tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463496568984336892023-11-15T22:20:01.811-08:00Decarcerate PittsburghHRC-FedUp!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01395343433851601090noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46349656898433689.post-79910328333479021492013-06-24T11:29:00.001-07:002013-06-24T11:37:27.047-07:00Broad coalition calls for “a people’s budget, not prison budget!"<br />
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In an unprecedented action against mass incarceration, a statewide coalition is embarking on a 100 mile march across Pennsylvania to demand “A People’s Budget, Not a Prison Budget.” The march will start in Philadelphia at Love Park at noon on May 25 and conclude with a noontime rally at the state capitol building in Harrisburg on June 3, as the state legislature reconvenes to discuss the budget for next year. Marchers are demanding that the General Assembly refuse to pass a budget with increases in corrections spending. They further call for the governor to stop the $400 million construction of two new prisons in Montgomery County, outside Philadelphia.<br />
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The march is being organized by Decarcerate PA, a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania by insisting that the state stop building prisons, reduce its prison population, and reinvest money into local community resources. More than thirty organizations are cosponsoring the march, including public school advocates, immigrant rights groups, faith-based communities, and a wide array of racial and economic justice organizations.</div>
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involved. We know we all benefit when the state invests in education, not incarceration."</div>
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The March for a People’s Budget is an impressive and creative step in a growing national movement against mass incarceration, according to several high-profile analysts.</div>
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Voicing her support for the march, noted scholar and activist Angela Davis said, "This march is not just about one state budget. It is about enacting a vision of a society rooted in humanity instead of prisons. Decarcerate PA is an exciting part of a growing national movement to challenge the erroneous idea that prisons make us safer." These endorsers say the march is breaking new ground in the fight against mass incarceration. </div>
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“Decarcerate PA’s march highlights a simple truth: Public budgets should be made by the</div>
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Like other states, Pennsylvania has embraced a path of austerity. In recent years,Republican governor Tom Corbett has cut more than a billion dollars from education, eliminated General Assistance, and slashed health care spending. Philadelphia alone is in the process of closing twenty-three schools. Yet the PA Department of Corrections is requesting an additional $68 million increase in next year’s budget, which will push the DOC budget over $2 billion for the first time in the state’s history. Further, the state proceeds to expand its prison system.</div>
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“At a time when prison populations are finally beginning to decline nationally, it’s unfortunate that Pennsylvania is planning to build new prisons,” said Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national prison reform group. “We’ve seen that sentencing and drug policy reform, along with a broader array of</div>
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The March for a People’s Budget includes rallies and community events in towns and</div>
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cities along the ten-day march route highlighting the high costs of social austerity. The march begins only two weeks after Philadelphia witnessed a massive student walkout in protest of school closings.</div>
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Decarcerate PA formed in 2011. Last November, seven members of the group were arrested and charged with trespass and disorderly conduct following a sit-in on the construction site of two new prisons in Montgomery County, PA. The demonstrators sat at school desks and wore banners reading “fund schools, not prisons.” The charges are still pending. </div>
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Philadelphia, PA–<b>In an unprecedented action against mass incarceration, a statewide coalition is embarking on a 100 mile march across Pennsylvania to demand “A People’s Budget, Not a Prison Budget.” The march will start in Philadelphia at Love Park at noon on May 25 and conclude with a noontime rally at the state capitol building in Harrisburg on June 3, as the state legislature reconvenes to discuss the budget for next year.</b></div>
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Marchers are demanding that the General Assembly refuse to pass a budget with increases in corrections spending. They further call for the governor to stop the $400 million construction of two new prisons in Montgomery County, outside Philadelphia.</div>
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The march is being organized by Decarcerate PA, a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania by insisting that the state stop building prisons, reduce its prison population, and reinvest money into local community resources. More than thirty organizations are cosponsoring the march, including public school advocates, immigrant rights groups, faith-based communities, and a wide array of racial and economic justice organizations.</div>
