No on Y: Rally and Victory Party with BAY LOC

Education Not Incarceration
A coalition of teachers, students, parents and concerned community members
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


No on Measure Y Campaign to Hold Rally and Victory Party in Coordination with Bay Area Local Organizing Committee of the National Hip Hop Convention

“No on Measure Y: Education, Housing, Jobs and Health Care Will Make Our Communities Safer, not 63 More Police” Campaign Slogan Resonates with Oakland Communities

WHAT: A Rally and March; A Victory Party
WHEN: Tuesday, November 2st, 2004, Rally is at Noon; Victory Party is at 8PM
WHERE: Rally at 14th and Broadway to the Rene Davidson Oakland Court House, 1225 Fallon Street; Victory Pary is at Leadership Excellence at 1629 Telegraph Avenue


Oakland, CA, The No on Measure Y Campaign will be holding a rally alongside the Bay Area Local Organizing Committee of the National Hip Hop Congress (BAY LOC) at Noon on November 1, 2004 at 14th and Broadway and then will be marching to to the Rene Davidson Oakland Court House, 1225 Fallon Street. The No on Measure Y Campaign will also be holding a victory party in coordination with BAY LOC beginning at 8PM at Leadership Excellence at 1629 Telegraph Avenue.

Measure Y is the November ballot initiative in Oakland that puts funding police ahead of funding programs. Californians for Justice is the latest endorser of No on Y. The “No on Measure Y” campaign, headed by the Education Not Incarceration Coalition, has lit a spark in Oakland, for groups demanding public accountability and community control. Local groups and concerned community members, such as Councilwoman Desley Brooks, Wilson Riles, the Oakland Education Association, ILWU 10, SEIU 24/7, AYPAL (Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership), and the Xicana Moratorium Committee are currently mobilizing to defeat Measure Y, a November ballot initiative that will direct 60% of newly raised taxes to hire more police officers in Oakland.

The “NO on Measure Y” campaign, headed by the Education Not Incarceration (ENI) Coalition, along with Oakland local groups and concerned community members, such as Councilwoman Desley Brooks, the Oakland Education Association, ILWU 10 and SEIU 616 is currently mobilizing to defeat Measure Y, a November ballot initiative that will direct 60% of newly raised taxes to hire more police officers in Oakland.

“Increasing police presence within our city will not curb violence nor make anyone safer,” said Aaron Shurman, local Oakland Organizer and a member of the Education Not Incarceration.

“True violence prevention begins by investing in the people of our communities,” said Wilson Riles Jr. “We know that what builds strong, safe communities are the investments we make in education and other basic social services,” he added.

“We need better trained police, not more police,” said Marylon Boyd, whose disabled son Cammerin Boyd suffered police brutality in Oakland, days before he was killed by police in San Francisco on May 5, 2004.