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MARCH
ORGANIZING UPDATES
* Updated daily *
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4/2/03 3PM |
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Selected news articles:
Washington Post:
A Defense Team of Thousands ▪
Thousands Rally for Affirmative Action at High Court (with video) ▪
Rally Sets Stage on Affirmative Action Cases ▪
Photo of march to Lincoln Memorial ▪
Photo from steps of Lincoln Memorial ▪
Photo of Howard U. march
New York
Times:
Thousands of Students Gather to Support Admission Policies
AP:
Affirmative Action Backers Gather in D.C.
Detroit News:
Thousands march for aff. action ▪
Thousands trek to D.C. for historic U-M case
Detroit Free Press:
Area near courths packed
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia:
Students back to barricades as court decides their future
Washington Times:
Aff. action supporters rally
USA Today:
Justices debate race, college admissions
Daily Pennsylvanian - U. students protest for affirmative action in DC
Michigan Daily, U of M
Daily Californian, UC Berkeley
Albany State U Students make voices heard
Yale Daily News
Daily Targum, Rutgers
Daily Illini (U-Illinois):
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Cornell Daily Sun:
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Hundreds from Connecticut attend rally
Georgians join protest at Court
New York Newsday:Similar Pasts, Different Sides
Covering BAMN organizers/student
intervenors
Democracy Now/Pacifica Radio show, with panelists Agnes Aleobua, U
of M BAMN; Miranda Massie, lead attorney for the student intervenors;
and CIR lawyer (RealAudio)
Ms.
Magazine - Online Chat transcript with Teresa Stern, author of Ms.
article, "Affirmative
Action on Trial"
Tavis Smiley Show (see "Students' Views")
BET.com Photo Gallery
Audio
of Supreme Court hearing from which the student defendants were
excluded from making oral arguments (CSPAN; RealAudio)
Photos:
Page 1
* Send
your photos from the march
Page 2
and rally to:
letters@bamn.com
Page 3
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3/31/03 7PM |
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New York Newsday - Similar Pasts, Different Sides
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3/31/03 2PM |
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Look for these school contingents at the march as well:
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Barber-Scotia College, NC |
Lake Clifton Eastern
High School, Baltimore, MD |
Coolidge Senior High School,
Washington, DC |
Mount Union College, OH |
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Johns Hopkins University, MD |
New School for Enterprise and
Development, Washington, DC |
News articles:
New York Times Editorial -
Why the Supreme Court Needs to Visit Cass High School, Detroit
Winston-Salem Journal - Students plan rally on Michigan
case
Black Collegian - Civil Rights March on Washington
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3/30/03 |
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BAMN Flyer for the April 1st march:
Build the New Civil Rights Movement!
[PDF file]
 First buses
on the road! University of New Mexico bus left Saturday
afternoon for a two-day trip to DC
AP -
Thousands expected at pro-affirmative action rally
Jackson Sun - Affirmative action march set (U Tennessee
Martin)
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3/29/03 |
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BAMN National Emails:
Why Brown v. Board of Education is at stake
This is a Fight for Full Integration and Equality
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3/28/03 |
Local march organizers: PRESS ALERT
Local media outlets are asking
for the following information in order to facilitate local press
coverage on Monday and Tuesday, March 31 & April 1. Local media want
to cover students leaving for D.C., and want easy access to local
march and rally participants at the rally. If you do not know some
of the information contained in this form, send back what you can.
Secondly, there is a generic
press release here for you to fax out to
local media outlets. If you need assistance doing this, let us
know.
Email us the following info:
Name: __________
School: __________
Press contact person: __________
# of students/community members attending: __________
Listing of schools attending: __________
Date and time of bus departure: __________
Location of bus departure: __________
Cell phone or contact number while in D.C.: __________
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3/28/03 10PM |
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Contingents:
Bloomsburg University, PA
DeVry University, GA
Francis Marion University, SC
Eastern Michigan University Echo -
NAACP, BAMN march for affirmative action
“We have
to be there come hell or high water," Taylor said. “That's where
we can make a difference. This is our time. This is our moment. We
must build this new civil rights movement."
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3/28/03 2PM |
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Contingents:
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Southwest Texas State Univ. |
Bryn Mawr, PA |
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Lake Forest College, IL |
Roosevelt University, IL |
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3/27/03 8PM |
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More contingents:
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Bryn Mawr, PA |
Bucknell University, PA |
Indiana University School of
Law at Indianapolis |
Mount Union College, OH |
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St. Mary's College, MD |
Ursinus College, PA |
Nuvo - Arguing in the Affirmative
Interview with Indiana University School of Law at
Indianapolis
students and march organizers
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3/27/03 3PM |
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The donation drive for buses
has been extremely successful so far! We need a last push to get as
many buses sponsored as possible before the end of the workweek!
