Janetta Louise Johnson of TGI Justice supports CA prisoner hunger strike (Oakland, July 31

by Angola 3 News

Thu, Aug 1, 2013 5:53PM

At lunchtime on Wednesday July 31, Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland hosted a protest rally in support of the CA prisoner hunger strike that began on July 8. The rally was followed by a spirited march through downtown Oakland. The accompanying video is of the speech by Janetta Louise Johnson from Transgender Intersex Gender Variant Justice, where she works as Program Coordinator for Member Leadership Development and the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People's Movement.

TGI Justice, who recently made a statement of support for the hunger strike, describes itself as “a group of transgender people—inside and outside of prison—creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom,” whose membership includes “low income transgender women of color and our families who are in prison, formerly incarcerated, or targeted by the police.”

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§Watch video here

by Angola 3 News

Thu, Aug 1, 2013 5:58PM

We were unable to upload the file directly to Indybay, so you can watch it instead here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_m2J5cWvfs

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