Latest Bay Area Developments
Karina Pedersen and Rory Osbrink spent hours on videphone last night with students in HMB and they are communicating closely with FSSA leaders. The students are afraid and they really, really need support from alumni and the general Deaf community. Maryland, DC, and Virginia people, please GO and help out. Even if you don't know what to do, your mere presence will be a major morale boost for them. GO and ask them how you can help out. Talk with them in a supportive, calm, reasonable way. You will help so much if you can just do that. I'd do it myself if I weren't 3000 miles away.
FSSA requested that we just send someone NOW, and we absolutely agree. An anonymous donor has made it possible for Rory Osbrink to go as soon as possible. Thank you, whoever you are!
The 4:30 pm forum at CSD tomorrow IS STILL ON. More updates will be given there and we will strategize and finalize the list of people to go. Please come!
Great news - through Karina's, Rory's and FSSA's efforts, there will be a lawyer at Gallaudet to give advice about how to engage in civil disobedience as safely as possible, while following the law.
The below is a message from Suzy Rosen Singleton:
Empowering Students with Civil Disobedience Information at 4ish PM TODAY-- please get ready
I will be bringing Mark Goldstone, Esq., who is highly recommended as a legal expert on peaceful civil protests who will make himself available at HMB at around 4ish pm TODAY to provide legal guidance to the protesters. Please alert all protesters to get ready for an assembly and please advise me where in HMB we should have the meeting. Please ensure we have interpreters available as Mark is hearing.
Important things to know ASAP:
1, If Gallaudet can prove more than $250 worth of damages to its property (lamps, walls, offices, furniture, etc) the offending party/individual(s) can be charged with a felony, with a maximum of 10 years imprisonment possibility. Be sure not to damage anything!!!
2, If the Gally police or DC police touch you, it still will not justify any touching back. Rule is -- they can touch you but you CANT touch them. You can be charged with assault, a felony charge with 5 years imprisonment. Gally police cannot do arrests, but they can supervise DC police doing so.
3. Police is NOT required to provide warnings prior to arrest, although that is what usually happens. These warnings must be made accessible and be communicated effectively to the protesters.
A great website for civil disobedience training info:
www.actupny.org/documents/cddocuments/legalflow.html: , although this is based in NY so laws in DC can differ! Mark Goldstone will most likely have additional recommendations for resources onsite.
See you soon.
Suzy Rosen Singleton
FSSA requested that we just send someone NOW, and we absolutely agree. An anonymous donor has made it possible for Rory Osbrink to go as soon as possible. Thank you, whoever you are!
The 4:30 pm forum at CSD tomorrow IS STILL ON. More updates will be given there and we will strategize and finalize the list of people to go. Please come!
Great news - through Karina's, Rory's and FSSA's efforts, there will be a lawyer at Gallaudet to give advice about how to engage in civil disobedience as safely as possible, while following the law.
The below is a message from Suzy Rosen Singleton:
Empowering Students with Civil Disobedience Information at 4ish PM TODAY-- please get ready
I will be bringing Mark Goldstone, Esq., who is highly recommended as a legal expert on peaceful civil protests who will make himself available at HMB at around 4ish pm TODAY to provide legal guidance to the protesters. Please alert all protesters to get ready for an assembly and please advise me where in HMB we should have the meeting. Please ensure we have interpreters available as Mark is hearing.
Important things to know ASAP:
1, If Gallaudet can prove more than $250 worth of damages to its property (lamps, walls, offices, furniture, etc) the offending party/individual(s) can be charged with a felony, with a maximum of 10 years imprisonment possibility. Be sure not to damage anything!!!
2, If the Gally police or DC police touch you, it still will not justify any touching back. Rule is -- they can touch you but you CANT touch them. You can be charged with assault, a felony charge with 5 years imprisonment. Gally police cannot do arrests, but they can supervise DC police doing so.
3. Police is NOT required to provide warnings prior to arrest, although that is what usually happens. These warnings must be made accessible and be communicated effectively to the protesters.
A great website for civil disobedience training info:
www.actupny.org/documents/cddocuments/legalflow.html:
See you soon.
Suzy Rosen Singleton
posted by DeafBayBlogger at 12:12 PM
2 Comments:
I have blog relate gally.
http://want-to-take-classes.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the information. I see you're also syndicated on DeafRead.com. It's terrific that you feel comfortable getting your perspective out there. I personally hope that this situation ends with a minimal amount of harm for everyone on all sides of the situation.
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