TIME SENSITIVE *!*!* SEND AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD TODAY TELL THEM TO VOTE NO. NO NEW JUVI -- NO OLD JUVI!!! Greetings Everyone, We are at a critical point in opposing the construction of the proposed $210 million new youth jail and we need your help. Join members of Ending The Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC), Youth Undoing Institutional Racism (YUIR), Washington Incarceration Stops Here (WISH), and Peoples Institute Northwest (PINW) to make TODAY the Day of 10,000 Emails to Seattle City Council.” Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 30th, at 2 p.m., the members of the Seattle City Council Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability (PLUS) committee plan to vote on whether or not to accept the zoning changes that King County has requested to build the proposed $210 Million new youth jail. If this project is allowed to move forward as currently planned, it will expand the prison industrial complex and racial disparities within King County’s criminal system. Come join us at the hearing where the vote will take place (City Hall, 600 4th Ave, 2 pm), and show the Council were still watching! Facebook invite here: https://facebook/events/1523357801242425/ When you send your e-mail TODAY, Monday, September 29th (sample e-mail below), please cc. us at EndingThePIC@gmail so that we can keep count of how many emails are sent. After you have sent your emails to the council members, forward this email to your 4 family and friends who are most likely to participate. Thanks in advance. Here are the email addresses of members on the PLUS committee to copy/paste: [email protected]; [email protected];[email protected]; [email protected]; EndingThePIC@gmail. Sample e-mail: Dear Council Members: [Introduce yourself, and let the council know if you are a resident of or work in the Central District (where the new youth jail project is located), are a resident or work in Seattle, are affiliated with any organizations/religious groups, are a parent or youth, a believer that equity is possible, or just a true justice loving person] I am writing to you today to ask you to vote NO on Council Bill 118202. I am opposed to the construction of the proposed Children and Family Justice Center. The youth of King County need a community led upstream approach and community led alternatives to detention. The Planning, Land Use and Sustainability Committee should not make it easier for King County to build a facility that targets youth of color, destroys lives, and does not make us safer. Please vote no on CB118202! Sincerely, [your name]
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:55:22 +0000
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