Starving for Justice
Alliance takes Action with Prisoners across California
California prisoners are being starved of the most basic human rights. This fast represents their hunger for —
Food
Family
Healthcare
Community
Healing
Jobs
Freedom
On Friday, August 6, 2010, prisoners, their family members, and supporters across California will engage in a day of fasting and solidarity actions to draw public attention to the need to reduce the State’s prison population and take serious steps towards changing California’s failed system of mass incarceration.
Los Angeles Action:
Friday Aug 6th 11am State building 300 South Spring St.
Downtown Los Angeles @ the offices of Governor Schwarzenegger,
Senate Pres. Pro Tem, Darrell Steinberg, Speaker of Assembly, John Perez;
For more information on the LA action or to help out,
please contact Geri Silva of FACTS 213-746-4844
or Lifers to be Free 213-746-4343
Indio Action:
The Place 4 Grace will be sponsoring a FAST 4 FREEDOM rally
at Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez’s office in Indio at 11am on August 6th!
The District Office address is
45-677 Oasis Street
Indio, CA 92201
For more info call Karen McDaniel @ 760-412-7585
Fresno Action:
Join California Prison
Moratorium Project and members of the
community
August 6th at 11 a.m.
at Governor Schwarzenegger’ s office
2550 Mariposa Mall # 3013
in downtown Fresno
For more info contact: Ashley Fairburn @ (559) 908-9607
San Francisco Action:
The Bay Area CURB Alliance will be sponsoring a fast and rallyFRIDAY AUGUST 6TH – FAST all day* and Rally from 11:30am-1pm
at the State Building in San Francisco.
Bring your music, drums, and poetry or words to share!
* People will be fasting in front of the State Building from 10am- 4pm.
The Bay Area CURB Alliance will be organizing a rally on August 6th from 11:30am- 1pm at the State Building in San Francisco – 350 McAllister St (at Polk) – where Mark Leno, Senate Public Safety Committee, Tom Ammiano, Assembly Public Safety Committee and Fiona Ma, Assemblywoman from San Francisco, all have their local offices.
Are you going to be fasting? Let us know so we can get an accurate count of fasters! Drop us a line at lisa@criticalresistance.org.
Sacramento Action:
Contact Barbara Brooks, SJRA Advocate
530-329-8566
11:00am-12pm
Senator Darrell Steinberg’s District Office
1020 ‘N’ Street, Suite 576
Sacramento, across from the Capitol
Assemblyman Dave Jones District Office
915 ‘L’ Street, #110
Sacramento
1pm-2pm
Download the flyer by clicking here. For the Facebook group, click here.
