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DESCRIPTION:Mass Incarceration + Silence = Genocide\n  \nWhen it comes to mass 
 incarceration, the reality of the U.S. society is horrific:\n\no	The United 
 States has 5% of the world’s population, but holds 25% of the world’s 
 prisoners.\no	More than 2.4 million men and women, most of them Black or 
 Latino, are locked in prison and over 7 million more are on probation or 
 parole. This has a devastating effect not only on those imprisoned but 
 their friends and loved ones.\no	Tens of thousands are kept, for years or 
 even decades, in conditions of solitary confinement that the United Nations 
 constitutes as torture.\no	There is the disproportionate use of the death 
 penalty against Blacks and Latinos. \no	There is the epidemic police murder 
 and brutality against people of color. Over 2,000	\nKillings by police of 
 unarmed people, just in the decade between 1990 and 2000.\no	Policies like 
 “Stop and Frisk” and “Gang Injunctions”, and where inner-city 
 schools are filled with police - all of these are part of the pipeline of 
 youth to prison.\no	Former prisoners are labeled with badges of shame and 
 dishonor, even after they serve their sentences—discriminated against 
 when applying for jobs, denied access to government assistance, not allowed 
 in public housing, denied the right to vote.\n\nThere have been important 
 examples of determined mass resistance to this problem.  Especially 
 important have been the several hunger strikes by prisoners in 
 California’s Special Housing Units (and the statements of support for the 
 strikers issued by prominent voices of conscience) and the civil 
 disobedience campaign in New York aimed at stopping “stop & 
 frisk.”\n\nBut much more needs to be done!  The plain fact is that many 
 people in the country still don’t know about this ugly reality and most 
 of those who do know about it feel it is the result of criminal activity by 
 those in prison and that it helps to keep them safe from crime.\n\nTHIS IS 
 NOT TRUE!  MASS INCARCERATION IS NOT BECAUSE OF HUMAN NATURE BUT RESULTS 
 FROM THE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM HAVING CRIMINALIZED GENERATIONS OF YOUTH!  
 It is not because of a "prison-industrial complex" through which a few 
 interest groups seek to profit off of racism or the exploitation of 
 prisoners. Rather, the cause is the workings and conscious policy of this 
 system. \n\nIt’s a slow genocide that could easily accelerate to a fast 
 genocide - fueled by the spouting and fueling of genocidal white 
 supremacist rhetoric by this system's political representatives and media 
 who demonize Black and Latino people with the intent of justifying all 
 this.\n\nThis trajectory needs to be stopped NOW! And that will take 
 determined action!\n\nJoin us! Build for April 19th –organizing 
 demonstrations, rallies, teach-ins, and other actions to bring out the 
 reality of mass incarceration and to call on others – from different 
 sections in society, especially college campuses, high schools and churches 
 across the U.S. – for a determined movement that will not end until 
 we’ve put a STOP to Mass Incarceration.\n\nApril 19th -  National Day to 
 Stop Mass Incarceration!\nDon’t stand aside, JOIN US!:  
 \nStopMassIncarcerationBayArea@gmail.com   or   510.926.5207\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/27/18710204.php
SUMMARY:National Day of Resistance to Stop Mass Incarceration
LOCATION:Mass Incarceration + Silence = Genocide\nStop Mass Incarceration\nApril 
 19th - 12 noon\nCalifornia State Building\nVan Ness and McAllister\nSan 
 Francisco
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