Update 7/14/11: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Call to Action!

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Update 7/14: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Call to Action!

URGENT! DISTRIBUTE 

FAR AND WIDE!

Actions in Los Angeles and Southern California: 

ENCAMPMENT SOLIDARITY WITH PELICAN BAY PRISONERS HUNGER STRIKE! KRST Unity Center of Afrikan Spiritual Science 

FRIDAY, July 15th, starting at 1:30 pm; and ALL DAY Sat., July 16th, beginning at 1pm

7825. S. Western Ave., LA, CA 90047

For info: 213-840-5348 California Prisoners Hunger Strike Action Network; Call 714-290-9077 if you have a family member or friend incarcerated and want to get involved in Action Network. 

Outreach to family members of those incarcerated: 

MEN'S CENTRAL JAIL

BE THERE ON FRI., JULY 15th, 11 am TO 3 pm

441 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

For info: 213-840-5348 

INFO/STRATEGY SESSION Southern California Library 
Be there on Friday, July 15 from 6pm-8pm, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue 

Greetings Everyone, 

COME TO THE ENCAMPMENT SAT., JULY 16 AT 1PM 

The Encampment is where people come to express support for the prisoners on hunger strike in Pelican Bay SHU and other CA prisons; where prominent voices of conscious make appearances and convey their solidarity; it is a space where people congregate for a 24 hour solidarity hunger strike and fast and take up other forms as well that draw public awareness to this battle.  This Encampment is where families of those incarcerated, and everyone, find community and support and where all this amplifies the voices of the SHU prisoners and galvanizes societal-wide mobilization and support for their just demands.

WE WRITE WITH URGENCY!!
As of July 14, Thursday morning, this report:

"Legal representatives made visits to Pelican Bay SHU Tuesday and interviewed a number of hunger strikers. Each prisoner explained how medical conditions of about 400 hunger strikers in the SHU are worsening. [Read on] 

We are making an INTERNATIONAL CALL OF ACTION to take a stand in support and solidarity with all men that are on hunger strike across California State Prisons to end the inhumane and torturous conditions in Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit (SHU).

We need EVERYONE!  TIME IS OF ESSENCE!  If you are an artist, actor, public figure, family of an incarcerated loved one, lawyer, academic or organization please make a statement and come out publicly in support of their five core demands. Urge the CDCR to begin NEGOTIATIONS NOW!!

For a full list of prisoners 5 core demands click [here].