Day of Solidarity with UPR Students
By *This friday, March 11th, has been announced as a day of solidarity with the student struggle at the University of Puerto Rico.
New York City:
Friday, March 11 · 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Julia de Burgos’s Mosaic
106 St, Spanish Harlem
San Francisco:
Friday, March 11, 4:30-7:00pm
24th/Mission BART Station Plaza in San Francisco
Why March 11th?
March 11, 1971 was one of the bloodiest single days in the history of the University of Puerto Rico. The main campus at Río Piedras was occupied by the Puerto Rico Police, unleashing violent confrontations that ended the lives of two police officers, including the then chief of the notorious Tactical Operations Unit