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Standing Up Against Prison Build-Up & the Death Penalty

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April 27, 2011, 12:34 p.m.

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Lethal Injustice: Standing Up Against Prison Build-Up & the Death Penalty
30 March 2011
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Amnesty International, S.A.F.E. (Students Advocating Freedom & Equality), and Nouveaux Socialistes have teamed up to bring a 3 speaker panel to look at what's behind our massive prison build-up, why so many people of color are locked up and what we can do about it.

From death rows to super-maxes, over 2.3 million men and women sit behind bars today. "Lethal Injustice" speakers are organizing on the front-lines of the fight against criminal injustice, taking a stand against the racist, prison build-up and harsh sentencing like the death penalty.

The 3 Speakers are

* Victoria Law - author, Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
* Mark Clements - former police torture victim, sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile
* Randi Jones - activist, organizer, and member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty

For more information, contact Students Advocating Freedom and Equality at gvsusafe at gmail.com

related links:

Women on the Margins: Incarceration and Resistance in the Current Era
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/46416

Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
http://naarpr.org/node/4

Campaign to End the Death Penalty
www.nodeathpenalty.org/

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