UC BERKELEY Strike Week: November 17th through 20th
Schedule of Events for the Solidarity Strike and Open University
ucstrike.com / ucsolidarity.org / solidarityalliance.ucb@gmail.com

STRIKE TO PROTEST UC REGENTS MEETING IN UCLA 11/17 TO 11/19

Tuesday, November 17th
Strike Kick Off Event
Cifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty"
A staged reading directed by Peter Glazer
Featuring UC Berkeley faculty, students and staff
8:00 pm, Booth Auditorium in Boalt Law School

Wednesday, November 18th
Day 1 of the Strike: WALK OUT
5:00 am. UPTE Picket lines start at construction sites
7:15 am. Main Picket lines begin at all campus entrances
8:00 am. Sit-ins begin at Dwinelle Hall
11:00 am. Begin gathering on Sproul Plaza for the Rally
Noon. Strike Rally sponsored by the Solidarity Alliance
Speakers include (list and order subject to change)
Ananya Roy, UC Berkeley Professor and Solidarity Alliance
Solidarity Coalition at UC Davis: Catherine Fung (Grad Student), Joshua Clover (Professor) and Jeff Bergamini (UPTE)
Berkeley UCUC: Nancy Reiko Kato (UPTE), Joe Pulido (AFSCME), Juan Garcia (CUE),
Annie McClanahan (UAW), Mary Kelsey (UC-AFT)
Faculty Organizing Group at UCSC: Barbara Epstein (Professor)
Bob Hass, UCB Professor and Former Poet Laureate of the US
UCB Students: Hugo Camarena, Noah Stern, Viola Tang, Sohir Albgal, Marika Goodrich, Tavae Samuelu
Kathryn Lybarger, AFSCME and Solidarity Alliance

1:30 pm. Send off of activists taking the bus to UCLA
1:30 - 3:30 pm. March led by the Strike Committee of the General Assembly
4:00 pm. First Strike Meeting: What's Next?

7:00 pm. Film Screening and Discussion of Salt of the Earth (1954)
ASUC Senate Chambers, Eshelman Hall

9:00 pm on. Solidarity Booty Shake in the Bear's Lair Food Court

Thursday, November 19th.
Day 2 of the Strike: OPEN THE UNIVERSITY / SHUT DOWN THE REGENTS
5:00 am. UPTE Picket lines start at construction sites
7:15 am. Main Picket lines begin at campus entrances
8:00 am. UPTE Picket lines at UCOP in Oakland
8:00 am. Sit-ins begin at Dwinelle Hall
9:00 am - 10:00 pm. Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The Black Scholar
Lipman Room, 7th floor of Barrows, Born of the SF State Strike, all TBS events are in Solidarity
9:00 am - 3:00 pm. The Open University Lectures in the Bear's Lair Food Court
9:00 - 10:00. Welcome to the Open University / International Skype Connection
10:00 - 11:00. Gray Brechin, "It doesnt have to be this way: Higher Ed in the New Deal"
11:00 - 12:00. Daniel Graham on "The Coup in Honduras"
12:00 - 1:00. Ananya Roy on "The Financialization of Everything"
1:00 - 2:00. Michael Cohen and Kathryn Lybarger on "The IWW and American Labor Radicalism"
2:00 - 3:00. TJ Clark on "From Print Capitalism to Screen Capitalism"

9:30 am - 3:00 pm. The Open University Workshops on Sproul Plaza
9:30 - 10:30. Field Trip and Experiential Learning Tour with AFSCME 3299
10:00 - 11:00. "This is what Berkeley did for me" a photo workshop
12:00 - 1:00. "What is Public? A participatory event in search of the public"
12:00 - 1:00. "Utopias at Work"
12:00 - 1:30. Capoeira on the Picket Lines: Demonstration and workshop at Bancroft and Telegraph
1:00 – 2:00. Katherine Lee, "Academic Labor: A Workshop for Students and Workers"
2:00 - 3:00. Annie McClanahan & West Hays: "Prisons and Education: Teaching in CA Prisons"
2:00 - 3:00. Gray Brechin & Peter Byrne, "UC Inc. Workshop on Researching the Regents"
MORE AS WANTED, NEEDED and ABLE
Noon. Striking Workers March from Bancroft and Telegraph
3:10 pm. Dump your trash at California Hall, Sponsored by ASFCME
Bring your campus trash and rally at the east entrance of California Hall.
4:00 pm. Second Strike Meeting: What's Next?
7:00 pm. Film Screening: "Alcatraz is not an Island" 102 Krober Hall
40th Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz & American Indian Heritage Month
8:00 pm. Musical performance by John Handy Quartet, Lipman Room, Barrows
Part of The Black Scholar Celebration
9:00 pm. Film Screening and Discussion of The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
ASUC Senate Chambers, Eshelman Hall
Friday, November 20th
Day 3 of the Strike: ESCALATE
11:00 -12:00 am. Bridges Recruitment & Retention Center Rally on Sproul
Noon. Mass Gathering at California Hall
9:00 - 1:30 Celebration of The Black Scholar's 40th Anniversary, Lipman Rm, Barrows
2:00 - 5:30 pm: Poetry Reading sponsored by The Black Scholar
10:00am - 5:00pm: 40th Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz, Bancroft Hotel
Speakers include original occupiers Dr. Lehman Brightman, Dr. LaNada War Jack and Ilka Hartmann as well as student presentations.