[If any hotlinks in this message are not working, you may find them also at newindicator.com ] https://www.facebook.com/che.cafe.collective Posted by the CHE Cafe Collective, Saturday, March 21, 2015: Ché Café Collective "UCSD has vowed to carry out its eviction of the Ché Café Collective on Tuesday morning at 5 a.m. "Together, with support from community members and students alike, we have fought for nearly a year to prevent this day from coming. "Despite our struggle, the administration of UCSD has not budged and instead seems intent on seeing the eviction through. Together, we can stand up to them. Together, we can prevent the closure of the Ché. We know that in the past, the only thing that has ever prevented the university administration from shutting down the Ché is community pressure and direct action. We cannot win this fight without your help – and it has all come down to this day. "Please show up at 5 a.m. or earlier with picket signs, noise makers and megaphones. "Wear comfortable clothing and shoes, stay hydrated and bring snacks. "For those who show up early, there will be donuts (w/vegan option) and coffee available. "Invite anybody and everybody from your friends list to attend, we need as many bodies as possible. "We have won this battle many times in the past – we will win once more. "ALL OUT TO SUPPORT THE CHE!" Posted by the CHE Cafe Collective, Friday, March 20, 2015: Ché Café Collective "Dear friends, "As many of you may already know, we received our formal eviction notice last week. We will not go out without a fight. Please join us on Tuesday, March 24th at the Che Cafe for a rally to support the space. We will be meeting at 5am, and we expect the UCSD administration to come at 6am. "Come help us make some noise. Come help us make our voices heard. Come help us save this space. "There is no education without community. "We love you all. "Thank you, "The Che Cafe Collective" http://thechecafe.blogspot.com/ For further information, see: Online Public Statement of Support for the C.H.E. Cafe https://www.change.org/p/university-of-california-and-other-state-officials-public-stateme nt-of-support-for-the-c-h-e-caf%C3%A9-and-the-c-h-e-caf%C3%A9-collective#petition-letter Indymedia On Air - KPFK Radio http://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_150316_203030indymed.MP3 San Diego Union-Tribune http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/15/tp-che-cafe-supporters-fight-eviction-attempts-by/ The New Indicator http://newindicator.com/wp/ The San Diego Free Press http://sandiegofreepress.org/?s=Che+Cafe Telesur http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Spaces-of-Hope-Radical-Movements-Need-Radical-Spaces -20141202-0023.html PHOTO: March on the Chancellor, October 28, 2014. Photo by Fred Lonidier. Members of the Che Cafe Support Network passed out an info sheet at the recent UCSD Associated Students and Graduate Students Association Council meetings. It is worth quoting: “Under both UC policy and the state Fire Code (which is adopted as UC policy), the CHE Cafe building is EXEMPT from any requirement for retrofits for automatic fire sprinklers. This means that the UCSD administration’s estimate that student fees must be used to pay over $300,000 for sprinklers is incorrect. This also means that the building is legally safe for occupancy (as it has always been) for 170 people in the assembly room (per Fire Marshal posted legal notice). In other words, the UCSD administration’s public posture since Spring of 2014 — that for fire “safety” the CHE Cafe Collective lease must be terminated, that the collective must be evicted, and that the building must not be used for concerts, events and meetings — has NO legal basis. None of the other maintenance/repairs work cited by the administration are any reason to shut down the Cafe, except during (perhaps) some of the actual construction work.” The info sheet goes on to give the UC policy and state Fire Code links that prove there is no safety problem at the Che Cafe. Click here to see the info sheet on the Fire Code. In other words, THERE IS NO REASON TO SHUT DOWN THE CHE. The UCSD administration just LIED about it. The termination of the Che Cafe Collective’s lease was based on a lie. The lawsuit to evict the collective — after it refused to vacate the space when the lease was terminated — was based on a lie. PHOTO: 1992 Sit-in at UCSD General Store Coop Against Eviction attempt by UCSD administration. The General Store Coop is still in business today, in 2015! Press Release of March 20, 2015 by C.H.E. Cafe Support Network: Public Statement of Support for C.H.E. Café and C.H.E. Café Collective. [The original addressees also received an attachment of the names of online signatures, as of the time of the writing.] For more information contact: Monty Kroopkin, (858) 373-7018, C.H.E. Café Support Network. Susan Wingfield-Ritter, (858) 717-0047, C.H.E. Café Support Network Please note: forwarded message From: Susan Wingfield-Ritter Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 