Return to Sender: Slavery and The War on Drugs

A Community Forum on Why We Must Pass Prop 6 and Stop Prop 36

SV De-Bug - SV De-Bug - October 17, 2024 - 1 minute read

Editor's Note:

The San Jose community came together to discuss why and how we must beat back slavery in prisons and the return of the failed drug war. Opportunities to win both will be on the ballot this year in the form of voting Yes to Prop 6 and No to Prop 36. The convening featured impacted community leaders who have long advocated for the incarcerated, the houseless, those with mental health needs, and communities of color - basically everyone the Mayor of San Jose wants to lock up. Panelists include Sandy Perry (South Bay Land Trust), Yvonne Maxwell (Ujima), Cecilia Chavez (De-Bug), J. Vasquez(CURYJ), Xavier Espana (De-Bug).

Return to Sender: Slavery and the War on Drugs A Forum on Why We Must Vote No on Prop 36 and Yes on Prop 6

More on Prop 36: Prop 36 expands on the misleading claim that California is experiencing an increase in crime and is funded by conservatives and corporations. It will lock up Black and Brown communities, criminalize unhoused loved ones, and divert millions of dollars from reentry, mental health, substance abuse, and victim reentry programs to build more prisons.

More on Prop 6: Prop 6 would ban forced prison labor, prohibit prisons from punishing incarcerated people who seek rehabilitation over forced labor, and amend the State Constitution to read "Slavery and Involuntary Servitude are Prohibited”.

This forum was co-sponsored by: Silicon Valley De-Bug • Asian Law Alliance • Black Leadership Kitchen Cabinet • Coalition for Justice and Accountability • Concrete Rose Coalition • Council on American-Islamic (CAIR) California • NAACP: San Jose / Silicon Valley Branch • Pangea Legal Services • San Jose State University Human Rights Institute • Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) • Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ) • Silicon Valley Rising Action • South Bay Community Land Trust • Ujima Adult and Family Services • Wage Theft Coalition Santa Clara County • Young Women’s Freedom Center

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