VALENTINE'S DAY RALLY TOMORROW!

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VALENTINE’S DAY RALLY!!

MILITARISM AND PRISONS
BREAKING OUR HEARTS, BREAKING OUR BUDGET
Friday, February 14, 2003
Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th and Broadway
Art-making, performers, information tables: 3-4PM
4-5PM March:
5-6PM Rally and Performers at Frank Ogawa Plaza

Endorsed by the Oakland Education Association,Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Bay Area United Against War, Bay Area Labor for Peace and Justice, Californians for Justice, Vision Youthz, Vote Health, Peace by Peace, University of Creation Spirituality, United for Peace and Justice, Interfaith Alliance for Prison Reform, California Prison Focus, People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO), Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Socialist Organizer, Lake Merrit Neighbors Organized for Peace, African People’s Solidarity Committee, The Organizer Newspaper Prison Focus, Women for Peace, Critical Resistance, Books not Bars, United for Peace, Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, All People's Coalition Against U.S. Terror and Occupation, October 22 Coalition, Justice Now, Center for Popular Education and Participatory Research, Prison Activist Resource Center, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Bay Area Police Watch, Kids First, Global Exchange, Youth Together, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, American Friends Service Committee

WE NEED:
1. Your Organization's Endorsement: Send them to Jonah Zern at 510.654.8613 or jzern1 [at] yahoo.com
2. Speakers and Performers. Contact: David Laub at 556.6999 or Caitlin Funk, (h) 925.458.6884, caitlinfunk [at] hotmail.com
3. OUTREACH HELP!! Please distribute information to members of your organization, listservs, calendars, etc. We need your help copying and distributing the flyers we designed, and your creativity and energy in making your own!! Ask for a flyer by e-mailing jzern1 [at] yahoo.com


Stop Militarism Abroad and at Home:
1. Cut funding for prisons and military
2. Stop the war on Iraq
3. Stop attacks on immigrants and youth
4. Defend civil liberties
Tax Corporate Wealth to Fund Our Social Services:
1. No cuts in education
2. No cuts to libraries, recreations centers, and public services.
3. Fund Medicaid and other essential social services

The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, why can’t it provide all its students and equitable and quality education?

In Fiscal Year 2003 federal spending for military will be double the total of local, state and federal
education spending; Communities of color are more likely to die in war: While Black people represent 10% of the U.S. population, they represent 20% of the U.S. military
Source: Education Spending: Heritage Foundation; Military Spending: War Resisters League
Source: Military Personnel: Center for Defense Information

The total number of inmates in local, state and federal prisons has quadrupled in the past 20 years to more than two million. Communities of color are often targeted: One of every four African-American males between the ages of 20 and 29 is in jail, prison, or on probation or parole; In California children of color are 6.2 times more likely that white youth to be charged with crimes

Source: Platt: Social Justice Journal, 2002

MANIFESTACIÓN EN EL DÍA DEL AMOR Y LA AMISTAD!

El Militarismo y las Prisiones
Partiendo Nuestros Corazones,
Partiendo Nuestro Presupuesto

Viernes, 14 de Febrero, 2003
Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th y Broadway
3-4PM Interpretación de palabra, arte
4-5PM Marcha al Edificio Federal
5-6PM Manifestación y Música en Frank Ogawa Plaza

Patrocinado por: Oakland Education Association
Respaldado por: Endorsed by the Oakland Education Association,Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Bay Area United Against War, Bay Area Labor for Peace and Justice, Californians for Justice, University of Creation Spirituality, United for Peace and Justice, California Prison Focus, People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO), Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Socialist Organizer, Lake Merrit Neighbors Organized for Peace, African People’s Solidarity Committee, The Organizer Newspaper Prison Focus, Women for Peace, Critical Resistance, Books not Bars, United for Peace, Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, All People's Coalition Against U.S. Terror and Occupation, October 22 Coalition, Justice Now, Center for Popular Education and Participatory Research, Prison Activist Resource Center, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Bay Area Police Watch, Kids First, Global Exchange, Youth Together, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, American Friends Service Committee

NOSOTROS NECESITAMOS:
1. El Respaldo de su Organización: Envíeselos a Alexis Mazon al 510.655.9826
2. Oradores y Artistas. Contactar: David Laub al
510.556.6999 or Caitlin Funk, (casa) 925.458.6884,
caitlinfunk [at] hotmail.com
3. AYUDA CON LA DIVULGACIóN!! Favor de distribuir esta información a
los miembros de su organización, listservs, calendarios, etc. Necesitamos su ayuda con fotocopiar y distribuir los volantes que diseñamos, y su creatividad y energía para hacer sus propios volantes y pósteres!! Se puede conseguir un volante en español y/o inglés a través de: jzern1 [at] yahoo.com

Alto al Militarismo en el Extranjero y Aquí:
1. Corte los fondos para las prisiones y las fuerzas armadas
2. Alto a la guerra en Iraq
3. Alto a la encarcelación de los inmigrantes y la juventud
4. Defienda las libertades civiles
Imponga más Impuestos a las Corporaciones para Financiar Nuestros Servicios Sociales:
1. No a los recortes de educación
2. No a los recortes de las bibliotecas, centros de recreo y servicios públicos
3. Preserve los fondos para el Medicaid y otros servicios sociales
Los Estados Unidos es el país más rico del mundo,
¿por qué no puede proporcionarles a todos sus estudiantes una educación equitativa y de alta calidad?
Durante el Año Fiscal 2003 los gastos federales para las fuerzas armadas serán más del doble del total de todos los gastos locales, estatales y federales en la educación; Comunidades de color tienen más probabilidades de morirse en la guerra: Aunque los Afro Americanos representan el 10% de la población de los EEUU, representan el 20% de las fuerzas armadas de los EEUU.
Fuentes: (Gastos en la Educación) Heritage Foundation; (Gastos Militares): War Resisters League; Fuente: (Personal Militar) Center for Defense Information
El número total de presos en las prisiones locales, estatales y federales se ha cuadruplicado durante los últimos 20 años a más de dos milliones de personas. Las comunidades de color son las más afectadas: Uno de cada tres Afro Americanos entre las edades de 20 y 29 o está en la cárcel, la prisión, o en la libertad condicional; En California los jóvenes de color tienen 6.2 veces más probabilidades que los jóvenes blancos de que se les acuse de un delito. Fuente: Platt: Social Justice Journal, 2002; Sentencing Project, 1995