Email this fundraising
letter to everyone you know who might be able to help!
Houston Chronicle - Marchers to back affirmative action
Washington, DC Common Denominator -
Supporting Affirmative Action, Woodson High School
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3/27/03 12AM |
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Upcoming April 5 major antiwar demonstration in Detroit has
taken up the demand of defending affirmative action!
Tolerance.org - "By Any Means Necessary"
"Organizers at
University of Michigan plan a student-led march on Washington, D.C.,
to protest a pair of court cases they say could gut affirmative
action. Can 100,000-plus young voices sway the Supremes?"
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3/26 1PM |
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New contingents coming from the following schools:
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Coppin State College, MD |
Morgan State University, MD |
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U Maryland Eastern Shore |
South Carolina State Univ. |
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West Virginia State |
North Carolina A&T |
New endorsers: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
California Federation of Teachers
BAMN was on KISS-FM in New York City last Sunday announcing the
march; the Tom Joyner show has been announcing the march; Tavis
Smiley is expected to be covering the April 1 march; now's the
time to get on your local radio stations to
spread the word and get people to DC!
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3/23/03 11PM |
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New York City:
Press Conference on
March on Washington
Weds., Steps of City Hall; for more info, call BAMN-NYC - 718-791-2158
See:
Flyer [PDF file]
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3/21/03 11PM |
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More contingents:
Bishop Francis Essex High School, East Orange, NJ
Boston College Law School
University of Baltimore School of Law
The Leadership
Council on Civil Rights has endorsed
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3/21/03 AM |
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New student
contingents! coming from the following schools:
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3/20/03 1PM |
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Video of MLK Day speech by BAMN
National Spokesperson Shanta Driver - available upon request
to DC march organizers. Use this video in your DC organizing
efforts, bus trip. (See
Media Gallery to view thru website)
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3/19/03 7PM |
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BAMN National Email:
No to the War - Yes to Affirmative Action
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3/19/03 3PM |
Cleveland Plain
Dealer -
NE Ohio students to join march on top court
AsianWeek -
We we need affirmative action
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3/17/03 10PM |
 In the
upcoming
issue of Ms. Magazine (out on 3/25) is an article entitled
"Affirmative Action on Trial" by Teresa Stern on the U-M cases,
young women leaders including members of BAMN and the March on
Washington.
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3/16/03 11PM |
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A chant sheet has been added
to the newly added "Organizing Tools" page,
which will also include audio clips. Also under Organizing Tools are
sample slogans for signs/banners
to bring to DC for the march. |
Press conferences announcing the March are being held early next
week in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Philadelphia,
and Chicago. See Events.
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3/16/03 3PM |
Rutgers Law
School has officially suspended their attendance policy for April 1,
students are aggressively fundraising for buses, and they are opening
the entire law school building for the night before the trip so
folks can hang out, make signs, watch movies, bring their sleeping
bags, etc.. and then get right on the buses. Students have been
fundraising with buttons that say "Get on the Bus" with a great
deal of success: |
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Students at Pomona College, CA have gotten funding from their
administration to fly 20 students to the March on Washington |
Students are
organizing and coming to DC from:
Agnes Scott College, Black Student Union
Wake Forest University
University of Arizona
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
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3/15/03 7PM |
National email:
Hold a press conference in your city this week
to announce mobilization efforts to Washington!
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PREVIOUS BAMN EMAILS
ON ORGANIZING FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON |
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3/13:
The Truth
Must be Told; The
Student Defendants Must be Heard! |
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3/11:
The
National NAACP has Endorsed
our Civil Rights March on Washington |
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3/1:
Calling All Marchers: April 1 Update |
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2/13:
Get the
NAACP and the AFL-CIO on Board... |
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2/8:
Picket Supreme Court Justice Scalia
speaking event at Penn |
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2/3:
Come to DC national press conference |
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1/16:
Help end the media "whiteout" on UM affirmative action case! |
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1/2: March
Together for Integration and Gay Rights! |
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12/23:
To Defenders of
Affirmative Action in the 6th Circuit |
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12/2:
Supreme
Court-bound! Court decides to hear UM cases |
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For other news/older news, see the
News Page
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slogans, sample
resolution, web button, vid