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Nathan Brown, Faculty in Critical Theory, UC Davis

In an open letter to University of California Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Assistant Professor Nathan Brown challenged her to take responsibility for the tear-gassing of peaceful, seated protestors.

Brown wrote: “You are responsible for it because this is what happens when UC Chancellors order police onto our campuses to disperse peaceful protesters through the use of force: students get hurt. Faculty get hurt.”

Among the injured were Professor Robert Hass, former Poet Laureate of the United States. For the full text of Dr. Brown’s letter, click here. For a slideshow of the Cal Occupation, here. And for another take on the police pepper-spraying students at Davis, here. Note the sea of camera-phones. The revolution will not be televised, but it may well be webcast.

Wednesday, December 14th, from 6-8ish pm, Jess Young, Director of Communications at SOMArts Cultural Center, and The Queer Cultural Center‘s Rudy Lemcke will conduct a workshop geared at social media for artists: Creating Community through Social Media. The focus of this San Francisco workshop will be to deepen artists’ understanding of Facebook personal profiles and pages, and to impart the skills necessary to begin leveraging social media.

After the workshop, there will be an informal mixer with the boards of SOMArts and The Queer Cultural Center. Bring your laptops, tablets and smart phones, and come on down. Reception to meet the QCC board: We Fund Artists! Under the freeway, behind Trader Joe’s…Big gallery in back through the urban art garden.