The idea that
@UCBerkeley
has no choice but to build on People's Park fails to consider the vast personal estates of its decision-makers. If they're genuinely dedicated, why not donate their Berkeley Hills mansions for university use? A true test of commitment. 🤷🏽
#PeoplesPark
Imagine our park as we intended. Beautiful, over 150 trees, a playground…so many hands went into making this a sanctuary. UC does not care about their alums. Our hearts are buried in this land. We will reclaim People’s Park. You can’t kill nature! We will reclaim our home!
From 250 votes during my first city council run to ~6k votes and counting running for Mayor of Berkeley...This is a huge opening for leftists in Berkeley. Thank you Green Party, Peace and Freedom Party and the people of Berkeley for putting your trust in me. 🌺
I would have never guessed that I’d have to cross over a border wall created by UCB, a public university (funded by taxpayers) to visit my neighborhoods public park during accelerated climate change in 2024 BUT here we are.
#Berkeley
#PeoplesPark
6 blocks worth of shipping containers are on college avenue near dorms. UC plans to stack them around
#peoplespark
. Unhoused people are kicked out and traumatized. One person hit on the head. Numerous cars towed. Collective trauma ensuing. The fight continues @ Haste/Telegraph
YIMBYs in Berkeley now propose to destroy the forest in Tilden Park and lease the land for housing development (including a city council staff member).
There are 4 vacant units for every unhoused person in the city of Berkeley. It is more cost effective to house everyone in our city rather than putting people in shelters and motels.
Living in an extremely dense neighborhood with very little to no public parks or open spaces (such as People’s Park in Berkeley, CA) can have several consequences. Here are 10 of them.
Today is Bloody Thursday (May 15th) where UC Berkeley/and the city called in the national guard to close Peoples Park. 53 years later, there has been no apology nor remorse for the murders and generational trauma that occurred. A stark reminder these institutions will do it again
Berkeley’s average rental cost is over $3,100 a month. On July 1st, Berkeley’s minimum wage will be $16.99 an hour. A full-time minimum wage worker will only be able to make $2,718 a month. The average resident will still need $382 or be evicted. This is simply untenable.
Carol Christ wants to destroy this. Rigel Robinson wants to destroy this. The Republican Party has BEEN wanting to destroy this.
I, Aidan Hill, will protect this.
Keep People’s Park GREEN and OPEN to all! All power to the People.
Unhoused people need healthcare. If they have asthma get them a doctor. If they have respiratory illness get them a doctor. This means invest in public health. Not just giving out masks to some.
#BerkMtg
Anyone running for office has a moral obligation to protect human life. To learn resilience from global communities. Having compassion for those who seek their basic needs. If our leaders in government can’t provide for basic needs, they don’t deserve the public’s trust.
Today we had our weekly art class at People’s Park! Our teacher really knows their stuff! I’m happy we have so many dedicated residents making this a true community space. Looking forward to next week!
Tsunami warning in Berkeley….
At some point, our public officials will have to work our plans to prevent sea level rises. Sooner rather than later please…
@designtobuild1
I’m not here for respectability politics. I am more embarrassed being associated with people who support a multibillion dollar tax-free corporation than actual residents of a neighborhood fighting for their civic space. I am an activist. If it’s not liberation I’m not interested
If the City and University had the consent of People’s Park community activists and encamped members to build there, they would have had their press conference in Peoples Park. Of course they’d be mocked and booed. The community has said NO for 53 years. We haven’t stopped.
Thank you Don Ford for your reporting on People's Park this Monday. Park defenders are ready and willing to defend community space instead of real-estate speculation.
If MLK arrived in Berkeley today, I wholeheartedly believe that this city would reject him. I know he would still come here. Berkeley has every tool to eliminate poverty in our lifetime…It’s treasures gate-kept by greed and and ignorance…he would fight against hatred with love.
Jeff Bezos is a $137-billionaire, and UC Berkeley proudly displays Amazon on its main road off Telegraph Ave. I would personally like to see all monopolies out of public spaces, including public universities.
Don’t forget to write in “Aidan Hill” for Berkeley City Council on your ballot in the mid-terms! District 7 encompasses UC Berkeley and the Southside Neighborhood! Stop by Chess Club at Haste/Telegraph to sign our nomination forms :)
Wow... we just did it. East Bay Food Not Bombs has a consensus that we will serve meals every single day in People's Park. Through Covid-19, we have done everything in our power to make sure that people in our community have access to free food no matter who they are. Thank you!
It’s been 25 weeks and Americans have only received $1,200 from their government. We are failing our citizens. This is the time to push for a universal basic income. Universal basic needs. We are in this together. The people will win.
