Last planning meeting for Peoples Justice Conference

The last planning meeting prior to the Peoples Justice Conference will take place Saturday, May 7 at 3:00 PM at the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue, L.A., between Slauson and Gage. This will coincide with a meeting of the Justice Working Group of the MLK Coalition for Jobs Peace and Justice (one of the participants in the coalition) and will be followed by a meeting of the jericho Amnesty Coalition Los Angeles chapter, another participant in the Peoples Justice Conference. For more information, call 310-495-0299, or email peoplesjusticeconference@gmail.com

Next planning meeting for Peoples Justice Conference

The next planning meeting for the Peoples Justice Conference will take place on Saturday, March 26 at 3:00 PM after the labor march and rally. The meeting will occur at the Southern CA Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, and will be followed at 5:00 PM by a meeting of the Los Angeles chapter of the Jericho Amnesty Movement to Free Political Prisoners (one of the groups in the Peoples Justice Conference coalition).

Southern California Peoples Justice Conference 05/2011 Los Angeles

A planning committee has begun efforts on a Southern California Peoples Justice Conference, to be held the weekend of May 13-15, connecting people facing oppression within the so-called criminal justice system and grassroots activists dealing with various aspects of that system.

Bringing together initiatives begun by the Jericho Amnesty Movement Los Angeles chapter, the Los Angeles Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, GrassrootsKPFK and the Justice Working Group of the Martin Luther King Coalition for Jobs, Justice and Peace, the conference is aimed at uniting people dealing with police terror, political repression, prosecutorial misconduct, and the prison-industrial complex.

Issues that will be addressed include racial profiling, community control of the police, cop-watching, prison abolition, ending the death penalty, amnesty and/or clemency for political prisoners, shutting supermax and isolation units, opposing ICE raids and detentions, and reintegration of formerly incarcerated people into socially useful and gainful work.

Other groups involved include Anti-Racist Action L.A., the Black Riders and Brown Riders Liberation Party, the Workers Solidarity Alliance

Planning meetings are being held every other Saturday at noon at the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles (between Slauson and Gage). For more information, contact PeoplesJusticeConference@gmail.com or call 310-495-0299. You can also sign up for our low volume list serve to stay current on meeting announcements and other developments at PeoplesJusticeConference on googlegroups.