In The News
Thursday, July 26, 2012
More than 30 service projects and more than 300 volunteers confirmed throughout the city followed by music festival at Snow Park dubbed "Throw Down for the Town"
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Dangerous Time Adds Provision No Longer Allowed in California Youth Prisons, Impacting 1,000 Youth
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We welcome the decision but call for more action on issue affecting hundreds of Californians.
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Colorlines
Thursday, June 7, 2012
With SB 1506 (co-sponsored by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights) California Senators had an unprecedented opportunity to create a much needed solution that would save California $200 million per year and make our communities safer.
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The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is disappointed with the State Senate’s failure to pass common-sense drug reform on May 31, 2012.
> moreTuesday, May 22, 2012
Voters overwhelmingly believe that California’s prisons and jails are overcrowded and want more alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, according to new poll released today. Support for the shift is truly bipartisan and consistent across the state, explained researcher Ben Tulchin of Tulchin Research.
> moreSunday, May 13, 2012
Despite ongoing failures and shocking abuse, the Governor once again backed down on his budget proposal to close California’s state youth prisons.
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LA Times
Monday, April 23, 2012
This Los Angeles Times editorial shows strong support for our bill (SB 1363) that would limit the use of solitary confinement in California's youth prisons.
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Contra Costa Times
Monday, April 2, 2012
Our very own Shemika Skipworth, Director of Finance and Operations, talks with Angela Hill of the Bay Area News Group about the the difficult conversations she's had to with her son on what it means to be young and black in America. The article breaks down the continued challenges of
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Film highlights the roots of of the American economic crisis, struggles of millions of middle class Americans, nationwide occupy movement.
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