Sumayyah Waheed

California Budget: Why Do We Cut Schools to Build Jails?
posted on MAY 18, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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What the May budget revise indicates about California's out-of-whack priorities.

TAGS: Books Not Bars
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Ending the New Jim Crow
posted on MAY 11, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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The Colbert Report featured an interview with our friend Michelle Alexander this week, author of The New Jim Crow. Check out Michelle calling for an end to harmful Drug War policies below.

TAGS: New Jim Crow, Drug war
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"We have a right to know what goes on behind Prison Walls"
posted on JANUARY 27, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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This post is based on a press release from the office of Assemblymember Tom Ammiano.

TAGS: AB1270, Assembly Member Ammiano, prison, Books Not Bars
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"We have a right to know what goes on behind Prison Walls"
posted on JANUARY 27, 2012 by Sumayyah Waheed
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This post is based on a press release from the office of Assemblymember Tom Ammiano.

TAGS: AB1270, Assembly Member Ammiano, prison, Books Not Bars
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Trigger Happy?
posted on DECEMBER 15, 2011 by Sumayyah Waheed
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How the trigger cuts in the California budget will impact youth prisons.

TAGS: California budget crisis, Books Not Bars, In California
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Trigger Happy?
posted on DECEMBER 15, 2011 by Sumayyah Waheed
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How the trigger cuts in the California budget will impact youth prisons.

TAGS: California budget crisis, Books Not Bars, In California
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Juvenile Injustice In California Youth Prisons?
posted on NOVEMBER 09, 2011 by Sumayyah Waheed
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After six years with the Ella Baker Center, families continue to amaze me with the strength and power of their fight to win humane treatment for their youth.

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15 Years of People-Powered Change: No More Lost Lives
posted on SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 by Sumayyah Waheed
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This blog is part of our series celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

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Save Troy Davis!
posted on SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 by Sumayyah Waheed
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On September 21--next Wednesday--the state of Georgia plans to execute Troy Davis. Serious doubts remain as to Troy Davis’ guilt.

TAGS: Color of Change, death penalty, Troy Davis
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Say No to the Abuse
posted on AUGUST 11, 2011 by Sumayyah Waheed
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As the Director of our Books Not Bars campaign, I have heard too many horror stories from youth and families about the abuse and trauma that kids suffer in our State's youth prisons.

TAGS: Books Not Bars, Division of Juvenile Justice, djj, Matthew Cate, Ventura Youth Prison
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