Community Speakout Tuesday June 30th, 12.30 p.m. San Jose City Hall Plaza    

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY AS A COMMUNITY

Please join concerned San Jose residents and organizations representing various sectors of ethnic, faith, labor, and peace communities, as we come together to call for an end to the dangerous “us vs. them” tactics of the San Jose Police Officers Association, to send the message that we will not be intimidated, and to continue to call for changes in police practices that can lead to mutual trust.

PRESS CONFERENCE
COMMUNITY SPEAKOUT TO FOLLOW

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2009
12:30PM
CITY HALL PLAZA, SAN JOSE

SPEAKERS INCLUDE 

Reverend Jeff Moore, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Richard Konda, Asian Law Alliance; Reverend Michael Patric Ellard, President of the Board of the Santa Clara County Council of Churches; Walter Wilson, African American Center; Aaron R. Resendez, District 5, Neighborhood Commissioner for City of San Jose; Tony Alexander, UFCW 5 Political Director; Richard Hobbs, Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network; Raj Jayadev, Silicon Valley De-Bug; Arturo Gomez, Somos Mayfair; Anu Mandavilli, San Jose Peace and Justice Center; Maria Castillo, Silicon Valley De-Bug; Brian Helmle, Copwatch.

ENDORSED BY: 

 Community Organizations: A. Philip Randolph Institute • Americanos United • ANSWER South Bay • Asian Americans for Community Involvement  • Asian Law Alliance • Asian Law Caucus • Black and Brown Equitable Drug Policies Coalition • Block to Block Radio • Cal State Los Angeles Community Chapter HipHop Congress  • Californians for Justice • CHAM Deliverance Ministries • Coalition for Justice and Accountability • Copwatch  • De Anza Students for Justice • Education Not Incarceration, SF Chapter • Filipino Community Support, Silicon Valley • Friends of South Asia • National Hip Hop Congress • Health Care For All • Hip Hop Chess Federation • Human Agenda  • Idriss Stelley Action & Resource Center • J.U.I.C.E. Program • Justice for Palestinians • Justice for Rudy Cardenas Campaign • Justice for Steve Salinas Campaign • Mexican American Political Association • National Alliance for Filipino Concerns • Oct 22nd Coalition to End Police Brutality • Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action • Peoples Tribune • Raging Grannies Action League • Rock A Mole Productions • Rondavoux Records • Sacramento Community Chapter Hip Hop Congress • San Jose Code Pink • San Jose Labor Party Local Organizing Committee • San Jose Peace and Justice Center • San Jose State Hip Hop Congress • Santa Clara County Council of Churches • Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network • Silicon Valley Advisors • Silicon Valley De-Bug • Stop the F Street Closure LLC • Students Achieving Higher Education (SAHE) • The Netwerx • UmojaFest PEACE Center • UFCW 5 • Voices United • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - San Jose Branch • Youth Against Violence for Education • Youth United for Community Action • Additional Supporting Letters from: African American Community Service Agency • Americanos United • La Raza Roundtable • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Individuals (Organizations for Identification Purpose Only): Aaron R. Resendez • Adam W. • Alofa Taliva'a • Andre Johnson • Andrew J. Jentzsch • Angana Chatterji, California Institute of Integral Studies • Ana Razo • Anna Griffin • Anu Mandavilli • Aram James • Balaji Narasimhan • Betsy Wolf-Graves • Beverly Brown • Brandon Greene, Hip Hop Congress • Calvin Miaw • Charisse Domingo • Cheri Honkala, National Coordinator, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign • Christopher Lepe • Christina Reynoso • DLabrie, National Outreach Coordinator, Hip Hop Congress • Danny Garza, MAPA • Danny Pina • Darlene Wallach • Dave Manson, San Jose State Hip Hop Congress • David Brown • David Ledesma • David Madrid • Debbie Dinwiddie • Donna Wallch, Justice for Palestinians • Elisa Echeverria, Multicultural Arts and Leadership Initiative and Transition Manager at the Mexican Heritage Plaza • Eliza Domingo • Elizabeth Gonzalez • Erica Benton • Francis Collins, Chair, Human Agenda • Frank Espinoza, Educator, Evergreen Community College • Fred Hirsch, Executive Board Member Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 393, Delegate to South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council and to SCC Building & Const. Trades Council, Trustee A. Philip Randolph Inst. SCC • Fuifui Niumeitolu • Gail Noble, Criminal Justice Advocate, Silicon Valley De-Bug Organizer • Gail Sredanovic • Glenda Williams • Isabel Gonzalez • Jaime Alvarado, Somos Mayfair • James Hartley • Javier Perez • Jean Melesaine • Jerald Amaya, Educator, Artist, Cal State LA, Community Chapter Hip Hop Congress • Jeri Oakley • Jesse Villareal • Johnny Blandon • Joshua Mason • Julie Chang Schulman, Northwest Regional Coordinator, Editor In Chief, Hip Hop Congress • Junior Leasiloagi • Lee Ballinger, Associate Editor, Rock & Rap Confidential • Leila Forouhi • Leon "L. Scatterbrain" Lustre • Lilly Pew • Lisa Madrid, Educator • Loa Niumeitolu • Luis Carrillo • Luz Orozco • Katrina Domingo Respicio • Markos "Paragon" Escobedo, Oct 22nd Coalition to End Police Brutality • Maria Kang, HipHop Congress, UmojaFest PEACE Center • Maria Razo • Maria Ester Fernandez • Marjorie Goldblatt • Mark Respicio • Martha Paz • Melissa Reyes • MischalGrace Diasanta • Moaseni Leasilogi • Moazzam Sheikh • Monica Nañez • Nadinne Cruz • Nehemiah Mikaio • Nerissa Barana • Nora Nguyen • Noreen Salinas • Nozipo Wobogo • Ora Johnson • Oscar Flores • Pete Carrillo, Principal, Silicon Valley Advisors LLC • Rahman Jamaal, West Coast Regiona Coordinator Hip Hop Congress, Hip Hop Chess Federation • Ramkumar Sridharan • Raúl A Colunga, La Raza Roundtable • Rebecca R. Rivera, Mother of Joshua Herrera, The Justice for Joshua Herrera Movement • Richard Babcock • Richard Hobbs, Interim Executive Director, Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network • Richard Konda, Executive Director, Asian Law Alliance • Rolando Barron, Silicon Valley Debug • Ron Gubitz, Hip Hop Congress • Rosemary Mikaio • Roshni Rustomji • Ruben A. Barron • Ruth Robertson • Samina Faheem Sundas, The American Muslim Voice Foundation • Sandra Kellar • Salvador Bustamante • Sang Hea Kil, Professor, San Jose State University • Saqib Mausoof • Seka Leasiloagi • Selene Minota • Shalini Gera • Shamako Noble, President and Executive Director of Hip Hop Congress; Education Director, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign • Simone Mikaio • Sopo Leasiloagi • Susan Domingo • Tiburon FB! • Tiffany Rose • Tiombe Jama • Victoria Razo • Wes Khahura, Sacramento Community Chapter Hip Hop Congress • William Coffman • William Lyas Brown • Yvette Salinas • ADDITIONAL SIGNATORIES TO COME

Earlier Stories Related to this Topic:

Community Outcry Over Targeting of Activist of Color by San Jose Police  http://www.sanjosepeace.org/article.php/20090603083011573

SJPJC Statement regarding harassment by San Jose Police http://www.sanjosepeace.org/article.php/20090603082112432