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Benefit for two volunteers facing charges for Needle Exchanging in Modesto Ca,
Date:
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Time:
8:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Event Type:
Fundraiser
Organizer/Author:
Brian
Email:
Location Details:
Bound Together Bookstore
1369 Haight Street (near Masonic)
San Francisco, CA 94117
1369 Haight Street (near Masonic)
San Francisco, CA 94117
Benefit for the Mono Park 2 at Bound Together Book Store
8pm Sat. Sept. 19th
Modesto Needle Exchange was started in Mono Park in early 2009 in an effort to offer clean syringes to injection drug users and also provide the safe and legal disposal of dirty ones with an overall goal of reducing rates of infectious disease and prevent unsafe disposal of used syringes in Stanislaus County. This area of the Central Valley is plagued by extremely high rates of Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS cases directly related to injection drug use, nationally recognized high rates of methamphetamine use, and the ongoing sharing and unsafe and illegal disposal of used syringes.
Repression by Stanislaus County Sheriffs whipped together a sting, wire tapped, and surveillance operation to have the self-organized Needle Exchange shut down and now two volunteers w/ the Exchange face court battles and punishment for trying to help stop the spread of Hep.C/HIV in their local community.
The two charged in the case invites you out to hear the story and how you can help.
DROP THE CHARGES – SUPPORT THE MONO PARK 2
Mono Park 2 Defense Committee and Defense Fund
Wingnutrefugee [at] yahoo.com or
Offthestreetsproject [at] yahoo.com
Bound Together Bookstore
1369 Haight Street (near Masonic)
San Francisco, CA 94117
415 431-8355
8pm Sat. Sept. 19th
Modesto Needle Exchange was started in Mono Park in early 2009 in an effort to offer clean syringes to injection drug users and also provide the safe and legal disposal of dirty ones with an overall goal of reducing rates of infectious disease and prevent unsafe disposal of used syringes in Stanislaus County. This area of the Central Valley is plagued by extremely high rates of Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS cases directly related to injection drug use, nationally recognized high rates of methamphetamine use, and the ongoing sharing and unsafe and illegal disposal of used syringes.
Repression by Stanislaus County Sheriffs whipped together a sting, wire tapped, and surveillance operation to have the self-organized Needle Exchange shut down and now two volunteers w/ the Exchange face court battles and punishment for trying to help stop the spread of Hep.C/HIV in their local community.
The two charged in the case invites you out to hear the story and how you can help.
DROP THE CHARGES – SUPPORT THE MONO PARK 2
Mono Park 2 Defense Committee and Defense Fund
Wingnutrefugee [at] yahoo.com or
Offthestreetsproject [at] yahoo.com
Bound Together Bookstore
1369 Haight Street (near Masonic)
San Francisco, CA 94117
415 431-8355
Added to the calendar on Fri, Sep 4, 2009 9:00AM
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