Berkeley Students Occupy Campus Building To Defend Multicultural Education

Nov. 27, California: Over 100 students barricaded themselves on the sixth floor of Eshelman Hall at UC Berkeley, reclaiming a building that has been designated for demolition and demanding that the Administration abandon plans to cut support for the recruitment and retention of students of color.

Protesters presented the following demands to administrators:

We Demand that the Multicultural Student Development Offices be restored to their former structure by Vice Chancellor Gibor Basri.
We demand that the budget allocation of the multicultural student development offices be increased to meet the needs of their work.
We demand that none of the protesters in this occupation receive any punishment or repercussions for this activity.
We demand an increase in funding for the Recruitment and Retention Center to assist in their mission of increasing the enrollment of underrepresented minorities on campus.