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"Everyone in Pennsylvania has an investment in stopping prison growth." said Layne Mullett of Decarcerate PA. "That's why community groups, churches, labor unions, parents, teachers, students, formerly incarcerated people, legislators and entire families are getting involved. We know we all benefit when the state invests in education, not incarceration."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget is an impressive and creative step in a growing national movement against mass incarceration, according to several high-profile analysts.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Voicing her support for the march, acclaimed scholar and activist Angela Davis said, "This march is not just about one state budget. It is about enacting a vision of a society rooted in humanity instead of prisons. Decarcerate PA is an exciting part of a growing national movement to challenge the erroneous idea that prisons make us safer."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
These endorsers say the march is breaking new ground in the fight against mass incarceration.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“Decarcerate PA’s march highlights a simple truth: Public budgets should be made by the people for the people,” said Ruth Wilson Gilmore, an award-winning scholar of imprisonment and the past president of the American Studies Association. “In walking the walk, these historic marchers take the fight against prisons and austerity to a new level. What happens in Pennsylvania now can lift all who strive for a new national freedom agenda.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Like other states, Pennsylvania has embraced a path of austerity. In recent years, Republican governor Tom Corbett has cut more than a billion dollars from education, eliminated General Assistance, and slashed health care spending. Philadelphia alone is in the process of closing twenty-three schools. Yet the PA Department of Corrections is requesting an additional $68 million increase in next year’s budget, which will push the DOC budget over $2 billion for the first time in the state’s history. Further, the state proceeds to expand its prison system.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“At a time when prison populations are finally beginning to decline nationally, it’s unfortunate that Pennsylvania is planning to build new prisons,” said Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national prison reform group. “We’ve seen that sentencing and drug policy reform, along with a broader array of non-prison options, can have a significant impact on the number of people incarcerated. Prison construction also assures that resources will be less available to invest in the communities most heavily affected by mass incarceration.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget includes rallies and community events in towns and cities along the ten-day march route highlighting the high costs of social austerity. The march begins only two weeks after Philadelphia witnessed a massive student walkout in protest of school closings.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Decarcerate PA formed in 2011. Last November, seven members of the group were arrested and charged with trespass and disorderly conduct following a sit-in on the construction site of two new prisons in Montgomery County, PA. The demonstrators sat at school desks and wore banners reading “fund schools, not prisons.” The charges are still pending.</div>
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For live updates and images of the march, visit <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.decarceratepa.info/march">www.decarceratepa.info/march</a> and @decarceratepa.</span></div>
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- See more at: http://decarceratepa.info/press_release/100-mile-march-across-pa-seeks-halt-prison-expansion-austerity-broad-coalition-calls-%E2%80%9C#sthash.Z4UGCV8u.dpuf</div>
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Philadelphia, PA–<b>In an unprecedented action against mass incarceration, a statewide coalition is embarking on a 100 mile march across Pennsylvania to demand “A People’s Budget, Not a Prison Budget.” The march will start in Philadelphia at Love Park at noon on May 25 and conclude with a noontime rally at the state capitol building in Harrisburg on June 3, as the state legislature reconvenes to discuss the budget for next year.</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Marchers are demanding that the General Assembly refuse to pass a budget with increases in corrections spending. They further call for the governor to stop the $400 million construction of two new prisons in Montgomery County, outside Philadelphia.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The march is being organized by Decarcerate PA, a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania by insisting that the state stop building prisons, reduce its prison population, and reinvest money into local community resources. More than thirty organizations are cosponsoring the march, including public school advocates, immigrant rights groups, faith-based communities, and a wide array of racial and economic justice organizations.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
"Everyone in Pennsylvania has an investment in stopping prison growth." said Layne Mullett of Decarcerate PA. "That's why community groups, churches, labor unions, parents, teachers, students, formerly incarcerated people, legislators and entire families are getting involved. We know we all benefit when the state invests in education, not incarceration."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget is an impressive and creative step in a growing national movement against mass incarceration, according to several high-profile analysts.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Voicing her support for the march, acclaimed scholar and activist Angela Davis said, "This march is not just about one state budget. It is about enacting a vision of a society rooted in humanity instead of prisons. Decarcerate PA is an exciting part of a growing national movement to challenge the erroneous idea that prisons make us safer."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
