2016 4th Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth

2016 4th Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth

May 15 to May 21, 2016

We are looking for groups and individuals around the United States to organize events.

During the 4th Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth organizations, groups, collectives, mosques, synagogue, community centers, bookstores, schools, clubs, churches, recreation centers, and temples, are organizing in their communities around the country daily events during the week aimed at raising awareness about the school to prison pipeline and ending the incarceration of all youth. ___ HISTORY: The National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth (NWAAIY) was founded in 2013 to dismantle the prison half of the school-to-prison-pipeline. The National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth is a fully-volunteer project organized by hundreds of groups and individuals around the United States. ___

GOALS: Another world is possible, and it begins with community based programs and alternatives such as rehabilitation, therapy, counseling, job readiness workshops, tutoring, more community programs and centers, and transformative and restorative justice programs in the community and in schools to address conflicts. Incarceration is not the solution, but the problem. Once youth are involved in the juvenile justice system, it is hard for them to get out of it. Please support youth and their futures and demand that no more youth are incarcerated no matter the crime/harm they have committed. Incarceration does nothing to address the needs of the community, those harmed, and the youth who have committed the harm.

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YOUTH: The juvenile justice system targets four youth groups for incarceration; they are the following, in no specific order: (1) Youth of Color, (2) Youth with Disabilities, (3) Economically Disadvantaged Youth, and (4) LGBTTQQIA Youth.

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PROBLEM: The three step oppressive punishment process targeting youth is:

Criminalization of Youth is the stigmatization of youth through laws and norms that are based on their behavior, dress, ability, socializing, identity, and community in which they live in.

Policing of Youth is the surveillance and social control of youth by law enforcement and those in disciplinary roles.

Incarceration of Youth is the punitive disciplinary act that is taken by the criminal justice system if a youth breaks the law and is found guilty.

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WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALLS FOR THE NWAAIY

Monday May 9, May 16, and May 23, 2016

9pm Eastern or 8pm Central or 7pm or Mountain 6pm Western USA Time.

Call: 310-372-7549

Code: 898729

All are invited.

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PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE: PRESS RELEASE NWAAIY 2016

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INVITE PEOPLE TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/195031007500260/

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SOCIAL MEDIA

#NoYouthInPrison2016

#NWAAIY2016

@STKgroup

General Contact: Anthony Nocella: 315-657-2911 or noyouthinprison@gmail.com

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/195031007500260/

NWAAIY Blank Event Flyer: NWAAIY 2016 Event Flyer

NWAAIY General Promotion Flyer: NWAAIY 2016 Flyer

NWAAIY Information Flyer: NWAAIY 2016 Handout

Facebook Header:





Facebook Personal Image and Flyer:

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INDIVIDUAL SIGN

Print out and laminate this “Against Incarcerating Youth” sign:

PDF of #NoYouthInPrison personal letter size sign # No Youth In Prison

Example of sign: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FgfaK5p0eUE



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DAILY THEMES

May 15 Sunday – This day is dedicated to working to end police surveillance in communities such as drive-bys, stake-outs, and stop and frisk.



May 16 Monday – This day is dedicated to ending SROs (School Resource Office)/Police in schools and promoting alternatives to police involvement in school conflicts, such as counselors.



May 17 Tuesday – This day is dedicated to ending the use of cameras and metal detectors or other surveillance in schools (Brown vs. Board of Ed. 1954).

May 18 Wednesday – This day is dedicated ending zero tolerance, in and out of school suspension, and detention in schools.

May 19 Thursday – This day is dedicated to ending anti-gang colors laws, city and school dress codes, and other anti-gang laws (Malcolm X Birthday).

May 20 Friday – This day is dedicated to ending curfews and truancy laws targeting youth.

May 21 Saturday – This day is dedicated to promoting alternatives to punitive justice such as transformative justice and restorative justice (BIGGIE Birthday).

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TYPES OF ACTIONS

For each day during the #NWAAIY groups and people can organize any type of event such as: protests, hold signs, table, rally, walk out, sit-in, movie screening, panel, lecture, debate, conference, Skyping lecture, march, teach-in, workshop, festival, banner drop off a bridge, street theater, press conference, open mic poetry night, potluck conversation, roundtable, lobby day, pamphletting, holding a banner on a corner of the street, flying at a mall or college, die-in, fast, hunger-strike, petition, and chalking on the sidewalk.

