NO MORE JAILS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY!

Yesterday, the Ella Baker Center, CURB, and other allies mobilized to Sacramento with over 50 community members across California to stop the funding stream for new jails. We also presented the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) with our community recommendations of formerly incarcerated leaders to guide the reinvestment of Proposition 47 funds. Our turnout was tremendous and we were able to make a huge impact in front of the BSCC!

Despite major public outcry, the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) approved funding for a $54 million dollar jail expansion project at Santa Rita Jail. Now, the decision to accept the funding is on the County Supervisors. Let’s tell them we need to stop this now!

Here are 3 things you can do to take action:

1.  Join us at next Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors Meeting on November 17 at 10:30am to say “NO MORE JAILS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY!”

The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m., but we don’t anticipate public comment will begin until after 11 a.m. More information will be provided at the meeting. If you aren’t able to attend the entire meeting, but would like to be notified as public comment is approaching, please contact: Darris@ellabakercenter.org.

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2. Call the Board of Supervisors and demand  “COMMUNITY CARE, NOT CAGES” today!

Below is a list of the email and phone numbers of the members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. Please call and email them, and encourage others to the same. Below is a sample script.

Supervisor Haggerty, (510) 272-6691
Supervisor Valle, (510) 272-6692
Supervisor Chan, (510) 272-6693
Supervisor Miley, (510) 272-6694
Supervisor Carson,  (510) 272-6695

Dear Supervisor _____________,

I am a resident of Alameda County calling/writing to urge you and all Alameda County Board of Supervisors to reject the $54 million of jail construction money coming from Sacramento, and instead enter into a meaningful dialogue with Alameda County residents about true community safety and well-being. We need your leadership to say no to new jails and demand full investment of resources back into the communities most damaged by mass incarceration.

3. Spread the word on social media: Tweet at supervisors, and share the Facebook event.

We need to keep the momentum against this jail expansion growing: help us get 200 people to take action today!

In Community,

Darris Young
Local Organizer
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
www.ellabakercenter.org | 510.428.3939
1970 Broadway, Suite 1125 | Oakland, CA | 94612