These endorsers say the march is breaking new ground in the fight against mass incarceration.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“Decarcerate PA’s march highlights a simple truth: Public budgets should be made by the people for the people,” said Ruth Wilson Gilmore, an award-winning scholar of imprisonment and the past president of the American Studies Association. “In walking the walk, these historic marchers take the fight against prisons and austerity to a new level. What happens in Pennsylvania now can lift all who strive for a new national freedom agenda.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Like other states, Pennsylvania has embraced a path of austerity. In recent years, Republican governor Tom Corbett has cut more than a billion dollars from education, eliminated General Assistance, and slashed health care spending. Philadelphia alone is in the process of closing twenty-three schools. Yet the PA Department of Corrections is requesting an additional $68 million increase in next year’s budget, which will push the DOC budget over $2 billion for the first time in the state’s history. Further, the state proceeds to expand its prison system.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“At a time when prison populations are finally beginning to decline nationally, it’s unfortunate that Pennsylvania is planning to build new prisons,” said Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national prison reform group. “We’ve seen that sentencing and drug policy reform, along with a broader array of non-prison options, can have a significant impact on the number of people incarcerated. Prison construction also assures that resources will be less available to invest in the communities most heavily affected by mass incarceration.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget includes rallies and community events in towns and cities along the ten-day march route highlighting the high costs of social austerity. The march begins only two weeks after Philadelphia witnessed a massive student walkout in protest of school closings.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Decarcerate PA formed in 2011. Last November, seven members of the group were arrested and charged with trespass and disorderly conduct following a sit-in on the construction site of two new prisons in Montgomery County, PA. The demonstrators sat at school desks and wore banners reading “fund schools, not prisons.” The charges are still pending.</div>
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For live updates and images of the march, visit <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.decarceratepa.info/march">www.decarceratepa.info/march</a> and @decarceratepa.</span></div>
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- See more at: http://decarceratepa.info/press_release/100-mile-march-across-pa-seeks-halt-prison-expansion-austerity-broad-coalition-calls-%E2%80%9C#sthash.Z4UGCV8u.dpuf</div>
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Philadelphia, PA–<b>In an unprecedented action against mass incarceration, a statewide coalition is embarking on a 100 mile march across Pennsylvania to demand “A People’s Budget, Not a Prison Budget.” The march will start in Philadelphia at Love Park at noon on May 25 and conclude with a noontime rally at the state capitol building in Harrisburg on June 3, as the state legislature reconvenes to discuss the budget for next year.</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Marchers are demanding that the General Assembly refuse to pass a budget with increases in corrections spending. They further call for the governor to stop the $400 million construction of two new prisons in Montgomery County, outside Philadelphia.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The march is being organized by Decarcerate PA, a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania by insisting that the state stop building prisons, reduce its prison population, and reinvest money into local community resources. More than thirty organizations are cosponsoring the march, including public school advocates, immigrant rights groups, faith-based communities, and a wide array of racial and economic justice organizations.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
"Everyone in Pennsylvania has an investment in stopping prison growth." said Layne Mullett of Decarcerate PA. "That's why community groups, churches, labor unions, parents, teachers, students, formerly incarcerated people, legislators and entire families are getting involved. We know we all benefit when the state invests in education, not incarceration."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget is an impressive and creative step in a growing national movement against mass incarceration, according to several high-profile analysts.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Voicing her support for the march, acclaimed scholar and activist Angela Davis said, "This march is not just about one state budget. It is about enacting a vision of a society rooted in humanity instead of prisons. Decarcerate PA is an exciting part of a growing national movement to challenge the erroneous idea that prisons make us safer."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
