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richwicks I will go.
Forwarding an important message from our community members Ari and Alex.
PLEASE join us on Monday, April 3rd, in Mountain View, and speak against medical discrimination!
We are going to speak at the Mountain View City Council meeting demanding that they stop making their facilities available to anyone who discriminates on the basis of vaccination status, such as PYT (Peninsula Youth Theatre), and also drop their own vaccination requirements for staff and volunteers.
PLEASE JOIN US IN PERSON! OR CALL IN (see instructions below)
WHEN:
Monday April 3rd at 6 pm (public comment begins at 6:30 pm)
Here's the Mountain View City Council calendar page:
https://mountainview.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
WHERE:
Mountain View City Hall
500 Castro St
Mountain View
PARKING:
There's a large parking lot at the corner of Mercy St and Bryant St, one block away from the City Hall Plaza. There's also an underground garage with free parking in the Performing Arts Center, on Mercy St. (between Castro and Bryant).
ZOOM/PHONE INSTRUCTIONS:
From the meeting agenda:
"This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Council virtually may join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/84351267142 or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 843 5126 7142. "
MORE DETAIL:
From Alex Eulenberg:
I will be addressing the Mountain View City Council under the public comment section for the second time demanding that the Council prevent the city owned and operated Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts from allowing performances by Peninsula Youth Theatre, so long as they exclude participants from their productions, including children as young as 8 years old, who are not “up to date” on COVID-19 vaccinations, that is, have not taken the completely FDA-unapproved bivalent booster. See:
https://pytnet.org/auditions/ “For actors ages 8 – 18 … All participants will be required to remain up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations.”
At the last meeting, I urged the Council to use their power to stop this medical discrimination on their property at their last meeting, letting them know that such a practice violates California and US civil rights law, and after almost two weeks now have received no response from them or from the City Attorney, to whom I wrote directly and extensively on this matter. I want to let them know I am serious about this. If you’re interested in helping me, even sitting in the auditorium and raising your hand in support would be useful. Especially good would be to have some parents of children who might be interested in participating in a PYT production or summer camp (which is for ages 5 and up and also requires all participants to be “up to date” on COVID-19 vaccinations). Again, you don’t have to speak if you don’t want to, just be there and raise your hand, or stand and be counted as appropriate.
For reference, here is the video from the March 14 City Council meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/live/lA1ECEEgzmY?feature=share&t=7724
Thank you!
Ari
(homeschooling mom)
With gratitude to be working alongside our community,
Terry Bottari & Elizabeth Tun Zan
San Mateo County Ambassadors
FreeNowFoundation.org
team@SMCFreeNowFoundation.org
WHEREAS, no county, state, or federal agency currently recommends the exclusion of COVID-19 unvaccinated people from any activity; and
WHEREAS, after two years of wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines, no health agency now claims that any COVID-19 vaccine or booster prevents infection with or transmission of the pathogen that causes COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, many people in the greater Mountain View community who are otherwise eligible to work for the City, or to take part in events held at City facilities, have not taken these vaccines, for religious, medical, or other legitimate reasons; and
WHEREAS, it is a violation of an employee’s right to religious and medical privacy for an employer to require the disclosure of religious beliefs, or of a medical condition unrelated to the performance of one’s work duties, in order to avoid undergoing a medical procedure not necessary to ensure safety in the workspace; and
WHEREAS, it is wrong to exclude people from the community or stigmatize them for making a personal medical decision that does not have a direct adverse affect on others; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mountain View is committed to providing a workplace free of harassment, discrimination, and abusive conduct; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mountain View is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible community, a “Community for All”;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mountain View that the City Manager shall rescind Administrative Instruction 3-44 “COVID-19 Workplace Prevention and Safety Policy,” and any other instruction or order requiring medical treatment or testing not required by applicable law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager shall issue an Administrative Instruction disallowing the enactment of any vaccination or booster requirement, with or without a pre-entry negative test result alternative, at events hosted at City facilities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager shall issue an Administrative Instruction preventing the use of City facilities for conferences, workshops, camps, or any other activity advertised to the public, where participation is restricted in any way on the basis of vaccination status.
This is the specific resolution that we will be asking the Mountain View City Council to adopt. It will
1. Keep Peninsula Youth Theatre from holding its performances and camps at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA) unless they drop their vaccination requirements for performers and campers
2. Ensure that there will be no shows at the MVCPA that require audience members to present a vax card or negative test result.
3. Allow anyone to work or volunteer at the City of Mountain View without being asked about vaccination status.
Our camp internships are educational experiences for students interested in learning the basics of youth program management in the theatrical arts … Qualifications: 13 years of age or older … All camp staff and interns must remain up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinationshttps://pytnet.org/acting-classes-camps/summer-camp/
Ages: 5-15 … Locations: … Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (MVCPA) – Mountain View, CA … PYT campers must be up-to-date on their COVID vaccinations while at camp.