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EVENTS BY STATE

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Sacramento – https://www.facebook.com/events/791749010929011/

Los Angeles – Scott Robertson – dearscotty@gmail.com

San Diego –

Catherine Mendonca and United Against Police Terror SD – uaptsd@gmail.com

Colorado

Sunday May 15

1pm – 3pm

Protest #NoYouthInPrison

Santa Rita Park, Durango, Colorado

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Monday May 16

(Private Event) Fort Lewis College students’ Workshop at Rainbow Youth Center

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Tuesday May 17

Downtown Durango, Colorado projecting Education not Incarceration

8:15pm to 10:15pm (starting at Starbucks on Main street)

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Wednesday May 18

(Private Event) Fort Lewis College students’ Workshop at Denier Juvenile Justice Center

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Thursday May 19

5pm – 7pm

Film “ Prison Kids: Juvenile Justice in America” and Presentation on the School to Prison Pipeline

Education and Business Building Room 119

Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Friday May 20

3pm – 4pm

Protest Zero Tolerance and SROs in Schools

Durango High School

2390 Main Ave., Durango, CO

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Bayfield Tuesday May 17

#NoYouthInPrison Protest

Bayfield School District Office



5:10pm to 6:10pm

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Ignacio

Friday May 20

#NoYouthInPrison Protest

City Court House

540 Goddard Ave., Ignacio, CO

5:10pm to 6:10pm

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

Connecticut

New Haven

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Duluth –

May 6th – https://www.facebook.com/events/1146701442041798/?active_tab=highlights

May 15 – https://www.facebook.com/events/149691905427760/?active_tab=highlights

May 20 – https://www.facebook.com/events/1146701442041798/?active_tab=highlights

Minneapolis – https://www.facebook.com/events/1021363187930308/

May 15 TBA

Contact Bertrand Shoberg – 612-306-2119

Tuesday May 17

#NoYouthInPrison Protest

Protest SROs and Zero Tolerance in Schools

1250 W Broadway Ave

Mi nneapolis School District Office

Contact JR Bobick – jrbabick300@gmail.com or 952-681-2011

May 19 – TBA

Contact Bertrand Shoberg – 612-306-2119

May 20th 12pm

#NoYouthInPrison Protest at the front of the Court House

350 S 5th St

Minneapolis, MN

Contact JR Bobick – jrbabick300@gmail.com or 952-681-2011

May 21 – TBA

Contact Bertrand Shoberg – 612-306-2119

Saint Paul – https://www.facebook.com/events/1707284969557091/

May 16th 5pm

Banner Drop #NoYouthInPrison Lexington Ave and 94 bridge

Saint Paul, MN

Contact JR Bobick – jrbabick300@gmail.com or 952-681-2016



May 17 Tuesday 4pm

#NoYouthInPrison Protest at Court House

15 W Kellogg Blvd

Saint Paul, MN

Contact JR Bobick – jrbabick300@gmail.com or 952-681-2011

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Elizabeth May 21, 2016, 11AM – 2PM: Legal Services Clinic

Free for parents and caregivers raising system-involved youth. Be sure to bring all your court documents, evaluations and anything else you may want an attorney to review on your behalf. Grassman Hall, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, 655 E Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07206. Refreshments Served. May 21, 2016, 12PM-2 PM: Families’ Coalition of Justice-Involved Youth Meeting

Open to parents, caregivers, and family members of youth involved in the justice system interested in reforming the juvenile justice system in New Jersey. Grassman Hall, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, 655 E Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07206. Refreshments Served. May 31, 2016, 7PM-8PM: New Jersey Youth Coalition Meeting & Phone Conference

A phone conference open to youth who have current or prior or current involvement in the juvenile justice and/or mental health system. Contact Jose at joser@njparentcaucus.org or Duvall at 973-563-0660 or NJPC at 908-994-7257 to register and receive conference phone number and password.

New Mexico

Albuquerque

Saturday – May 21, 2016

Albuquerque Protest Against Incarcerating Youth

1pm to 3pm

John E. Brown Juvenile Justice Center

5100 Second Street NW

Albuquerque, NM 87107

Contact – Anthony Nocella – 315-657-2911 or nocellat@yahoo.com

New York

Binghamton

Wednesday May 18, 2016

4:30pm First Congregational Church 30 Main St, Binghamton, New York 13905 https://www.facebook.com/events/132427817160798/

4:30pm Buffalo – https://www.facebook.com/events/250920121919412/

Rochester –



Syracuse – https://www.facebook.com/events/868099986633363/

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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SPONSORS (SPONSORING IS FOR FREE, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU SPREAD THE WORD)

