Urgent: Sat. Jan. 7th Community Town Hall Forum 3 Strikes Law in MASS
Occupy The Hood
*Please join us at 12:30 pm before the 1
PM forum for networking and refreshments.
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
contact:
Jamarhl Crawford
617-297-7721
blacks...@verizon.net
January 2, 2012
Community
responds to proposed Habitual Offender Legislation;
plans action steps to oppose “3 Strikes Law” in
Massachusetts
- Boston, MA - On Saturday,
January 7th at 1PM, Community activists, clergy,
elected officials, representatives from local civil rights
organizations and concerned citizens will gather to address
proposed Habitual Offender legislation in Massachusetts,
commonly referred to as the 3 Strikes Law. The proposed law will
have a devastating impact on communities of color throughout
the commonwealth as well as present a new and unparalleled
financial strain on an already struggling MA economy. Opponents of the proposed
legislation plan to express their concerns, draft alternatives
and implore Gov. Deval Patrick to veto this bill.
Where: Dudley
Library 65 Warren St. Roxbury, MA (Dudley Sq.)
When: Saturday Jan.
7, 2012 at 1PM – 4:30PM
Panelists:
Rev. George
Walters-Sleyon (Center for Church & Prison)
Rep. Carlos Henriquez (State Representative 5th Suffolk
District)
Michael Curry (NAACP Boston President)
Atty. Stephanie Soriano-Mills (NAACP Boston Legal Redress
Committee. Chair)
Harold Adams (CFROP Committee of Friends and Relatives of
Prisoners)
Luis Bajana (EPOCA - Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for
Community Advancement)
Susan Mortimer (Mass Decarcerate)
Atty. Barbara J. Dougan (FAMM - Families Against Mandatory
Minimums)
Confirmed Guests:
Members of MA Black & Latino Legislative Caucus (Rep. Fox,
Rep. Dorcena-Forry, Rep. Rushing, Sen. Chang-Diaz)
and Rep. Will Brownsberger (State Rep. 24th Middlesex
District)
Supporting organizations:
Center for Church & Prison, NAACP Boston, NAN Boston (National Action Network), CFROP (Committee of Friends and Relatives of Prisoners), UMN (Union of Minority Neighborhoods), BWA (Boston Workers Alliance), FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums), Mass Decarcerate, EPOCA (Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement), Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Mass Black Empowerment Coalition, New Democracy Coalition, Nation of Islam, Touch FM, DRIVE, Blackstonian, Brothers For Boston, Occupy The Hood Boston, VOL (Voices of Liberation)
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