The Stop Mass Incarceration Network
We are building a movement to stop the injustice of mass incarceration and police brutality; and the racially biased policies and practices of the police, the courts and the U.S. legal system; and to support the rights of prisoners and the formerly incarcerated. We call on all to join us.
Phone: 347-979-SMIN (7646) * Email: [email protected] * Facebook: stopmassincerationnetwork * Twitter: @StopMassIncNet
Chicago: 312-933-9586 ~ [email protected] ~ New York: 347-979-7646 ~ [email protected]
Los Angeles: 213-840-5348 ~ [email protected] ~ SF Bay Area: 510-926-5207 ~ [email protected]
We are building a movement to stop the injustice of mass incarceration and police brutality; and the racially biased policies and practices of the police, the courts and the U.S. legal system; and to support the rights of prisoners and the formerly incarcerated. We call on all to join us.
Phone: 347-979-SMIN (7646) * Email: [email protected] * Facebook: stopmassincerationnetwork * Twitter: @StopMassIncNet
Chicago: 312-933-9586 ~ [email protected] ~ New York: 347-979-7646 ~ [email protected]
Los Angeles: 213-840-5348 ~ [email protected] ~ SF Bay Area: 510-926-5207 ~ [email protected]
June 10, 2013 is National Hoodie Day!
Support the California Prison Hunger Strikers!
The Video!
On May 20, 2013, over 450 people jammed into Manhattan's Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew to hear the sixth dialogue between Cornel West and Carl Dix. The theme of their conversation was "Mass Incarceration + Silence = Genocide: Act to STOP It Now!" Click here to view it.
Victory for Noche Diaz!
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Hit the Streets on June 10, 2013
Protest (and walkout) at schools nationwide; rally in communities; wherever you are wear the sticker (download sticker file for printing), post the slogan, and put up signs declaring:
WE ARE ALL TRAYVON! THE WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM IS GUILTY! Help spread the effort using Facebook, Twitter and YouTubeFacebook Event Page: facebook.com/events/353687191420065 When tweeting use these hashtags - #hoodiesup and #justice4trayvon Web Files (National & New York ) for Online Posting Click for National Generic Flyer w/ Blank Space for Convergence Information Download the We Are All Trayvon! Sticker Here! Convergence Information (check frequently for new postings)
WE SAY NO MORE!
The following statement is being circulated for signatures and to influence broad public opinion:
“We Say NO MORE” The killing of Trayvon Martin and 2.4 million in prison make clear that there is a whole generation of Black and Latino youth who have been marked and treated as a “generation of suspects” to be murdered and jailed. This is not an issue for Black people alone but for all who care about justice; it is not a random tragedy. We say NO MORE! Please sign the We Say NO MORE! Statement and contribute funds for it to be published in a Florida newspaper. Join Signatories: Rene Auberjonois, actor, Fr. Luis Barrios, *John Jay College of Criminal Justice , City University of New York, Herb Boyd, author / activist / journalist /teacher, John Burris, civil rights attorney, Don Cheadle, actor, Eric Cheyfitz, *Ernest L. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters, Cornell University, NoamChomsky, Peter Coyote, actor, author Chris Crutcher, *author: Whale Talk; Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes; Deadline, Colin Dayan, *author: The Law is a White Dog, How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons, Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, Lisa Edelstein, actor, Niles Eldredge, *Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, Eve Ensler, *Tony Award winning playwright, performer, activist, founder of V-DAY, Adam Horovitz *of the Beastie Boys, Rabbi Michael Lerner, *editor of Tikkun and chair of the Interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives, Tom Morello,*Nightwatchman, Tricia Rose, author and educator, Brown University, TavisSmiley, *talk show host and co-author of The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto, Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper, Cornel West and dozens more. View Complete list of signatories. *Organizational and institutional affiliation provided for identification purposes only. Donate funds to help get this statement published--click on this donate click, make your contribution and then write an immediate email to let us know that your contribution will be designated for this statement's publication! You may include an affiliation or how you want to be described. Organizational and institutional affiliation provided for identification purposes only. Carl Dix
April 2013: From Carl Dix An Action Proposal to the Stop Mass Incarceration Network and All Others Who Want to Stop the New Jim Crow |
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Upcoming Events - Will be updated soonTuesday May 28: Trial for Greg Allen, Noche Diaz, Ribka Getachew & Matt Swaye. Queens Criminal Court 9:30 am 125-01 Queen Blvd. (E/F to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike). Obstruction of Government Administration (2 counts) and Disorderly Conduct for 11/19/11 protest of stop-and-frisk 103rd Precinct, Jamaica Queens
Monday June 4: Status hearing for 9 defendants in Brooklyn Stop-and-Frisk Protest, Brooklyn Criminal Court 120 Schermerhorn Saturday June 8, 3:40 PM: Mass Incarceration - A National Shame and a Call for Action, Panel at the Left Forum with Carl Dix, Khalil G. Muhammad and Jamel Mims. Contact us to join our tabling! JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST!
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2012: An Amazing Year for the Stop Mass Incarceration Network
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