1. Save the Kids



2. Poetry Behind the Walls

3. Transformative Justice Journal

4. Wisdom Behind the Walls

5. Journal for Critical Urban Education

6. Durango Hip Hop

7. Academy for Peace Education

8. Durango Prisoner Letter Writing

9. United Against Police Terror – San Diego

10.Vegans for Peace

11. Dirty Hands Collective



12. Outdoor Empowerment



13. Institute for Critical Animal Studies



14. Arissa Media Group



15. International Hip Hop Studies Association



16. Houses Not Jails



17. Criminology Club, Fort Lewis College



18. Department of Sociology, Fort Lewis College



19. Sociology Club, Fort Lewis College



20. Black Student Union, Durango



21. Journal for Critical Animal Studies



22.Green Theory and Praxis Journal



23. Durango Animal Liberation



24. Peace Studies Journal



25. POPS Movement



26. Minnesota Animal Liberation



27. Native Lives Matter



28. Idle No More, Twin Cities



29. American Indian Movement, Twin Cities



30. Black Man Standing



31. Black Riders Liberation Party



32. Civil Liberties Defense Center



33. Decarcerate St. Louis – www.decarceratestl.com



34. Central New York Peace Studies Consortium



35. Twin Cities Graffiti



36. Animal Liberationists of Color



37. Direct Action Everywhere



38. Women Against Speciesism



39. New Jersey Parents Caucus



40. 21 Progress



41. WGM Jeweler Company



42. Critical Animal Studies Academy



43. Men of Principles

44. Midwest Coalition

45. Black Panther Party Cubs

46. Str8Up RealTalk Networks

47. Dignity in Schools



48. Talent for Change



49. Nation of Islam, South Florida



50. Zulu Nation, Miami Chapter



51. Roots Collective, Miami



52. Probation Station



53. ACLU Miami Chapter



54. International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee



55. Indigenous Rights Center



56. Burque Media Productions, Albuquerque, New Mexico



57. Eco-ability Collective



58. Fort Lewis College Animal Liberation



59. Four Corners Antifa



60. Animas SDS



61. Abolition All Prisons



62. Abolition the Police



63. Valley Youth Center in Duluth, MN



64. Black Talk Media Project



65. United Voices of Cortland

66. Buffalo International Action Center

67. Unitarian Universalist Church of Amherst

68. Southwest Colorado Earth First!



69. Buffalo Anti Racism Coalition



70. Decarcerate St. Louis



71. CATALYST:politics & culture on KFAI RADIO



72. Buzzy Martin, Musician



73. Alan Feller, NYS Prisoner Justice

74. PUSH Buffalo

75. Youth First Initiative



76. Latin American Cultural Association & Grant Street Neighborhood Center , Buffalo, NY



77. Albuquerque Center for Peace & Justice



78. Youth Justice Coalition, Los Angeles



79. Center for Community Alternatives Inc ., New York



80. WNY Peace Center, Buffalo



81. Buffalo Anti Racism Coalition



82. James Yancey Foundation MN Chapter

83. Universal Movement for the Advancement of Hip Hop (MN)



84. Good Life Youth Foundation, Syracuse, NY



85. Durango Veg Fest



86. Save the Kids Radio, Chicago, w/ Daphne Jackson



87. Journal for Hip Hop Studies



88. Probation Station Radio Show, Miami, FL



89. Youth Outreach Services, Northern Virginia



90. Radical Animal Studies and Total Liberation book series, Peter Lang Publishing



91. Critical Animal Studies and Theory book series, Lexington Books



92. International Hip Hop Activism Conference, Committee



93. Youth Corporation, Inc.



94. Youth Empowerment and Leadership



95. Resistance Magazine



96. Total Liberation Radio



97. Sexual Assault Services Organization, Durango, CO



98. Feminist Voice



99. New Abolitionist Radio, Black Talk Radio



100. Live Change Program



101. Black Talk Media Project . org



102. F.I.R.S.T Contractors, Richmond, VA



103. Stephanie Anderson Congress District 23, FL

104. M infull Noise



105. Sean Paul



106. spreadlovegang



107. J ay Lyrics



108. GMO Free Florida



109. A nonymous, FL



110. M iracle Movement.Ministries



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112. Spade Lunn, Hip Hop Artist



114. Center for a Stateless Society



115. Wake Self, Hip Hop Artist



116. Def-I, Hip Hop Artist



117. Young Native, Hip Hop Artist



118. School 2 Prison Pipeline Facebook Fanpage



119. Hands Up Don’t Shoot Facebook Fanpage



120. Stand Up Sunday – Stand Up Louisville



121. Leonard Peltier Defense Committee , Albuquerque, New Mexico



122. PLOA-People’s Lapel Of Albuquerque



123. Southwest Key Program, Austin, TX



124. The Free Spook movement , Albuquerque, New Mexico



125. Sistas & Brothas United, Bronx, New York



126. Ciedie Aech



127. James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, Evanston, IL



128. Dana J. Knight, State of Michigan, Democrat, Candidate for State Representative, District 77th



129. Standing Up for Racial Justice



130. United Melanin Associates



131. Law Students in Court, Washington, D.C.



132. Prison Reform Movement



133. Peace and Conflict Studies program, Fort Lewis College



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Goal 150.

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NWAAIY 2016 GOALS

15,000 people invited to Facebook event page

200 events nationally

150 sponsors 100 news reports 40 cities

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