On November 15th, 2022 California College of the Arts will hold a ground breaking ceremony for the San Francisco campus expansion over an Ohlone shellmound (named "Project Double Ground")

During legally required archaeological testing on the backlot of the SF campus, CCA discovered fragments of shells, bones and tools located 40 feet below the surface in the bore samples. The samples identify Ohlone activity before the Bay Area was violently colonized dating back more than 7,500 years.

As a result of the findings, CCA launched a public effort to cover up the finding of the shellmound, choosing to refer to the finding as a "cultural site" to avoid critical discourse and being held accountable to the Ohlone community.

The institution has attempted to frame the expansion of the San Francisco campus on top of Indigenous cultural remains as a gesture of respect, but it is no more than the latest iteration in a long history of colonial appropriations and obliterations of Indigenous peoples, lands, and things.

We're asking you to join us in solidarity and sign our petition that demands CCA's officers and administrators put action behind the words of their land acknowledgements and recognize native land sovereignty by:

• Formally acknowledging the shellmound and native sovereignty
• Include and center the Ohlone community in the decision making about how the land CCA occupies in San Francisco and Oakland is used
• Contributing significantly towards rematriation funds for the San Francisco campus, and the recently vacated and soon-to-be developed Oakland/Rockridge campus