May 252011
Subject: ATTN: ASSIGNMENT DESK / PHOTO DESK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2011 Contact: Kurt Aanesen _949-675-0104_ (tel:949-675-0104) Sharon Tipton _949-257-8501_ (tel:949-257-8501) Email: _sharonktipton@gmail.com_ (mailto:sharonktipton@gmail.com) Protest to support the Irvine 11 at OC Superior Court on May 26 WHAT: Members and supporters of the Orange County Peace Coalition will be wearing gags tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. in front of the Orange County Superior Court to show their support for the Irvine 11 who are appearing before a judge at 9:00 a.m. Justice wears a blindfold and holds a scale to symbolize that race, religious creed and political affiliation shall not influence or color the judicial process. UCI Administrators have failed to grant student's their Constitutional rights to free speech. Freedom of speech, protest and assembly are a fiction when the cost of exercising these fundamental rights is expulsion and the derailing of an education leading to a career as a productive member of society. The Orange County Peace Coalition invites readers to join them tomorrow morning in defense of the rights of free speech and protest and the ideal that all universities must remain a bastion of the free exchange of ideas. WHO: Orange County Peace Coalition WHEN: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 8:00 AM - 10 AM WHERE: Orange County Superior Court, 700 W. Civic Center Dr., Santa Ana, CA ###