Ella Baker Center

Proud to be working on this issue with Felony Murder Elimination Project, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB), California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Silicon Valley Debug, Families United to End LWOP - FUEL, and so many more. #DropLWOP

Happening today at Restore Oakland until 4 PM (while supplies last)! We are hosting a mutual aid event with fresh produce, hot meals, baby supplies, and MORE. Come by 1419 34th Ave in Oakland CA.

Register for a live online conversation with Ella Baker Center exec. director Zach Norris and sonya shah, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) professor and restorative justice expert. Happening next Tuesday, March 23rd at 5:30PM! Marcus Books To register:

"Black, indigenous, Asian, Latinx communities just want the same individualized treatment that white people get. When a single white person commits an act of violence, there is typically some humanizing examination of what might have led that person to engage in that act." #StopAAPIHate Read Zach Norris's latest blog post:

We can create safer communities if we defund OPD by 50% and invest in community services. To get there we need to urge the Task Force to adopt the @defundOPD coalition’s recommendations. Join us TONIGHT at 6 PM in our demand: http://bit.ly/reimaginefinalmtg

CALL TO ACTION for TODAY and THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12th AT 4PM! The Penal Code Revision Committee is holding a hearing on Thursday, November 12th. We need our community to weigh in on what changes we want to see in the penal code! TODAY: Send in written comment to the Penal Code Revision Committee to voice your reform recommendations. Written comment instructions https://buff.ly/3niX80n... TOMORROW, NOV 12th at 4pm: Call-in to the meeting and make #PublicComment. Make your voice heard! Instructions to join the callhttps://buff.ly/3niX80n WE REFUSE TO BE SILENT. The Penal Code is in need of deep revision. We have the chance to mitigate some damage for our people and set the stage for systemic change. Go To https://buff.ly/3niX80n To make your voice heard! Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) #ChangeTheCode #DropLWOP #CareNotCages #FreeThemAll

The #StopSanQuentinOutbreak coalition is calling for large scale #ReleasesNOTTransfers. Hear from organizers and community members about their experiences with reentry and why it's so important that CDCR and Governor Newsom grant #ReleasesNOTTransfers in response to the Von Staich Habeas ruling to reduce the San Quentin State Prison population by 50%. The California First Appellate District Court of Appeal has found that CDCR and San Quentin State Prison violated the 8th Amen...dment rights of all incarcerated people at San Quentin during the COVID-19 outbreak by subjecting them to cruel and unusual punishment. This failure resulted in nearly 30 deaths of incarcerated people and over 2,200 positive cases at San Quentin alone in one of the most catastrophic COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation. The only solution to a deadly pandemic during the age of mass incarceration and overcrowded prisons is mass releases now! WE TAKE CARE OF US. We are ready to receive our incarcerated loved ones and support their transitions back into community. Donate to grassroots reentry organizations and Mutual Aid support for formerly incarcerated trans community members here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/releasesnottransfers

TODAY!! TODAY! #StopSanQuentinOutbreak Town Hall calling for #ReleasesNOTTransfers. This Saturday November 7th 2:00 - 3:30PM PT. Hear from EBC's own James King and other community members and organizers about their experiences with reentry, and why we need large scale releases from San Quentin State Prison and across California! FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/350257329634576 Register here: http://bit.ly/releasesnottransfersnow

RSVP to the next #StopSanQuentinOutbreak Town Hall calling for #ReleasesNOTTransfers. This Saturday November 7th 2:00 - 3:30PM PT. Hear from EBC's own James King and other community members and organizers about their experiences with reentry, and why we need large scale releases from San Quentin State Prison and across California! FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/350257329634576 Register here: http://bit.ly/releasesnottransfersnow

MARIN: Tune-in to this forum on juvenile justice in Marin County. It's time we put restorative justice first.

Join us to hear from formerly incarcerated organizers and community members about why it's so important that CDCR and Gavin Newsom grant #ReleasesNOTtransfers to reduce the San Quentin State Prison population by 50%. We are ready to receive our incarcerated loved ones and support their transitions back into community. Register for this important conversation happening in one week. #BringThemHome #StopSQOutbreak #WeKeepUsSafe https://buff.ly/2HCIwd6

The prospect of rolling back years of progress is terrifying. #Prop20 wold increase incarceration and hurt Black and Brown communities. We know increased policing and brutality is NOT the answer. "Californians want safe and healthy communities, not more prisons and jails." - Zach Norris. STOP the prison spending scam. #VOTE #NoON20 #Halloween2020

New Ella's Voice podcast! In our 2020 election episode, EBC family Nifa Akosua, Jose Bernal and Emily Harris host Rahsaan Thomas of Ear Hustle Podcast, Zakiya Prince and John Windham from Initiate Justice to break down the CA props that will impact racial and economic justice for our communities. Plus, EBC Executive Director Zachary Norris drops knowledge on how to prepare for a coup. #YesOnProp15 #YesOnProp16 #YesOnProp17 #YesOnProp21 #NoOnProp20 https://ellas-voice.simplecast.com/episo/voting-for-justice

Don’t make the same mistake twice! @CACorrections - we need #ReleasesNOTTransfers to reduce the prison population at San Quentin State Prison by 50% as ordered by the CA Appellate Court. Transfers caused the #COVID19 Outbreak at San Quentin State Prison. The remedy should not be the same as the cause. CDCr was found GUILTY of violating the 8th amendment rights of incarcerated people at San Quentin, after a TRANSFER caused the largest COVID outbreak in the nation. Further transfers will only continue this deliberate indifference. We need #ReleasesNOTtransfers. Join us and call for releases instead of transfers to reduce the population to 50%. #ReleasesNotTransfers #BringThemHome #StopSanQuentinOutbreak