3:57 P.M. To: chancellor@ucsd.edu Cc: governor@governor.ca.gov, Speaker.Atkins@assembly.ca.gov, regentsoffice@ucop.edu, president@ucop.edu, juangonzalez@ucsd.edu, grratcliff@ucsd.edu, svanbruggen@ucsd.edu Subject: Public Statements of Support for C.H.E. Café Collective Dear Chancellor Khosla and University and State officials: Chancellor Pradeep Khosla chancellor@ucsd.edu Governor Jerry Brown governor@governor.ca.gov State Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins Speaker.Atkins@assembly.ca.gov Board of Regents of the University of California regentsoffice@ucop.edu UC President Janet Napolitano president@ucop.edu UCSD Vice Chancellor Juan Gonzalez juangonzalez@ucsd.edu UCSD Associate Vice Chancellor Gary Ratcliff grratcliff@ucsd.edu UCSD UCEN Director Sharon Van Bruggen svanbruggen@ucsd.edu We are writing to present you the online Public Statement of Support for the C.H.E. Café and the C.H.E. Café Collective, and a link to the online statement. The link url is: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-california-and-other-state-officials-public-stateme nt-of-support-for-the-c-h-e-caf%C3%A9-and-the-c-h-e-caf%C3%A9-collective#petition-letter The online signatures number 687, so far. We will be sending you updates of the signatures, as they accumulate. We also want to remind you of many earlier statements of support for the C.H.E. Café and of opposition to the UCSD administration’s unethical eviction campaign. These prior statements include two online petitions, with over 11,800 and over 1,800 signatures, respectively: https://www.change.org/p/assistant-vice-chancellor-gary-ratcliff-save-the-che-from-closing and https://www.change.org/p/board-of-regents-we-hereby-request-that-the-university-immediatel y-cease-its-eviction-actions-against-the-che-cafe-and-return-to-the-negotiating-table-and- that-the-university-restore-funding-to-the-che-cafe and all of the following, which is only a sampling: San Diego-Imperial Counties Central Labor Council http://newindicator.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Labor-Council-Resolution-in-support- of-Che-Cafe.pdf UC San Diego Faculty Association http://ucsdfa.org/sdfa-opposes-the-unilateral-eviction-of-the-che-cafe/726 UCSD Graduate Students http://newindicator.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Graduate-Student-Support-Petition-CH E-10-27-14.pdf Artists’ Boycott of UCSD https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=381173525380791 University Council – American Federation of Teachers (AFT) click on unions University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) and UAW Local 2865 - UCSD Teaching and Research Assistants click on campus UCSD Alumni click on alumni and click on past president AFT Local 1931 – San Diego and Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community Colleges Faculty and Staff click on supporters For your convenience, we provide also a copy of the new Public Statement of Support in this email text, below. Additional endorsements which we received via email as of 9 A.M., March 20, 2015, follow it. For Justice, Susan Wingfield-Ritter, MS, MFT Monty Kroopkin, B.A., UCSD Class of 1981 C.H.E. Café Support Network Public Statement of Support for the C.H.E. Café and the C.H.E. Café Collective https://www.change.org/p/university-of-california-and-other-state-officials-public-stateme nt-of-support-for-the-c-h-e-caf%C3%A9-and-the-c-h-e-caf%C3%A9-collective Letter to Chancellor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Pradeep Khosla President, University of California Janet Napolitano Governor Jerry Brown Signatures Attached Che Café Support Network San Diego, CA On March 15, 2015 the collective received a letter from the UCSD administration stating that it will now go ahead and post the final eviction order, the 5-day notice to vacate our home of 35 years, the C.H.E. Café . The UCSD administration did post the order sometime on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. After the 5 days, the administration may bring in law enforcement officers to enact a lock out and/or forcibly remove anybody choosing to not vacate voluntarily. THE APPEAL THE COLLECTIVE FILED OF THE EVICTION LAWSUIT RULING IS STILL PENDING A RULING FROM THE APPELLATE COURT ! We would like you, University and State officials, to know that we endorse the following points and encourage you to do all you can to facilitate their fulfillment. 1) We support the C.H.E. Café continuing to function as it has for the past 35 years--a unique and invaluable asset to the University, representing diversity at it's finest and most inclusive. 2) We support the C.H.E. Café Collective continuing as the operator of the CHE Café as it has for the past 35 years. 3) We support the "National Register listing" of the C.H.E. Café and the appropriateness of the "historic occupants," the C.H.E. Café Collective, to continue the site's historic use. Stop this Unjust Eviction! 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