National Youth and Student Peace Coalition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4th 2003

National Student Strike tomorrow!

300 US schools expected to organize walkouts

See the updated list of campuses at: www.nyspc.net.strikelist.html

California List below

The “National Student Strike for Books Not Bombs,” will take place tomorrow,

March 5th on campuses across the US and the world.  Tens of thousands

thousands of US students will stop participating in business as usual for

some part of the day to demonstrate to the world that the campuses do not

accept the Bush vision of endless war decreased opportunity.

“We’re not going to sit around while we watch ouselves get priced out of

education,” said Ben Waxman, a 17-year old student from Philadelphia.  “We’

re going to resist.”

As of Sunday evening, 230 high school and college campuses have pledged their

support for this day of national student resistance, with new school

registrations continuing to pour in each minute.  Organizers expect 300

campuses organizing a local strike or walkout.

Local participants are planning a diverse array of tactics including

teach-oins, sit-ins, rallies, banner-drops, puppet shows, snowball fights,

and of course, strikes and walkouts as they call for their campuses and

government to serve education instead of war.

Students will walk out of classes all over New York City during the morning,

and a final convergence point will be a massive rally at Hunter College at

2:30 pm.  Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles schools will also hold

city-wide student rallies.

At many convergence points, youth and students will take a “vote” to stop

the war and iincrease fundig for education.  The ballots will be counted and

sent to congressional representatives to underscore the message.  “We’re

excerising our electoral power while taking direct action,” said Waxman.

Resources for press, including an updated list campuses and local organizer’s

contact info are available on the NYSPC’s website at:

www.nyspc.net/presspg.html.  See the New York Time’s weekend story on the

strike at: www.nyspc.net/nyt3-1.html.

The “National Student Strike” event is coordinated by the National Youth and

Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC).  The call for a student strike has been

taken up by students in Canada, Spain, Australia, the UK, France,

Switzerland.

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List of California Schools

Beverly Hills High   Beverly Hills CA USA    

Cal Arts   San Fernando CA USA    

Cal-St.-Sacremento Campus Peace Action  Sacremento CA USA Ali Tabatabai  

Chapman University Orange County Student Alliance Orange CA USA Troy Pickard

Chico State   Chico CA USA    

Clairemont High School   San Diego CA USA Alexis Peppard   

Claremont McKenna College Claremont Colleges Student Peace Coalition

Claremont  CA USA Marisol Enyart  

Crossroads School   Los Angeles CA USA Adrienne Lever 213-280-7285 

De Anza College Women's Solidarity Movement Cupertino CA USA Jessie Lucero

650-323-4498

Deer Valley High School   Antioch CA USA Craig Shane 510-754-0452

Drew College Preparatory High School   San Francisco CA USA Amir Sberlo  

Fairfax High School   Los Angeles CA USA    

Fullerton Union High School   Fulerton  CA USA Catlin  Orr 714-392-5731

Harvey Mudd College Claremont Colleges Student Peace Coalition Claremont CA

USA Keara Duggan  

Laces High School   Los Angeles CA USA    

Los Gatos High School    Los Angeles CA USA Catlin  Powers   408-656-8603

Mills College   Oakland CA USA Alexis 510-636 7157

Mira Costa College Oceanside   Valencia CA USA Alberto  Camona 760-940-1584

Occidental College   Los Angeles CA USA Gabriela  Armada  

Pitzer College Claremont Colleges Student Peace Coalition Claremont CA USA

Keara Duggan  

Pomona College Claremont Colleges Student Peace Coalition Claremont CA USA

Caitlin Dwyer 909-607-6310

Rancho Beuna Vista High School   Vista CA USA Elyse  Stephens 760-809-5229

San Benito High School   Hollister CA USA Mason Dungy 801-636-3936

San Fernando High School   Los Angeles CA USA Gabriela  Armada  

San Francisco State Univety   San Francisco CA USA Peter  Mueller 

415-282-3172 

San Jose State University Students For Justice, Muslim Student Associaiton

San Jose CA USA Adam  

Santa Paula High School   Santa Paula CA USA Angelica  

Scripps College Claremont Colleges Student Peace Coalition Claremont CA USA

Keara Duggan  

Sierra College Associated Students of Sierra College Grass Valley CA USA

Michi Valleries 530-346-2368

St. Mary's College   Moraga CA USA Daniela Simunovic 559-281-5772

Stanford University Stanford Labor Action Coalition, Young Communist League

Palo Alto CA USA

Tennyson High School   Hayward CA USA Rachelle Cruz 510-581-0784

Torrey Pines High School SPAN San  Diego CA USA Kate Amos 858-342-4823

UC-Berkeley Berkeley Stop the War Coalition Berkeley CA USA Amanda Crater

510-666-1228

UC-Irvine Students Against War  Irvine CA USA Melissa  Rodriguez 949-370-9894

UC-Santa Barbara Student Coalition for Peace Santa Barbara CA USA

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