Lea Zengage and Kathya Alexander
| | OCTOBER 2010
Story on Justice Works! new Executive Director, Kathya Alexander; 3-Strikes reform legislation expected in January 2011; Join us for Voter Registration and Restoration Walk with Statewide Poverty Action Network. |
Michelle Alexander speaking at Rainier Valley Cultural Center | | MAY 2010
Professor Michelle Alexander, on national tour with her new book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, spoke to about 200 in a 3-Strikes reform benefit on April 14th. Other speakers included Senator Adam Kline, King County Councilmember Larry Gossett, and former 3-Strikers Stevan Dozier and Vance Bartley. Nearly 100 new supporters for 3-Strikes reform signed up at the event. |
A Justice Works! weekly meeting in February 2010 | | FEBRUARY 2010
Coming Up: A welcome Back Party for previously incarcerated people; a dance benefit; and an Organizing Benefit for 3-Strikes Reform keynoted by Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness |
Janice E. Tufte, Founder and Organizer of WARM FOR WINTER PROJECT. Ujima Consultants Warm for Winter Volunteers delivered 1,000 handmade hats and scarves for the children of incarcerated people to Gifts for Kids. | | JANUARY 2010
3-Strikes Forum at Seattle U. Law School; Gifts for Kids photos & story, legislative update, 3-Striker Al-Kareem Shadeed is plaintiff in Federal Court case ruling that Washington inmates should get right to vote. |
Kenneth Christinasen and Evan Lommasson at United Justice Film Fest | | DECEMBER 2009
Three Strikes reform bills pre-filed, 3-Strikes film online at justiceisnogame.org |
Friday evening meeting at Justice Works! in Oct. 09 | | OCTOBER 2009
Updates on the 3-Strikes campaign and outreach. Information on upcoming events. Photo: Oct 9, 2009 weekly Justice Works! meeting. |
Miles Stanberry with the Justice is No
Game sign at Rainier Community parade | | WELCOME EMAIL
General information on the campaign sent to those who sign up online |
Dean Fillion | | AUGUST 2009 Dean Fillion's story:
Life Sentence for $20 Robbery: Locking people like me up for life isn't the answer; More on summer outreach and upcoming organizing in prep for the legislative session |
Justice Works! 3-Strikes booth at Fremont Festival, June 2009 | | JULY 2009
Photos of summer outreach; Promote the Vote information (new voting rights for people with prior felonies) |
Al-Kareem Shadeed's family celebrating after his clemency hearing | | JUNE 2009
3-Strikers Al-Kareem Shadeed and Michael Bridges recommended for clemency; KUOW interview on the recent release of 3-Striker Stevan Dozier under clemency; Welcome back party and Fremont festival coming up |
Stevan Dozier | | APRIL 2009 (II)
Announcement of June 11 clemency hearing for Al-Kareem Shadeed; Please write the Governor on behalf of Stevan Dozier; Gerald White's story: 50-year search finds son serving life sentence under 3-Strikes |
John Wheeler | | APRIL 2009 (I)
3-Strikes bill back in play (included as item in proposed Senate budget); preview of John Wheeler's story, videotaped interview at Clallam Bay Correctional Center |
Shirley White | | MARCH 2009
3-Strikes campaign accomplishments; discussion of dramatic shift in prosecution patterns under 3-Strikes; feature on Shirley White, mother of 3-Striker and coordinator of Letters to Editor campaign (More than 150 letters to the editor on 3-Strikes published.) |
Some attendees at hearing for Senate Bill 5292: L-R: Bobbi Dreier, Carolyn Walden, Alicia Newbill, Ruth Yarrow, Tajuan Labee, Betty Thompson, and Letitia Korbly | | FEBRUARY 2009
Update: Three Strikes Bill Passes in Committee; links to editorials, articles, video of hearing for Senate Bill 5292 |
Russell Edwards, facilitating a workshop on Washington's 3-Strikes law at the Seattle MLK Day celebration. | | JANUARY 2009
Senate Bill 5292, Removing Robbery 2, is introduced; 3-Strikes Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Olympia and Seattle; John Letellier's story: 3-Strikes Guest Post: Dumped in the Streets of an Alien Town |
Statewide Poverty Action Network's banner for MLK Day Summit on the Capital, an event that Justice Works! 3-Strikes campaign will be part of in this year. | | DECEMBER 2008
Announcing 5 lobby days for 3-Strikes reform; Announcing 2 events on Martin Luther King Jr. Day; 20 organizations supporting 3-Strikes reform |
Outreach training at Justice Works! | | NOVEMBER 2008
Seattle Times editorial: 3-Strikes reform to help close revenue gap; James Moody's story; Jackie Fletcher's story |
Schawn Cruze and Sandra Gadberry | | SEPTEMBER 2008
Schawn Cruze's story: A 3-Strikes Story: Abusive Foster Care, Deadly Streets, Broken Public Defense. |
Margaret Green, Noemie Maxwell, Lea Zengage, and Tajuan Labee at the Umoja community festival | | AUGUST 2008
Cherease Cross' story: Kind, beautiful, and Caring, She Deserved a Better Chance; Campaign update |
Theodore Rhone | | JULY 2008
Freedom Culminating: Life Sentences Require Evidence Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, By Theodore Rhone, a Washington State 3-Striker, with input from Frank Banks, Spencer Carter, and Anthony Jones. |
Steven Darby McDonald | | JUNE 2008
Story by 3-Striker Steven Darby McDonald |
David Conyers | | MAY 2008
David Conyers' story: 3-Strike Guest Post: A Life Sentence at 21 Years Old for No-Weapon No-Injury Crimes |