These endorsers say the march is breaking new ground in the fight against mass incarceration.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“Decarcerate PA’s march highlights a simple truth: Public budgets should be made by the people for the people,” said Ruth Wilson Gilmore, an award-winning scholar of imprisonment and the past president of the American Studies Association. “In walking the walk, these historic marchers take the fight against prisons and austerity to a new level. What happens in Pennsylvania now can lift all who strive for a new national freedom agenda.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Like other states, Pennsylvania has embraced a path of austerity. In recent years, Republican governor Tom Corbett has cut more than a billion dollars from education, eliminated General Assistance, and slashed health care spending. Philadelphia alone is in the process of closing twenty-three schools. Yet the PA Department of Corrections is requesting an additional $68 million increase in next year’s budget, which will push the DOC budget over $2 billion for the first time in the state’s history. Further, the state proceeds to expand its prison system.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“At a time when prison populations are finally beginning to decline nationally, it’s unfortunate that Pennsylvania is planning to build new prisons,” said Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national prison reform group. “We’ve seen that sentencing and drug policy reform, along with a broader array of non-prison options, can have a significant impact on the number of people incarcerated. Prison construction also assures that resources will be less available to invest in the communities most heavily affected by mass incarceration.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget includes rallies and community events in towns and cities along the ten-day march route highlighting the high costs of social austerity. The march begins only two weeks after Philadelphia witnessed a massive student walkout in protest of school closings.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Decarcerate PA formed in 2011. Last November, seven members of the group were arrested and charged with trespass and disorderly conduct following a sit-in on the construction site of two new prisons in Montgomery County, PA. The demonstrators sat at school desks and wore banners reading “fund schools, not prisons.” The charges are still pending.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
For live updates and images of the march, visit <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.decarceratepa.info/march">www.decarceratepa.info/march</a> and @decarceratepa.</span></div>
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- See more at: http://decarceratepa.info/press_release/100-mile-march-across-pa-seeks-halt-prison-expansion-austerity-broad-coalition-calls-%E2%80%9C#sthash.Z4UGCV8u.dpuf</div>
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Philadelphia, PA–<b>In an unprecedented action against mass incarceration, a statewide coalition is embarking on a 100 mile march across Pennsylvania to demand “A People’s Budget, Not a Prison Budget.” The march will start in Philadelphia at Love Park at noon on May 25 and conclude with a noontime rally at the state capitol building in Harrisburg on June 3, as the state legislature reconvenes to discuss the budget for next year.</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Marchers are demanding that the General Assembly refuse to pass a budget with increases in corrections spending. They further call for the governor to stop the $400 million construction of two new prisons in Montgomery County, outside Philadelphia.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The march is being organized by Decarcerate PA, a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania by insisting that the state stop building prisons, reduce its prison population, and reinvest money into local community resources. More than thirty organizations are cosponsoring the march, including public school advocates, immigrant rights groups, faith-based communities, and a wide array of racial and economic justice organizations.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
"Everyone in Pennsylvania has an investment in stopping prison growth." said Layne Mullett of Decarcerate PA. "That's why community groups, churches, labor unions, parents, teachers, students, formerly incarcerated people, legislators and entire families are getting involved. We know we all benefit when the state invests in education, not incarceration."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget is an impressive and creative step in a growing national movement against mass incarceration, according to several high-profile analysts.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Voicing her support for the march, acclaimed scholar and activist Angela Davis said, "This march is not just about one state budget. It is about enacting a vision of a society rooted in humanity instead of prisons. Decarcerate PA is an exciting part of a growing national movement to challenge the erroneous idea that prisons make us safer."</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
These endorsers say the march is breaking new ground in the fight against mass incarceration.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“Decarcerate PA’s march highlights a simple truth: Public budgets should be made by the people for the people,” said Ruth Wilson Gilmore, an award-winning scholar of imprisonment and the past president of the American Studies Association. “In walking the walk, these historic marchers take the fight against prisons and austerity to a new level. What happens in Pennsylvania now can lift all who strive for a new national freedom agenda.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Like other states, Pennsylvania has embraced a path of austerity. In recent years, Republican governor Tom Corbett has cut more than a billion dollars from education, eliminated General Assistance, and slashed health care spending. Philadelphia alone is in the process of closing twenty-three schools. Yet the PA Department of Corrections is requesting an additional $68 million increase in next year’s budget, which will push the DOC budget over $2 billion for the first time in the state’s history. Further, the state proceeds to expand its prison system.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
