Arkansas Progressive Student Association Fayetteville AR USA University of Central Arkansas Conway AR USA Chico State Chico CA USA Claremont Colleges Claremont Colleges Peace Coalition Pomona CA USA De Anza College Women's Solidarity Movement Cupertino CA USA Los Gatos High School Los Gatos CA USA San Francisco State University San Francisco CA USA Sierra College Associated Students of Sierra College, Sierra Students for CHANGE Grass Valley CA USA Torrey Pines High School SPAN CA USA UC Berkeley Berkeley Stop the War Coalition Berkeley CA USA Colorado University Boulder CO USA Glastonbury High School Glastonbury CT USA Wesleyan Middleton CT USA Howard University Amnesty Int'l Washington DC USA University of Florida, Gainesville Global Realms, Oxfam, United Students for Fair Trade Gainesville FL USA Iowa State Unirersity Ames IA USA University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA Moscow High School Moscow ID USA Chicago High Schools UC Anti-War Chicago IL USA University of Chicago Chicago IL USA Whitney Young High School Chicago IL USA Avon High School Avon IN USA Indiana University Bloomington IN USA Hampshire College MA USA Harvard University Cambridge MA USA Mount Holyoke College S. Hadley MA USA Salem State College Salem MA USA Westford Academy Westford MA USA University of Maryland at College Park College Park MD USA University of Michigan Anti-war Action Ann Arbor MI USA UM-Kansas City Muslim Students Association, Campus Greens Kansas City MOI USA Hellgate High School Missoula MT USA Duke University Chapel Hill NC USA Keene State College Students For Global Justice Keene NH USA Bergen Co. High Schools Bergen Action Network Englewood Area NJ USA Drew University Drew University Coalition for Peace, NJ Peace Action Madison NJ USA Rutgers New Brunswick NJ USA Galena High School Reno NV USA Reed High Reno NV USA Sparks High School Sparks NV USA Truckee Meadows Community College Reno NV USA University of Nevada at Las Vegas Las Vegas NV USA University of Nevada, Reno Reno Anti-War Coalition Reno NV USA Hunter College New York NY USA Cornell Ithaca NY USA Ithaca High School Peaceful Solutions Club Ithaca NY USA Marymount Manhattan College New York NY USA New School University New York NY USA New York University NYU Peace Coalition New York NY USA Queens College New York NY USA Smithtown High School St. James NY USA SUNY Albany Albany NY USA SUNY Fredonia Fredonia Students for Peace Fredonia NY USA SUNY-Buffalo Buffalo NY USA Miami University of Ohio MU Students for Peace Oxford OH USA Ohio University Athens OH USA Oregon State University Wrench Corvallis OR USA University of Oregon Eugene OR USA Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg PA USA University of Pennsylvania Penn for Peace and Penn Students Against War in Iraq Philadelphia PA USA Middle Tennessee State University MT Solidarity Murfeesboro TN USA University of Tennessee Knoxville TN USA Mayde Creek High School Houston TX USA University of North Texas Anti-War Operations League Denton TX USA UT-Austin Campus Coalition for Peace and Justice Austin TX USA Castleton State College Castleton VT USA Johnson State College VSC Network Johnson VT USA Evergreen State College Olympia WA USA Whitman College J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Walla Walla WA USA University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Campus Greens Green Bay WI USA University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Greens, Diversity Coalition La Crosse WI USA University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Campus Greens & Student Environmental Peace Coalition Oshkosh WI USA University of Wisconsin - Madison Multicultural Students Coalition Madison WI USA University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Campus Greens Whitewater WI USA University of Utah UT USA Asheville High School Asheville USA El Camino College USA Everett Alvarez High School USA Indian Hills Junior High School USA Montclair State-Ramopo USA Roosevelt High School USA Valley High School USA *** |
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