Miss Major and Minister BobbieJean Baker will be presenting this Friday at the TransFaith In Color Conference in Charlotte, NC TransFaith In Color 2011 Conference Friday, July 29th through Sunday, July 31st Hilton Hotel, University Place, Charlotte, NC
Today the prisoners resumed eating. They didn’t want people to die and they know implementation of their demands will take time. By ending the strike now, in this way, they believe they are better positioned to win their demands. The strike was successful because it shined a big light on CDCR’s torture and barbaric practices and mobilized many of us. The prisoners are grateful for our support, and know this is just the beginning. Continuing public pressure and possibly a class action lawsuit are needed to stop the torture.
On Friday, July 8, TGI Justice members and staff held a Day of Action in solidarity with the Pelican Bay SHU (Security Housing Unit) Hunger Strike. Members and staff watched a video about the strike, wrote letters and made phone calls to the CDCR, CA Governor Jerry Brown, Senator Mark Leno, and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano [...]
On June 26th we held our annual TGI Justice fundraiser at El Rio. The fundraiser, which was also the official SF Trans March after party, was a huge success! Thanks to the generosity of El Rio and raffle donations from Good Vibrations, AK Press, Babeland, The Sausage Factory, LE Boy, Monster Maddix, Bike Love, Annalise [...]
On Friday, June members of TGI Justice joined many organization including CURB, Justice Now and Critical Resistance at the Community Rising rally to speak out against prison expansion the 40 year “war on drugs.”