Berkeley City Council acting like it’s Jan 6 when really people just want a basic resolution saying no to genocide. 🤷🏽 These people don’t know how to lead at all.
#berkmtg
WHAT??? PEOPLES PARK IS THE HEART OF BERKELEY! WE are Berkeley! Do you need a new glasses prescription? You’re the anomaly. You used our community for your own political career. We endure you for Berkeley. It’s sad that your liberals are the real Reagans.
The current state of Peoples Park does not reflect the original ideals. Protesters don't represent the majority of our community who support needed housing and a new vision for the park. We need new homes for students and the homeless. Its time for a new vision for Peoples Park.
#Berkeley
remains in solidarity with
#HongKong
. We support your call for democracy and self determination. We rise for your internationally recognized right to free speech, freedom of assembly, and the freedom of expression through civil disobedience.
#prayforhongkong
@AngelaNWalker
@JoeBiden
I support you. It’s time to empower black women. And I want to empower ALL black women. Thank you for being a strong candidate.
UC Berkeley continues to make life harder in People’s Park. We were not able to use our driveway for Food Not Bombs. As a student/resident as a decent human being, I will not stop until every mouth is fed, every back is clothed, and peace is prioritized over profit.
A beautiful end to a beautiful day. Thank you People’s park community members for making this such a beautiful physically distanced space.
May the force be with us all!🌺
W/
@berkeleyside
I just want to be clear that Berkeley City Council unanimously voted to destroy an urban forest in a heavily dense low-income neighborhood. The only open space available to the public. Destroying a thriving ecosystem is climate denialism. It’s not too late! Protect Peoples Park!!
To the Berkeley community that is angry. That feels like no one is listening. I am running for mayor this election for you. I have the heart and the courage to put my body against the gears of the machine. We won’t stop for Trump, we won’t stop for anything less than freedom.
When I was 22, I realized that I was non-binary and officially changed my gender marker X. I’ve influenced city and national and policies to incorporate gender neutral language. Non-binary people exist. We have always existed. We will not be erased.
#ComingOutDay
I’ve been working with Food Not Bombs for almost 3 years now connecting non-profits, businesses unhoused folk and student co-ops for mutual aid in People’s Park/Bay Area. We choose to be a beloved community, It’s an “Up-Hill battle,” but Love remains undefeated.
Regardless of the outcomes of the
#2020Elections
, we need to continue organizing towards peace. What will we do to protect our air, water and soil? Will our children have green spaces to play in? What actions will we take to make life better for our future generations?
@SomeNicheMeme
If that were true, it would be a crime against humanity and a violation of Berkeley law to deprive 14k people in the district of open space. Obviously it is a public park. UC is a public, not private, entity. It was created by public, not private, hands. UC does not own our labor
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
- Elie Wiesel
Hello everyone! It’s that time of year when we commemorate People’s Park as a historic user-developed space in our Telegraph Ave district. I’ll be giving a speech between 2-3pm and making bike-powered smoothies the rest of the day 😁 Join us April 25, 12-6pm at 2556 Haste St.
I just want to say, my mother has such a beautiful soul. If you’re in good relations, call your mother today even if it’s just to say:
“Hello, I’m here.”
All week UC-Drones & sycophants have been telling me People’s Park isn’t a community park so I should go to Willard. Sooo I did just that and this is what I found.
Our resistance: thank you
@sfchronicle
for documenting the important work we do to protect peoples park. We are students, artists, neighbors, and friends. This is a community center and we will fight for the right to public space.
Didn’t forget about the 10 year anniversary of occupy. Don’t forget that Food Not Bombs has supported anarchist movements globally. We are just one part of a beautiful tapestry of humanity.
Join our conversation with
@HowieHawkins
, Green Party Presidential Candidate and myself
@voteAhill
regarding issues such as climate change, universal healthcare, transportation, and how we can collaborate to build a people's movement across the US.
You don't support housing if you only focus on development. Development with public-private contracts caters to multi-national banks who acquire first-floor retail space in that building. Multi-National banks created the housing crisis in the first place.
People’s Park is under attack right now. A CHP person acknowledged this as an occupation. So far unhoused residents safe. Structures being torn down. Construction equipment coming 4:00am. Resist land-grabs and protect people’s park!
#Itsgoingdown
#peoplespark
Police don’t pull guns out of their holster by accident. They don’t point guns at civilians by accident. They don’t put their finger on the trigger and squeeze by accident. All police need to be held accountable for the harm they cause. This shouldn’t be controversial.
