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Free University of San Francisco

The Free University of San Francisco (FUSF) began with an organizing meeting on December 19, 2010. Alan Kaufman gave opening remarks. Over fifty people attended the first meeting. The group plans a free "teach-in" for the weekend of February 5 and 6, 2011. Diane Di Prima plans to lecture on 19th Century Visionary Poetry. Matt Gonzalez plans to lecture on Aspects of Arrest Law, and Alan Kaufman plans to teach a class on Avant Garde Innovators Jack Kerouac, Thelonius Monk, and Jackson Pollock.

Others in attendance at the first meeting included Local Hero Diamond Dave Whitaker, Berkeley University Bookstore founder Martin Holden, and Revolutionary Poets Brigade Chairman Bobby Coleman.

FUSF will have no tuition, will pay no salaries, and will not accept monetary donations. It does have a website and a Facebook page.

A second planning meeting was held on January 9, 2011, and a third organizing meeting is planned for January 16, 2011.