Tent City 2010
Across the country, tent cities are springing up in neglected neighborhoods where jobs and educational resources are at an all time low. The state of California’s tremendous budget crisis is leading to huge cuts in education spending, and the consequences are too big to go unnoticed. Tuition is up, admissions are down, classes grow impacted, programs are slashed, and important staff and faculty are being laid off. For many Californians, this is the difference between having a college education and not.
Tent City is symbolic of the future faced by those left to the mercy of the economy, without educational resources. It represents how we can no longer overlook poverty, and how we must re-evaluate our priorities. Most importantly, it shows how we as students and workers, the unemployed and unable to get necessary classes, come together to build a community that works to challenge these problems.
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Our main goal is to promote the March 4th Day of Action @ De Anza, as well as the protest and rally in San Francisco being spearheaded by De Anza. We wish to sign up 1000+ people for buses and carpools leaving De Anza on March 4th.
Daily activities will include: eating, study sessions, workshops, discussions on various issues, chillin, freezing, etc. 
EVERYONE is expected to participate. Mostly importantly, have fun. This is an AWESOME event.
If you or your friends are interested in participating, please email Matt Bradley (matthew42187@gmail.com), and request a waiver. Return the signed waiver to one of the Tent City organizers when you first arrive to the tents!
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We are NOT about to guarantee tent space, and urge all people participating to bring or borrow a tent. Please be willing to share your tent with others. More information on accommodations will be available in the coming days.
If you have a tent, or have a tent you can borrow, please let us know.
Other important information:
- NO ALCOHOL, OR WEED IS ALLOWED. You will be asked to leave.
There will be campus police parked 20 to 30 yards away, and we don’t want anyone acting like a *DUMB ASS* and getting busted because it would detract from the purpose of our event.
- If able, please bring a food item you are willing to share with the group. Please, no food that will spoil without a fridge.
- Guests are allowed, however they have to abide by the rules of tent city and sign a waiver acknowledging that no alcohol or illegal substances are permitted. *Please e-mail the admins if you wish to bring guests.*
- Donations gladly accepted, and will go towards food sharing.
