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Community organizing meeting: Return Anti-Fascist Teacher Yvette Felarca to Her Classroom!

Date:
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Time:
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Meeting
Organizer/Author:
community
Location Details:
North Branch - Berkeley Public Library 1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA

Return Anti-Fascist Teacher Yvette Felarca to Her Classroom!


Community Organizing Meeting
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
5pm
North Branch - Berkeley Public Library
1170 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA


Anti-fascist activist and teacher Yvette Felarca continues to be prevented from returning to her classroom at Martin Luther King Jr Middle School after being placed on administrative leave.

After she helped stop a neo-Nazi recruitment rally in Sacramento this summer, and was stabbed in the process, terror threats were made against Ms. Felarca and the school if she's not fired, and instead of defending the entire community, including Ms. Felarca, the school district is capitulating to the neo-Nazis' demands by removing her from her job.

The school district also took some of her wages out of her bank account, and some of her students were pulled out of class and interrogated about her without parental notification or consent.

Last Wednesday, students from all grade levels - elementary, middle, and high school, parents, fellow teachers from Berkeley and Oakland, and a diverse range of community members again rallied in defense of Ms. Felarca at the school board meeting. When board members refused to disclose their personal positions on whether she should continue to teach, and instead scurried off into "closed session", the community held its own meeting in the board room, with many more speaking out. Video of the rally and school board meeting can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdwuri1LFYI


 Voice your solidarity with Yvette Felarca, and demand that she be reinstated immediately, paid her full wages, and the harassment of her and her students be stopped: boardofed@berkeley.net, Superintendent@berkeley.net

 Defend Yvette Felarca!

Non-sectarian defense of all anti-fascists!

 An injury to one is an injury to all!




 For more information:

 Press conference with Yvette Felarca and her lawyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHhVxvNt3vY


 Details about neo-Nazis converging in Berkeley prior to their attempted rally in Sacramento: https://itsgoingdown.org/big-nazis-on-campus/
 
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