{"article":{"id":16358,"heading":"6th National Conference On Raza Prisoners and Colonialism","author":"Committee On Raza Rights","created":"2002-05-03 16:51:05","modified":"2013-11-10 23:43:21","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:43:21","article":"

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Bulletin Number #1

6th National Conference On Raza Prisoners and Colonialism

ACABAR CON EL TERRORISMO EN LAS PRISIONES

JUSTICIA Y DIGNIDAD PARA TODOS

6th Annual Conference On Raza Prisoners And Colonialism

“End Prison Terror - Justice And Dignity For All”

Saturday, May 18, 2002

Riverside, Califaztlan

Everyday, thousands of Mexican prisoners are brutalize and terrorized in U.S. prisons. Harassment, beatings, rapes, and deaths —occur daily. Join us in ending “Prison Terror”. Support the struggle for justice and dignity for all.

The yearly conferences serve as “community academies” where activists and people interested in the question of prisoners and how they relate to the capitalist\/colonial realities in which the great majority of the people throughout the world exist, can dialogue, learn from each other, and network.

Workshops & Speakers On:

Political Economy of the Prison Industrial Complex

Women, Youth, and the Criminalization of La Raza

Organizing In Defense of Our Democratic and Human Rights

Unity and Organization: Building A Network Of Progressive Activists

Key Note Speaker\/Orador Principal:

Dylan Rodriguez (Author, Professor, and Prison Rights Activist, Riverside, Califas)

Workshops\/Panels:

The Politics and Economy of Prisons\/La Política y Economía de las Prisiones



Luis Talamantez (Prison Focus - Pelican Bay Info Project, San Francisco, Califas)

Ernesto Bustillos (Unión del Barrio - Free Luis Rodriguez Committee, San Diego, Califas)

Cecilia Ubilla (Committee For World Democracy, San Diego, Califas)

Benjamin Prado (Raza Rights Coalition, San Diego, Califas)

Pablo Aceves (Uníon del Barrio\/Comite Flores Magon, Tijuana, Mexico)

Youth and the Criminalization of La Raza\/La Criminalización de Nuestra Juventud

Ricardo Favela (Mexicanos Unidos En Defensa del Pueblo, Fallbrook, Califas)

Francisco Romero (Committee On Raza Rights, Oxnard, Califas)

Ernesto Bustillos, Jr. (Brown Berets de Aztlán, San Diego, Califas)

Libertad Ayala (La Raza Unida Party, San Fernando, Califas)

Gilbert Chavez (Centro Aztlan, Riverside, Califas)

Women, The Struggle, and Prisons\/La Mujer, La Lucha, y Las Prisiones

Cathy Espitia (Chicano Mexicano Prison Project, San Diego, Califas)

Teresa Azhocar (California Coalition For Women Prisoners, San Diego, Califas)

Amanda Perez Sosa (Criminal Justice Consortium, Los Angeles, Califas)

Elba Alvarez (Unión del Barrio, Riverside, Califas)

Organizing In Defense of Our Democratic and Human Rights\/Organizando en Defensa de Nuestros Derechos

Quetza Ortiz (Barrio Defense Committee, San Jose, Califas)

Ernesto Aguilar (Alavaro Hernandez Defense Committee, Houston, Tejas)

Representative (Ramses Muñiz Defense Committee)

David Rico (Brown Berets de Aztlán, San Diego, Califas)

Organized By: Chicano Mexicano Prison Project and Union del Barrio

Hosted By: Nuestra Cosa, UCR Raza Student Publication

Endorsed By: Brown Berets de Aztlán, Raza Rights Coalition, Voz Fronteriza, Mexicano Unidos En Defensa del Pueblo, Barrio Defense Committee, La Raza Unida, Prison Focus, Pelican Bay Information Project, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Committee On Raza Rights, Chicano Park Steering Committee, Luis Rodriguez Defense Committee, Alvaro Hernandez Defense Committee, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, and Ramses Muñiz Defense Committee



For More Information:

Union del Barrio (http:\/\/raza_rights.tripod.com\/events_news\/index.html<\/a>)

Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (http:\/\/raza_rights.tripod.com\/cmpp\/index.html<\/a>)

P.O. Box 620095

San Diego, Califas 92162

Phone: (619) 696-9224

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