Support Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento August 23rd

 

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If you're in California or on the West Coast: 

1. Join the Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento!
   Come to Sacramento on August 23rd for a day of action to support the
   hunger strike! If you need a ride, contact
   prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com as soon as possible.
2. Pressure your Legislators!
   Call and/or visit your legislators and urge them to attend the hearing
   on August 23rd, as well as visit the hunger strikers at Pelican Bay
   and other prisons
3. Make Some Noise! Organize
   demonstrations, events, rallies in a city near you targeting your
   legislators' local offices leading up to the hearing or during (if
   you're legislators are not attending)!
4. Support Transportation for supporters across the state!

• Contact prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com if you can
  drive a car from where ever you are in CA to Sacramento and have room
  for more passengers.
• You can also donate funds to Prisoner
  Hunger Strike Solidarity so that families and community members across
  CA can get to Sacramento on August 23rd. Donate by going to California Prison Focus'
  website, on the left-hand side there's a donate button that will link
  you to CPF's paypal account. Or, write a check and mail it to
  California Prison Focus/ 1904 Franklin Suit 507/ Oakland CA 94612. Make
  sure to put a note on your check or paypal transaction "hunger strike"
  or "coalition."

If you're outside of California:

1. Support transportation for supporters across the state! Donate
   funds to Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity so that families and
   communities members across CA can get to Sacramento on August 23rd.
   Donate by going to California Prison Focus'
   website, on the left-hand side there's a donate button that will link
   you to CPF's paypal account. Or, write a check and mail it to
   California Prison Focus/ 1904 Franklin Suit 507/ Oakland CA 94612. Make
   sure to put a note on your check or paypal transaction "hunger strike"
   or "coalition"
2. Pressure your Legislators!
   Contact your state legislators and urge them to get every CA state
   legislator they know to attend the Legislative Hearing on the 23rd, as
   well as visit hunger strikers at Pelican Bay and other prisons.
3. Make some Noise! Organize
   local rallies, demonstrations and events in solidarity with the hunger
   strike near or on August 23rd to help spread awareness about the
   strike, the hearing, and local struggles against imprisonment.

**For Supporters Everywhere:
We encourage all supporters to continue spreading the word about the
strike and the upcoming hearing, through emails, facebook,
text-messages, twitter--all tools of social media and communication. We
also encourage supports to continue writing prisoners and sharing words
of support, encouragement, and updates on the strike and statewide
mobilization to Sacramento for the hearing. Click here for more info to write to the hunger strike leaders.

 

 

For regular updates on the hunger strike and efforts to support it, visit prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com.  

OAKLAND WEEKLY VIGIL IN SOLIDARITY WITH PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
Come out and stand in solidarity with prisoners hunger striking at Pelican Bay State Prison and other prisons across California.
Until the strike is over, we will meet every Thursday from 5-7pm in front of the Alameda County Courthouse--1225 Fallon St., near Lake Merritt bart station and downtown Oakland.

CHECK THE BLOG for up to date info on prisoners striking and solidarity events in your area.

Info on family support meeting in Los Angeles

Call your state representatives--Governer Brown--the Department of Corrections
Pelican Bay Warden Greg Lewis: 707-465-1000 x500
Secretary of CDCR Matthew Cate:  916-323-6001
Governor Jerry Brown:  916-445-2841

PELICAN BAY SHU HUNGER STRIKE STARTS JULY 

Prisoner's Movement weblog info on Pelican Bay Hunger Strike

Attachments: organizer flyer, original documents from prisoners including call for action, 5 demands, letters to the editor, and other communications

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Hungerstrikeflyer.pdf	315.75 KB
ArturoCastellanos2.pdf	13.92 KB
ArturoCastellanos3.pdf	3.64 KB
AshkerTodd.pdf	17.31 KB
hungerstrikedemands.pdf	7.2 KB
!Call for all prisoners in SHU-1.doc	32 KB