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This page serves to catalog protest and picketing events that have occurred (or will occur) in Davis.
November 18-20, 2009
Students converged on Mrak Hall on November 19 to protest the UC Regents approval of a 32% student fee hike that will happen over the next year. Students' reaction to the UC Regent's vote was covered by ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
ABC News 10. As these budget cuts affect all UC students, protests have also taken place at other UC campuses. Several students were arrested at Mrak.
Additional news coverage: UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
UC Davis Fee Hike Protests Continue
More than 50 protesters arrested at UC Davis
Amid protests, UC OKs 32% fee hike
UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
Dozens of protesters arrested at UC Davis
UC regents face outcry, prepare to hike fees 32%
UC Davis protesters and administrators meet over fee hikes
Speaking in Tongues interviewed 2 students during the second half of the show
About 100 students protested in Dutton Hall on the afternoon of November 20. The protesters were in Dutton instead of Mrak because Mrak was on lockdown following the protests the previous night.
September 24, 2009
There were walkouts/strikes/protests on the first day of classes at UCD (September 24, 2009).
July 14-18, 2008
UCD service workers go on strike along with service workers from the other 9 UC campuses and 5 medical centers.
February 10, 2008
Protest of Scientology. There are no branches of the Church of Scientology in Davis, but many Davisites are expected to attend protests in Sacramento and San Francisco. See the Scientology page for details.
May 1, 2007
Celebration of International Worker's Day. Fight for UCD contracted-out food service workers, fight to end the U.S. war in Iraq, and to end the targeting of undocumented immigrants.
March 17, 2007
Several anti-war demonstrators were seen at "G" and 3rd Street, quietly protesting the continued American presence in Iraq. Their appearance was complete with signs, long hair, and colorful shirts. A contributor to the Wiki remembers one sign, that said, "No More War Funding". Perhaps the timing, on St. Patrick's Day, was deliberately planned for maximum audience.
January 23 2007, two person anti torture protest at the intersection of Loyola Drive and Pole Line Road
February 2007
The Church of the Divide has picketed the First Baptist Church over Freddie Oakley having decided to issue Certificates of Inequality.
October 2, 2005
Topic: Abortion
The Davis Life Chain was held along Russell Boulevard on Oct 2nd, 2005 with a couple scores of people holding a number of signs including ones that said "Abortion Kills Babies". They (the people including members of different Churches as well as from Students for Life at UCD) were called on to reflect on the issue of abortion and how it has affected society. They were also asked to reflect on how they can promote change and end abortion. They looked very serious. This may have been because they were praying and reflecting. On the other side of the street, a bunch of vibrant college and high school teens (mostly women) held signs that said, "Pro Women / Pro Choice" and other similar spinoffs of the message. The Davis Life Chain expressed a message of life often lacking from popular culture and the media and allowed for people to express their belief in the rights of the unborn.
1946
People from West Hall during the middle of the night sneak copies of a special edition of the California Aggie onto the desks of legislators at the Capitol in Sacramento. The edition details the poor conditions of buildings at the school that is now UC Davis.
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2007-11-26 19:50:43 Does anyone know which group was protesting abortion today 11/26/07 in front of Davis High School ?? —HeatherFlood
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If the group had teenagers, it might have been "Teens for Life". But then again, it could have been one of a bunch of other groups as well... - Paul Amnuaypayoat
2007-11-27 08:22:03 not sure ...there were a few that looked like either older teens or college age. Then a few senior age people. —HeatherFlood
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O, ok. I remember my last encounter with Teens for Life (around 2002 - 2003), and it was mostly teenage girls of about age 13 working with age 60ish looking older men... Was kind of an odd combination of demographics that they had in my opinion. But ya, what you described might be some other group then. Hopefully you can find what you are looking for. - Paul Amnuaypayoat
2007-11-27 20:51:03 Thee were at the UCD campus too, a few old men and alot of girls in their teens. Big signs with pictures of fetuses and comparisons to Hitler. Not the classiest group, but they were polite when I declined their lit. —AndrewPeake
2007-11-27 23:13:30 Could've been the Genocide Awareness Project. They've been known to come to Davis in the past. However, normally their protests are highly organized and planned in advance. Perhaps abortion-oriented Preachers with Signs? I seem to remember one incarnation with "Redefeat Fascism" + "I Have a Dream" of MLK's fame = Anti Abortion Activists, around and on the Day of the November 2006 Election. —MaxMikalonis
2007-11-28 10:57:19 well I guess it sounds like the Teens for life group with old men and young girls. They had signs like the Genocide group. Thanks for the info. —HeatherFlood
