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Fundraiser for No on Y: "Every Mother's Child": Friday
“EVERY MOTHER’S SON”
East Bay Film Premier
to Benefit Oakland’s No on Measure Y Campaign
East Bay Film Premier
to Benefit Oakland’s No on Measure Y Campaign
Media Advisory: October 20, 2004
Contact: Siri Margerin, Bay Area United for Peace and Justice (415) 864-1351
Mesha Monge-Irizarry or Sandra-Juanita Cooper, Idriss Stelley Foundation
(415) 595-8251
Malaika Parker, Bay Area Police Watch (415) 951-4844 x242
Jonah Zern, No on Measure Y Campaign (510) 654-8613
“EVERY MOTHER’S SON”
East Bay Film Premier
to Benefit Oakland’s No on Measure Y Campaign
What: East Bay premier film showing of “Every Mother’s Son,” followed by a panel discussion; to benefit Oakland’s No on Measure Y Campaign.
When: Friday, October 22, 2004, 8 – 10 PM
Where: Fellowship of Humanity, 390 – 27th Street/411 – 28th Street, downtown Oakland
between Telegraph & Broadway.
Who: “Every Mother's Son” recounts three cases of unjustified or questionable police killings in New York and tells of the victims’ three mothers who came together to demand justice and accountability. Are such killings acceptable or necessary trade-offs for public safety? In reply, the mothers have their own question: What if it were your child?
A panel presentation following the film will feature Mesha Monge-Irizarry and Sandra-Juanita Cooper, who founded the Idriss Stelley Foundation after Mesha’s only child, Idriss Stelley, was killed by San Francisco Police on June 14, 2001, Marylon Boyd, the mother of Cammerin Boyd, a victim of police violence in both Oakland and San Francisco, and Malaika Parker of Bay Area PoliceWatch. Wilson Riles will make a brief presentation on behalf of the No on Measure Y campaign.
Why: Measure Y, the so-called “Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act of 2004,” puts funding police ahead of funding social programs. Measure Y will spend a majority of funds raised through a regressive new parcel tax and increased parking fees to hire 63 new police officers and increase the fire department budget, while to a much lesser extent funding true violence prevention programs.
Event organized by: Bay Area United for Peace and Justice.
Suggested donation: $5 - $10; no one turned away for lack of funds
More information: http://www.justice4idriss.org; http://noonmeasurey.org
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Contact: Siri Margerin, Bay Area United for Peace and Justice (415) 864-1351
Mesha Monge-Irizarry or Sandra-Juanita Cooper, Idriss Stelley Foundation
(415) 595-8251
Malaika Parker, Bay Area Police Watch (415) 951-4844 x242
Jonah Zern, No on Measure Y Campaign (510) 654-8613
“EVERY MOTHER’S SON”
East Bay Film Premier
to Benefit Oakland’s No on Measure Y Campaign
What: East Bay premier film showing of “Every Mother’s Son,” followed by a panel discussion; to benefit Oakland’s No on Measure Y Campaign.
When: Friday, October 22, 2004, 8 – 10 PM
Where: Fellowship of Humanity, 390 – 27th Street/411 – 28th Street, downtown Oakland
between Telegraph & Broadway.
Who: “Every Mother's Son” recounts three cases of unjustified or questionable police killings in New York and tells of the victims’ three mothers who came together to demand justice and accountability. Are such killings acceptable or necessary trade-offs for public safety? In reply, the mothers have their own question: What if it were your child?
A panel presentation following the film will feature Mesha Monge-Irizarry and Sandra-Juanita Cooper, who founded the Idriss Stelley Foundation after Mesha’s only child, Idriss Stelley, was killed by San Francisco Police on June 14, 2001, Marylon Boyd, the mother of Cammerin Boyd, a victim of police violence in both Oakland and San Francisco, and Malaika Parker of Bay Area PoliceWatch. Wilson Riles will make a brief presentation on behalf of the No on Measure Y campaign.
Why: Measure Y, the so-called “Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act of 2004,” puts funding police ahead of funding social programs. Measure Y will spend a majority of funds raised through a regressive new parcel tax and increased parking fees to hire 63 new police officers and increase the fire department budget, while to a much lesser extent funding true violence prevention programs.
Event organized by: Bay Area United for Peace and Justice.
Suggested donation: $5 - $10; no one turned away for lack of funds
More information: http://www.justice4idriss.org; http://noonmeasurey.org
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For more information:
http://www.noonmeasurey.org
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