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Bay Area Rises Up to End the Drug War & Mass Incarceration!
Hundreds of people from all over the Bay Area joined together and took to the streets at the Friday, June 17th "Communities Rising! Solutions to End the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration" rally and march in San Francisco.
Hundreds of people from all over the Bay Area joined together and took to the streets at the Friday, June 17th "Communities Rising! Solutions to End the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration" rally and march to demand:
*Stop All Prison and Jail Construction!
*Stop the 40 Year Drug War!
*Stop Prison & Jail Overcrowding!
*Human Rights for Pelican Bay Prisoners Now! Shut Down the SHU!
*Money for People's Needs, Not Police and Prisons!
"Communities Rising to End the Drug War and Mass Incarceration" July 17th, protest and march was organized and sponsored by ACLU of Northern California, America Friends Service Committee (AFSC), All of Us or None, Berkeley Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution, California Coalition for Women Prisoner (CCWP), California Partnership, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Critical Resistance (CR), Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Harm Reduction Coalition, Justice Now, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC), OASIS Clinic, SF Drug Users Union, TGI-Justice Project, These Cuts Won’t Heal, and United for Drug Policy Reform.
Communities Rising SF march and rally, as well as other statewide events covered in the BayView:
http://sfbayview.com/2011/groups-rally-across-california-to-end-mass-incarceration-and-the-40-year-war-on-drugs/
ABC 7 News:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8198142
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/19/18682320.php
For more information on organizations participating in the June 17th coalition:
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)
http://curbprisonspending.org
California Prison Focus/The Pelican Bay Hunger Strike:
http://www.prisons.org/hungerstrike.htm
Critical Resistance:
http://criticalresistance.org
SF Drug Users Union:
http://www.sfdrugusersunion.org
Drug Policy Alliance:
http://www.drugpolicy.org
All of Us or None:
http://www.allofusornone.org
TGI Justice Project:
http://tgijp.org
Coalition for California Women Prisoners:
http://www.womenprisoners.org
United for Drug Policy Reform:
http://drugpolicyreform.org
*Stop All Prison and Jail Construction!
*Stop the 40 Year Drug War!
*Stop Prison & Jail Overcrowding!
*Human Rights for Pelican Bay Prisoners Now! Shut Down the SHU!
*Money for People's Needs, Not Police and Prisons!
"Communities Rising to End the Drug War and Mass Incarceration" July 17th, protest and march was organized and sponsored by ACLU of Northern California, America Friends Service Committee (AFSC), All of Us or None, Berkeley Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution, California Coalition for Women Prisoner (CCWP), California Partnership, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Critical Resistance (CR), Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), Harm Reduction Coalition, Justice Now, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC), OASIS Clinic, SF Drug Users Union, TGI-Justice Project, These Cuts Won’t Heal, and United for Drug Policy Reform.
Communities Rising SF march and rally, as well as other statewide events covered in the BayView:
http://sfbayview.com/2011/groups-rally-across-california-to-end-mass-incarceration-and-the-40-year-war-on-drugs/
ABC 7 News:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8198142
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/06/19/18682320.php
For more information on organizations participating in the June 17th coalition:
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)
http://curbprisonspending.org
California Prison Focus/The Pelican Bay Hunger Strike:
http://www.prisons.org/hungerstrike.htm
Critical Resistance:
http://criticalresistance.org
SF Drug Users Union:
http://www.sfdrugusersunion.org
Drug Policy Alliance:
http://www.drugpolicy.org
All of Us or None:
http://www.allofusornone.org
TGI Justice Project:
http://tgijp.org
Coalition for California Women Prisoners:
http://www.womenprisoners.org
United for Drug Policy Reform:
http://drugpolicyreform.org
For more information:
http://www.curbprisonspending.org
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