For Immediate Release—May 17, 2013 Press Contact: Isaac Ontiveros, 510.5177.6612 Who: Los Angeles No More Jails Coalition What: Protest When: Saturday May 18. 12:00–1:00pm Where: Pitchess Detention Center—North Facility, intersection of The Old Road and Biscailuz Drive, Castaic, CA Los Angeles—Members of the Los Angeles No More Jails Coalition are taking their fight against the expansion of [...]
MEDIA ADVISORY – MAY 16, 2013 CONTACT: Diana Zuñiga, 213-864-8931 What: Press Conference Call. 1-646-307-1300 Code: 8789260 When: Thursday, May 16 2013 at 9:30am. Prisoner Rights Activists and Experts respond to the Governor’s May Budget Revise. Who: Californians United for a Responsible Budget. Speakers will include Debbie Reyes of the California Prison Moratorium Project, Courtney Hooks of Justice Now, Diana Zuñiga of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MAY 14, 2013 Demand Stronger Population Reduction Strategies and No Prison Expansion CONTACT: Diana Zuñiga, 213-864-8931 Who: Californians United for a Responsible Budget. Speakers will include Debbie Reyes of the California Prison Moratorium Project, Courtney Hooks of Justice Now, Diana Zuñiga of Californians United for a Responsible Budget, Vanessa Aramayo of California [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MAY 3, 2013 Demand Stronger Population Reduction Strategies and No Prison Expansion CONTACT: Emily Harris, 510-435-1176 (Available Friday morning, May 3rd at 7:30am for comment) Who: Californians United for a Responsible Budget. Speakers will include Misty Rojo of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Roger White of Critical Resistance, Vanessa Nelson [...]
CURB is a statewide alliance of over 50 organizations working to curb prison spending by reducing the number of people in prison and the number of prisons in California. In response to the Ninth District Federal Judges ruling requiring the Administration to put together a plan to reduce the prison population by 9,000 before December 31, [...]
MEDIA ADVISORY – MAY 2, 2013 CONTACT: Isaac Ontiveros - 510-517-6612 When: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 12:00pm Where: San Francisco State Building, 455 Golden Gate Avenue (between Larkin St & Polk St) San Francisco–In anticipation of the the release of Governor Brown’s court-ordered plan to reduce the state’s prison population, family members, advocates and former prisoners are gathering at the [...]
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) is offering an enthusiastic, self-starting, hardworking person an exciting internship in our Oakland and/or Los Angeles Office. We are a statewide alliance of organizations working to curb prison spending by reducing the number of people in prison and the number of prisons in California. The internship provides the [...]
Media Advisory—Photo Opportunity When: Monday, April 22nd; 11am What: In commemoration of Earth Day, community organizers will descend on the new San Mateo County jail site in hazmat suits to illustrate the toxic nature of the jail expansion plan. A press conference will follow. Where: 70 Chemical Way, Redwood City Contact: Isaac Ontiveros, Californians United for [...]
Please join us for a conversation examining the relationship between Immigration Enforcement and the connection to organizing efforts in San Mateo County to defeat the $160 million dollar jail expansion plan. The event will look at lessons learned from Contra Costa County, where organizing against immigration enforcement helped win the fight against a new jail. [...]