“At a time when prison populations are finally beginning to decline nationally, it’s unfortunate that Pennsylvania is planning to build new prisons,” said Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, a national prison reform group. “We’ve seen that sentencing and drug policy reform, along with a broader array of non-prison options, can have a significant impact on the number of people incarcerated. Prison construction also assures that resources will be less available to invest in the communities most heavily affected by mass incarceration.”</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
The March for a People’s Budget includes rallies and community events in towns and cities along the ten-day march route highlighting the high costs of social austerity. The march begins only two weeks after Philadelphia witnessed a massive student walkout in protest of school closings.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Decarcerate PA formed in 2011. Last November, seven members of the group were arrested and charged with trespass and disorderly conduct following a sit-in on the construction site of two new prisons in Montgomery County, PA. The demonstrators sat at school desks and wore banners reading “fund schools, not prisons.” The charges are still pending.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
For live updates and images of the march, visit <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.decarceratepa.info/march">www.decarceratepa.info/march</a> and @decarceratepa.</span></div>
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- See more at: http://decarceratepa.info/press_release/100-mile-march-across-pa-seeks-halt-prison-expansion-austerity-broad-coalition-calls-%E2%80%9C#sthash.Z4UGCV8u.dpuf</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46349656898433689.post-90659558868779526782013-05-19T17:03:00.002-07:002013-05-19T17:03:43.825-07:00Route for Pittsburgh March for A People's Budget!<b id="docs-internal-guid-503a709a-bf07-9a3e-5a1f-59e251d1793d"></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 10:00 Meet at Point Park Fountain (Blvd of the Allies and Wood Street) </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 10:20 Arrive at Astorino (227 Fort Pitt Blvd.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 10:40 Arrive at Governor’s Office (301 Fifth Ave.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 10:45 Arrive at Allegheny County Assistance Building (350 Fifth Ave.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 10:55 Arrive at Allegheny County Courthouse (Fifth Ave. and Grant St.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 11:25 Arrive at Freedom Corner (Centre Ave. and Crawford St.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Shuttle to Community Day BBQ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> 11:50 Arrive at Jake Wheatley’s Office (2015 Centre Ave.) </span></span></div>
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</b>HRC-FedUp!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01395343433851601090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46349656898433689.post-58731040462583432562013-05-11T06:59:00.001-07:002013-05-11T06:59:33.812-07:00Community Day BBQ and Sister March for A People's Budget <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On <b>Sunday, May 26, 2013</b> join us for a <b>March for a People's Budget, Not a Prison Budget</b> to be followed by a <b>Community Day and BBQ!</b></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is why we will march in Pittsburgh to demand a People's Budget, Not a Prison Budget, echoing the message from across the state where on May 25th the March for A People's Budget will begin in Philadelphia, to land in Harrisburg on June 3rd to demand that legislators invest in communities, not prisons.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Sister March begins </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- A 6-mile march across Pittsburgh, making stops at offices of PA legislators to demand that the new budget reflects the people's interest for re-investment in our communities and an end to prison expansion! The march will also make stops at the offices of companies invested in increasing criminalization of our communities. March will end at the Community Day BBQ -- join for the whole march, or join at any point along the route! Contact us, or see website for more details!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CONTACT: decarcerate.pa.pgh@gmail.com - 412-945-0664</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> decarceratepa.info</span></div>
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HRC-FedUp!http://www.blogger.com/profile/01395343433851601090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46349656898433689.post-13132729333576903772012-12-17T17:45:00.000-08:002012-12-17T17:47:06.831-08:00National Call In Day - December 19th - Wednesday!<br />
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Join with Decarcerate PA for a statewide call-in day on December 19th to demand that Governor Corbett cancel all new prison construction in 2013!<br />
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2013 is fast approaching, and that means its time to make new years resolutions. Unfortunately, some of our elected (and appointed) officials could use a little help! That's why we are asking all of you to give Governor Corbett and Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel a call and remind them to add "NO NEW PRISONS" to their resolutions list. Want to see how its done? <b>Check out the call-in day promo video (starring Corbett and Wetzel themselves!): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GieSfQjgauA" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=GieSfQjgauA </a></b><br />
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Right now, Governor Corbett is just breaking ground on two new prisons in Montgomery County. If completed, these prisons will cost $400 million to build and will house 4,100 people. At the same time, the Philadelphia school district has just announced they will close 37 schools this year. Please call Governor Corbett and Secretary Wetzel at the numbers below and ask them to fund schools, not prisons! PA needs more classrooms and fewer prison cells.<br />
