NAACP paradigm shift
Why does it matter that the NAACP wants an end to the War on Drugs? Leonard Pitts Jr. wrote for the Miami Herald 30 July 2011, NAACP’s paradigm shift on ending the Drug War Here’s why this matters. Or,...
View ArticleNAACP on MLK on War on Drugs
I hate to repeat a preacher, but it’s Sunday, and Robert Rooks wrote for NAACP 24 August 2011 U.S. Approach to War on Drugs Ignores Dr. King’s Lessons on Justice, Compassion. After forty years of the...
View ArticleCCA really doesn’t like community opposition, so apparently it works
Private prison company CCA, which in conjunction with ALEC promotes laws in dozens of states and nationally that lock up more people for CCA’s private profit at taxpayer expense, really doesn’t like...
View ArticlePardons board rejects clemency for Troy Davis
So now it’s down to Gov. Deal. In the VDT via AP today: Georgia’s pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures...
View ArticleVDT announces anti-consolidation march
Brittany D. McClure wrote for the VDT today, Consolidation opponents to march Saturday Organizers expect hundreds to gather this weekend in front of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce for...
View ArticleCount the Vote No Marchers
Some said 200, others 250, others 300, for how many marchers following this banner Friday: Here is the entire march southbound crossing the tracks. Here’s Video 1 of 3: Count the Vote No Marchers Part...
View ArticleGeorge Rhynes talks to No Consolidation marchers
Received Saturday. Lots of people from Hahira. -jsq Valdosta, Lowndes County and other concerned citizens marched from the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce building through downtown to Rev....
View ArticleThe local “unification” attack on public schools is part of a nationwide assault
The “unification” attack on the public schools in Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia is part of a nationwide assault on public schools, which has nothing to do with improving public education, and...
View ArticleACLU and 60 policy and religious groups ask states to reject CCA’s prison...
What do the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, The Sentencing Project, the NAACP, and the Southern Poverty Law Center have in common? They all want states to reject CCA’s...
View ArticleDrive Away CCA Today!
Today at 5PM, help Drive Away CCA! Join the motorcade from the private prison site to honk at Valdosta City Hall and march at the Industrial Authority office. I’ll be on Chris Beckham’s show on WVGA...
View ArticleNAACP Reactivation Meeting, Valdosta Chapter, 2016-01-06
Received today (PDF). -jsq Re-Activation Meeting for the Valdosta Chapter We are looking for new members to relaunch this chapter. Please come and join us!!!!!! When: January 6, 2016 @ 7pm Where:...
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