AB 13 (Knight) would ban people with most drug convictions and serious/violent felonies from volunteering at public schools. 

This bill is blatantly discriminatory and really targets children of formerly incarcerated people.  Many of these children are in the process of recovering from the loss of a parent over an extended period of time.  When these parents are back in their children's lives it is wrong to arbitrarily ban all of them from
volunteering in the schools.

What: Press Conference & Rally
When: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 9:00 a.m.
Where: Metropolitan Transportation Commission Building, 101 8th Street, Oakland, CA 94607
Why: Predators like Tony Pirone have no business prowling our commons or neighborhoods. We demand accountability for all crimes committed by the police.
Whom: The Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant
Contact: Kim Rohrbach (415) 756-2896, Mario Hankton (510) 228-8471

please find a statement from political prisoner Jalil
Muntaqim regarding his recent and abrupt transfer from Auburn
Correctional Facility to Attica Correctional Facility on January 10, 
2011. He is asking for community support, both against this
retaliatory transfer and against the widespread racist treatment of
NYS prisoners.

He states:


2/10/11

from ProPublica

The U.S. Department of Justice released a 158-page report
today on the New Orleans Police Department, identifying a host of deep
systemic problems, including a pattern of discriminatory policing, the
routine use of "unnecessary and unreasonable" force, and a chronic
failure to discipline officers involved in misconduct.

click on link below to read the story

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2011/03/17/story-columbus...

http://www.credoaction.com/campaign/say_no_to_nuclear/?rc=homepage

President Obama: Reverse your support of risky nuclear power

First came the earthquake. Then the tsunami. Then multiple explosions
at nuclear reactors. Several Japanese nuclear reactors are at risk of
melting down with unthinkable release of radiation.

The crisis
in Japan is heartwrenching. The latest reports suggest at least 10,000

Arrested Georgia Correctional Officer Oversaw Vicious Beating of Prisoner “in His Capacity” As Supervisor

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 21:17 — Bruce A. Dixon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wfEiAr8d-7o

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/15/18674660.php

NICE VIDEO  & PHOTOS