8 years ago Riverside City College sent me on a cultural exchange to Japan. Lucky to have a public education. 2 years later I was granted distinction with an Associates Degree in Communication Studies. I’m happy my journey has taken me to Berkeley. Congrats graduates 🌺
Today I was invited inside the “People’s Park Kitchen.” In an atmosphere of hatred, anger, competition and violence, today I worked with so many community members to bring peace and and kindness here. I believe this land belongs to everyone. And I believe love will win.
My candidacy for Mayor of Berkeley is about enhancing our quality of life. View our full platform at ! Ballots begin on October 5th 2020 🥳
Berkeley for all of us!
Every single human being deserves a park (a large green space devoted to recreation) at most 5 minutes away from where they live. For me, that Park is People’s Park.
@brianschatz
But they're literally trying to displace people in the poorest neighborhood in the Bay Area using extreme force to harm low-income / black students in the name of housing for a few potential students. Please... It's a park not a parking lot.
The reason why I’m so passionate about Peoples Park is that I don’t want to die from climate change. I live in the Southside Community. It is the only open space big enough to support our neighbors. They know the world is getting hotter but they still want to cut down our trees.
Mutual aid isn’t just serving food. It’s about being a good neighbor. You see an elder having trouble crossing the street—you take their hand. That family business having a hard time with sales—you buy local. Mutual aid is about being a part of your community not charity.
When police chiefs, whose pay are usually +100k annually refuse to take pay cuts, they are choosing profit over safety. If you cannot accept the public does not feel safe with your department you should seek to lower its influence over others lives.
“It’s easy to choose the incumbent. With name recognition...That’s not what we need right now. We’re at the crossroads of a housing crisis and an environmental catastrophe, and we need somebody who will fight for the people. We need Aidan Hill.” ❤️
Don’t be distracted by P. Trump. Look at the world. See the hurricanes and the floods. See the people, no matter who they are and their calls for justice. Do you have love? Love for your neighbors, for yourselves, and for the world.
When darkness falls, let us be light.
It’s cold...Support the homeless. The disabled, the elderly, veterans, women & children who are without warmth. Support our those living on the streets, sidewalks, shelters, and parks. The train yards, freeways and state property. May you survive this night. Survive for tomorrow.
UC Berkeley's about ready to bulldoze People’s Park. If you give a damn about our low-income fam, clean air, food freedom, & public space for the community, gear up now. No way I'm letting them grab this land! Our power's unbeatable! We will win!
#PeoplesPark
#PeopleOverConcrete
Berkeley politicians are saying black lives matter but we don’t believe you when you allocated 74 million dollars to police. Citizens should be demanding equity from their city council members. They’re taking away our healthcare and education for police enforcement. Shame!
I’m just going to say I’m proud of having the majority of my funds come from Berkeleyans. I don’t have special interest money or large pacs...just berkeleyans. 🤷🏽♂️
When did campaigns become so focused on money? I’m focused on people.
BREAKING: The Biden admin just announced an asylum ban.
The proposed regulation will effectively slam the door on asylum seekers who want nothing more than the opportunity to present their case. This isn’t just cruel, it’s a dismissal of our international treaty obligations.
Just imagine if I was your City councilmember. Instead of posting memes to Twitter all day and passing feasibility studies, you had someone out there making the community safer, feeding people, and working with small businesses on Telegraph. Change is possible. Don’t give up.
21 "affordable" units isn't enough. To afford median housing costs, you'd need $47.04/hr. Berkeley's minimum wage is $18.07/hr. If they can't afford it, who can? It's gentrification, not affordability!
#HousingCrisis
#Gentrification
Mixed development is good for )the rich resourced) communities, actually (meantime, Social Housing
#AB309
and Affordable housing bills
#SB423
#SB4
poised for the future).
The 207-unit project at
#1598University
includes 21 affordable apartments.
No wonder why they tried so hard to keep me off the ballot. The incumbent for Berkeley district 7 got less votes than I did my first time running. He’s been in office a whole FOUR YEARS with media giving him interviews and everything lol. That’s history in the making!
Don't be distracted. Look at Pakistan and Puerto Rico. Look at Jacksonville and Flint. The world is burning. Make a plan of action. Get to know your community. Learn to love the earth beneath your feet. We need each other to survive climate collapse. We’re in this together.
The City of Berkeley knows there are at least 2k homeless people here. Their new 50 person “parking lot” is inaccessible. Of course its to downplay reenacting the Sidewalk Ordinance. This is systemic and conscious displacement. They are doing it for re-election, not human rights.
Fabulous to gather together to celebrate the opening of Horizon Village today! Thank you to
@JesseArreguin
,
@DorothyDayBerk
,
@rebuildingtogether
for spearheading this incredible project to provide transitional housing for 50 people!