TUES JUNE 3, 2014, 7:30 p.m., at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd Street, Seattle; The Washington State Religious Campaign Against Torture (WSRCAT) presents “EXPOSING THE TRUTH OF U.S. TORTURE: RESTORING HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE RULE OF LAW” featuring Brig. General David R. Irvine of The Constitution Project. MC Prof. Rob Crawford. Panelists […]
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Inspire Seattle: Jan 25: No New Jim Crow
Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 6:30pm * Main discussion topic for this evening: No New Jim Crow *To receive InspireSeattle invitations, click here to provide us with an email address. Following the Civil War and continuing right into the 1960s, African-Americans were racially segregated and systematically discriminated against by a series […]
Inspire Seattle Jan 25: No New Jim Crow
Invites YOU to join our social on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 6:30pm * Main discussion topic for this evening: No New Jim Crow *To receive InspireSeattle invitations, click here to provide us with an email address. Following the Civil War and continuing right into the 1960s, African-Americans were racially segregated and systematically discriminated against by […]
US versus Sweden in prison population
The US has more than 10 times the rate (prisoners per 100,000) than Sweden: 716 versus 67, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate.
Review of Donald Guitierrez's Feeling the Unthinkable
This is a recent review on Donald Gutierrez’s new book, Feeling The Unthinkable that I wanted to call to your attention. I sincerely believe that this book should be read by every American concerned about where our country is headed. J. Glenn Evans FEELING THE UNTHINKABLE By DONALD GUTIERREZ AMADOR PUBLISHERS, LLC 611 Delamar Ave […]
Restorative Justice Issue Call, Saturday
For those who have RSVP’d to attend this event, don’t forget the call is this Saturday! If you haven’t RSVP’d yet, please read on… Don, California’s justice system appears blind–blind to the inhumanity of its prison system. Inmates in California are still protesting torturous solitary confinement and other inhumane conditions in a hunger strike, which […]
Ted Koppel and Tonya Britton on Privatization
Tonya Britton -· “…I’m all for business. I’ve spent the past 15 years working tirelessly on behalf of business – big business, small business. corporations. mom & pops. retail. restaurants. the service industry. manufacturing. healthcare. I just think there are some things in this world that do not need to be run by companies and […]
Interactive Podcast on Youth Justice: Tuesday, June 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youth Leaders Confronting the Prison Industrial Complex Interactive Podcast on Youth Justice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Youth Justice Reinvestment, Part II: Youth-led Solutions and Successes to Juvenile Injustice On Tuesday, June 4th at 5:30 Pacific/8:30 Eastern, we invite you to join us for the second of our Conversations on youth justice reinvestment. Zachary Norris and […]
Stop Shackling Our Youth! Interactive Podcast on Youth Justice
Youth Justice Reinvestment Part I: Family Solutions and Success Stories for Youth in the Juvenile System On Tuesday, May 28th at 5:30pm Pacific/8:30pm EST, we invite you to join us for the first of two Conversations on youth justice reinvestment. We are honored to welcome Zachary Norris, Co-Director of Justice for Families coalition, as […]