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Monday, August 22, 2011

Major rally in support of Prison Hunger Strikers - August 23rd, Sacramento

Greetings CURB and allies,

CURB's Policy Advocacy group is coordinating lobbying on Tuesday morning to
urge legislators and their staff to attend the hearing. Please see below to
sign-up, please forward to your lists and post the link to the sign-up form
on facebook, websites etc.

Link to form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHQ0TzVNcWlWUGNWUmZjQnVxTHRpUHc6MQ

Sign-up for Lobbying before Leg. Hearing on SHU 8/23 on Tuesday, August 23rd the Assembly Public Safety Committee will be holding a public hearing on the conditions and policies of the Secured Housing Units in California's prisons. If you are planning to attend the hearing (1:30pm)
and rally (11:30am) PLEASE join us beforehand to lobby key legislators (9:00-11:30am).

We are planning to target legislators in the Public Safety Committee, and the Black and Latino Caucuses. We'll remind them of the importance of the hearing and urging them to attend to hear from family members, former SHU prisoners and advocates about the conditions in the SHU. To join us for
lobbying please meet in the Basement Cafe of the State Building for prep at 9:00 am, lobbying begins at 9:30 am.

*Planning to join us?*

Please SIGN-UP by filling out the form below by Sunday, August 21st! We will contact you with additional information about lobbying on Monday, August 22nd. If you have any questions about lobbying, please contact Emily at emily@curbprisonspending.org or 510-435-1176. If you
have questions about the rally or hearing, please contact prisonhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com.
How are you getting to Sacramento? For carpooling, please contact: Bay Area 415.637.8195 or prisonhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com.com - Los Angeles 714-290-9077 or dolorescanales@hotmail.com

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