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Hands Off Assata Campaign Call to Action:<br>
Support the students and organizers of the Morales/Shakur Community
Center!<br><br>
Background:<br>
The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community Center at New York City
College has existed for the past 17 years as a result of struggles waged
by student freedom fighters that chose to honor two significant activists
and NY City College alumni-- Assata Shakur and Guillermo Morales. <br>
And last week, as a result of a slanderous, misinformed, and politically
charged editorial in the New York Daily News, the chancellor of CUNY,
Matthew Goldstein, ordered the sign with the Center's name to be taken
down--without any consultation or regard for the students' interests.
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The Hands Off Assata Campaign stands in full support and solidarity with
the students, staff, and supporters of the Guillermo Morales/Assata
Shakur Community Center and their right to honor the struggle, efforts,
and legacy of freedom fighters Guillermo Morales and Assata
Shakur.<br><br>
We urge all sponsor organizations, members and supporters to join the
call to action and support the students, community, organizers and
supporters of the Morales/Shakur Community Center.<br><br>
CALL TO ACTION:<br><br>
What: Call chancellor Matthew Goldstein's office non-stop at
212-794- 5311 and express your solidarity with the student's right to
maintain the name of the Morales/Shakur Community Center. <br>
When: Call non-stop: Wednesday, Dec. 20th, 2006 at 1 p.m. (EST), 2 p.m.
(EST), 3 p.m. (EST), and 4 p.m. <br>
Also on Wednesday, Dec. 20th, community leaders and supporters will
demand a meeting with City College President Gregory Williams to express
their support for the students and the Morales/Shakur Community Center.
There will be a rally in front of the City College Administration
Building at 138th Street and Convent Avenue at the same time. For those
unable to attend the rally, be sure to call non-stop to express your full
support for the students and community leaders.<br><br>
It is important that we speak out against these attacks, stand strong in
solidarity, and demand justice now. <br><br>
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For more information about the HOA Call to Action, please call the Hands
Off Assata Campaign at 877-244-4708. <br>
For more information about the Morales/Shakur Community Center, please
call 212-650-5008.<br><br>
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Following is a statement issued by the Morales/Shakur Community
Center:<br><br>
Assata Shakur/Guillermo Morales Press Release<br>
We know that many Black people who fought for better conditions in the
1970’s were framed. We consider Assata Shakur to be one of the people who
were wrongfully and purposefully framed for her activities. And we
consider her a hero and role model for standing up for our people and
putting her life on the line. We commend City College for asserting out
right to have this room and use it to serve the community in Assata and
Guillermo’s names.<br><br>
I will now read from the 5 proofs that Assata Shakur is innocent, given
by Evelyn Williams of the NJ crime labs in Trenton NJ and the FBI crime
labs in Washington D.C.:<br><br>
The finger print analyses of every gun and every piece of ammunition
found at the scene showed that there were no fingerprints of Assata found
on any of them.<br>
Neutron Activation Analysis showed there was no gunpowder residue on her
hands effectively refuting the possibility that she had fired a gun.<br>
Assata was shot under her armpit by NJ State Trooper James Harper,
severely wounding and paralyzing her.<br>
A surgeon testified that “it was anatomically necessary that both arms be
in the air for Ms. Chesimard [Assata Shakur] to have received the wounds
that she did.<br><br>
The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community Center was named in 1989 by
students who successfully countered a tuition hike. For the last 17 years
we’ve been a valuable resource for the college community from providing
lower-cost textbooks to mentoring to making printing available, to
running soup kitchens. We run classes and workshops on political
education and the history of City College and CUNY. We retell the
struggles for open admissions that our people have fought and won. We
would like to thank City College for their rational and level-headed
response. The college is a space for questioning and explorations of
myriad opinions and perspectives.<br><br>
We would like to close by saying that the American people have a right
and a duty to find out the facts about this situation for themselves
before they judge it. And Assata, we wish you a happy birthday and love
you.<br>
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