---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bilal Ali <mafundi...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 5:02 PM Subject: Prisoner Hunger Strike Strategic Planning Meeting Proposal.
The Community Coalition for Self-Defense Proposal: The current resistance being waged in California prisons against the inhumane conditions in the torture chambers known as the SHU by the prisoners is nothing less than a courageous and heroic struggle. The prisoners are expressing self-determination as to how they see themselves preserving their inherent dignity as human beings. The call by the prisoners for a third hunger strike can be seen as an inside strategy utilized by the prisoners themselves What is also needed is a robust and protracted outside strategy led by the relatives of these brave souls and other outside supporters. Although the prisoners are receiving support from legal and advocacy groups, this support doesn't in and of itself build the necessary power and leadership needed to abolish the torture chambers. The victims of Californias torture chambers are not just those housed in the SHU. Their families are also harmed and impacted by this experience. Any outside strategy must be developed by those directly impacted and they must take a leadership role in the outcome in any campaign to abolish these torture chambers. We are proposing that all those directly involved, participate in a strategic planning retreat that will inform our work and that will build the necessary organized power needed to win the change we desire. note: CCSD is an initiative of the National Hood Alliance. -- JAI RAC-LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