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Corbett's office - <a href="tel:717-787-2500" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+17177872500">717-787-2500</a><br />
Wetzel's office - <a href="tel:717-728-4109" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+17177284109">717-728-4109</a><br />
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You can see a a video of the action featuring statements from the arrestees here:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOTFLCbuP-o" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr></wbr>v=hOTFLCbuP-o</a></div>
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You can also see more photos <a href="http://decarceratepa.info/media/direct-action-sci-graterford-photos-action" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">HERE</a>, and video of the livestream action <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/27140304" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<span> </span>Or check out our<a href="http://decarceratepa.info/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">website</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DecarceratePA" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">facebook</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/DecarceratePA" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">twitter</a> for more information.<span> </span></div>
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The folks who were arrested were charged with three misdemeanors each: Defiant Trespass, Failure of Disorderly Persons to Disperse upon Official Order, and Persistent Disorderly Conduct.<span> </span>They have all been released on bail.<span> </span>However, we had to borrow money for bail, and need to pay people back.<span> </span>We are also anticipating court costs and fees.<span> </span><span>So if you can, </span><b>please consider making a donation to <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">Decarcerate</span><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffcc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">PA</span> to help us cover these costs.<span> </span>You can make a donation <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=ZqN8vAU8sPqNsGwqefrQtuuPfaKhRFg52jZwEtHaNnlSf4ZFdPQqEIInWim&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d0b7e678a25d883d0fa72c947f193f8fd" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">HERE</a>, or by going to our website at<a href="http://decarceratepa.info/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://decarceratepa.info/</a> and clicking on the “Donate” button.</b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46349656898433689.post-17003882507521568452012-06-20T12:04:00.001-07:002012-06-20T12:04:50.441-07:00Picture This!When Governor Corbett came to Philadelphia in May, <span class="il">Decarcerate</span> <span class="il">PA</span> lined the streets with prison beds and banners to<span> demonstrate that </span>money
spent on prison beds is money taken away from the things <span class="il">PA</span> really
needs. Now we are taking our beds on the road! Every day from now
until the budget passes, <span class="il">Decarcerate</span> <span class="il">PA</span> will post a <span>new</span> photo of these prison beds in front of institutions and places in Pennsylvania that are negatively impacted by <span>Governor </span>Corbett’s broken priorities.<br />
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Governor Corbett’s proposed 2012-2013 budget would continue his
attack on public education, health care, and social services. His budget
cuts $78 million from basic education, $264 million from higher
education, $319 million from General Assistance, and millions more from
environmental protection, homeowners assistance, and healthcare and
mental health services. He claims these drastic cuts will somehow
benefit the state. But if Governor Corbett really loved Pennsylvania, he
would focus on funding the vital industries and support systems that
help Pennsylvanians grow, learn and stay healthy.<br />
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At the same time, Governor Corbett is moving ahead with a $685
million project to build three new prisons and expand nine existing
facilities. Each new prison will contain about 2,000 new beds and cost
$200 million to build. <strong>For each new prison bed, Pennsylvania taxpayers will pay about $100,000.</strong> In
all, this expensive construction will add over 5,000 new beds to the
prison system at a time when Governor Corbett’s own Department of
Corrections Secretary, John Wetzel, acknowledges that thousands of men
and women are currently incarcerated in PA beyond their minimum release
dates due to programming wait lists and bureaucratic backlogs.<br />
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If Governor Corbett cared about Pennsylvanians, he would invest in
education, healthcare and other industries that promote a brighter
future, not more unnecessary prison beds. <strong>Join Decarcerate PA in asking Governor Corbett, “Where is the love?”</strong><br />
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For more on Decarcerate PA’s campaign, visit: <a href="http://www.decarceratepa.info/">www.decarceratepa.info</a><br />
For more details on the impact Governor Corbett’s proposed budget cuts, visit: http://pennbpc.org/<br />
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<a href="http://decarceratepa.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Check Out Picture This HERE!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46349656898433689.post-11565883259406332292012-03-07T19:17:00.000-08:002012-03-07T19:17:42.322-08:00Free Spaghetti Dinner<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div> <style>
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