<div dir="auto">Letter sent. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Nick Domich</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 19, 2023, 11:25 AM Roda Avelar <<a href="mailto:ravel007@ucr.edu">ravel007@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thank you for bringing this to our attention! I've sent a letter to the email listed above, it only took a few minutes!<div> <br></div><div>Roda</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 6:01 AM Tom Lutz <<a href="mailto:tomlutz@ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tomlutz@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We would like to enlist the department in helping Riverside's ONLY independent bookstore, Cellar Door Books. Last night, the owner of Cellar Door, Linda, received an eviction notice that gives her 40 days to leave her current location. The store is profitable and well-run. But Linda has one strike against her: she is vocally and very publicly progressive.<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">For years now, Cellar Door has held Drag Queen Story Hour. When Jammin' Bread closed, a new owner moved in and opened a cafe called Arcade. This place is owned by a very conservative member of a megachurch whose congregation can be seen protesting, yelling, and frowning mightily against Cellar Door's Drag Queen Story Hour, as well as Linda's ongoing masking policy and frequent displays of novels by minoritized groups, Black and Latinx and Queer and Asian and Indigenous and others. Linda has prominent signs in the windows supporting BLM and other progressive causes.<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cellar Door has always stocked UCR writers, and our department has held readings there. It is a thriving place where book clubs meet and local children first learn to browse the shelves. We would like as many people as possible to write to the owner of Canyon Crest. Those protesting Cellar Door have written many letters, and I'd like her landlord, the owner of Canyon Crest Towne Center to know there are just as many, and probably more, voices who support Cellar Door.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Canyon Crest Management,Inc.<br>Maggie Sarinana<br><a href="mailto:maggie@canyoncrestmgmt.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">maggie@canyoncrestmgmt.com</a><br>Office: 951-686-1222 Ext 10<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">There is also a contact form here: <a href="https://shopcanyoncrest.com/contact-us" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://shopcanyoncrest.com/contact-us </a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">And of course we encourage going to the store and supporting it, too.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks, Tom Lutz and Goldberry Long</div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Roda Avelar</font></b><div><font face="times new roman, serif">MFA Candidate in Poetry, 2023</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, serif">UC Riverside<br></font><div><font face="times new roman, serif">(she / they)</font></div><div><a href="https://www.rodolfoavelar.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><font face="times new roman, serif">www.rodolfoavelar.com</font></a><br><div><br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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