Matilda The Musical For actors ages 8 – 18 … All participants will be required to remain up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations.
These performances take place at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
PLEASE JOIN US IN PERSON! OR CALL IN (see instructions below)
WHEN:
Monday April 3rd at 6 pm
Here's the Mountain View City Council calendar page:
https://mountainview.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
WHERE:
Mountain View City Hall
500 Castro St
Mountain View
PARKING:
There's a large parking lot at the corner of Mercy St and Bryant St, one block away from the City Hall Plaza. There's also an underground garage with free parking in the Performing Arts Center, on Mercy St. (between Castro and Bryant).
ZOOM/PHONE INSTRUCTIONS:
From the meeting agenda:
"This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Council virtually may join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/84351267142 or by d...
Undoctored - Ok, so if I'm understanding this correctly this is just for a public statement about the building and getting a show of people to get the board aware there's concern?
You could empty those fat bitches out of there by saying there is free gall bladder screening down the block.
You could empty those fat bitches out of there by saying there is free gall bladder screening down the block.
UPDATE:
RESPONSES OBTAINED FROM CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW - HUMAN RESOURCES DEPT. AS OF 4/5:
"Thank you for your message regarding the topic of COVID-19 vaccination requirements during the Council meeting Monday evening. During the public comment section, several members of the public raised the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for youth to participate in the summer camp programs offered by Peninsula Youth Theatre (PYT) at City facilities. To clarify, when the City Manager addressed the public during the Council meeting and shared that the vaccine requirements in question are “not a City requirement”, this was in reference to the fact that the City has not imposed a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for youth participation in City sponsored recreation programs. Community Services Department staff has initiated communication with PYT to discuss their current vaccination requirements as well as any plans they may have to make changes to the current requirements.
In regard to your email related to COVID vaccine requirements for City staff, the City recently revised the internal COVID-19 Workplace Prevention and Safety Policy to remove the vaccination requirements for employees and contractors. Human Resources is in the process of updating all job announcements and the website to reflect this recent update. Please note, this effort will take time to complete."
RESPONSES OBTAINED FROM PYT AS OF 4/5:
"Thank you for your thoughts. PYT regularly reviews COVID guidelines and data from the CDC, state and county health officials, Actors Equity, and other theater company policies when establishing our guidelines. We are currently in review of our policies in light of recently amended guidance from Santa Clara county that went into effect April 3. Please recognize that hundreds of families are already registered for many of our programs with the understanding, acceptance, and expectation of our current guidelines. Any changes made for summer programming currently enrolling will be made thoughtfully and with respect to those families along with potential new participants."
Call to action:
Please continue to email PYT (Peninsula Youth Theatre) directly at info@pytnet.org and tell them to drop their COVID-19 vaccination policy.
You can simply say:
"I've been made aware that your theater requires children as young as 5 to receive COVID-19 boosters, unapproved by the FDA, in order to participate in camps and stage productions. Less than one quarter of children in Santa Clara County have received these boosters. You are excluding 75% of the population. Don't expose yourself to legal liability. Stop this medical discrimination immediately."
With gratitude to be working alongside our community,
Free Now Foundation
(Re-branded & re-launched from the Original California Chapter of Children's Health Defense)
team@SMCFreeNowFoundation.org
www.freenowfoundation.org
Exposing Truth. Defending Rights. Healthy Generations.
Many THANKS to all who sent emails, made phone calls, or showed up in person to convince the Mountain View City Council and the Peninsula Youth Theater to stop vaxx-carding kids!
They have now stopped!
This is how we win -- small, local, grassroots, and determined. Yay, us!
May Freedom reign.
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In gratitude,
Cole
On 2023-04-07 17:41, Terry wrote:
> Awesome job everyone! Thank you, Jeff!!!
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> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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> ------- Original Message -------
> On Friday, April 7th, 2023 at 5:36 PM, Jeff wrote:
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> Here's the latest response I got from PYT. At first I got their "we're being thoughtful" BS response, but this one states they've changed their policy:
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> On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 04:57:42 PM PDT, PYT Info wrote:
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> Thank you for contacting PYT. In light of recently amended guidance from Santa Clara county that went into effect April 3, PYT has amended its COVID policy and vaccination status will no longer be checked.
Looks like it worked.
It seems there's someone at PYT that wanted vaccines
WookieMan says
It seems there's someone at PYT that wanted vaccines
Yes, from what I understand, it seems like that person is trans. The trans mental illness is definitely related to the vaxxing mental illness.
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