Click the link below or check out @wpusanews to donate to victims involved in the VTA shooting today. Also can donate blood at a Stanford Center, especially if you have Type O, by signing up at https://t.co/O7O83KHwC6 #SanJose#VTAShooting
The movement to stop the new Santa Clara County jail (AKA the "Jeff Smith Mass Incarceration Center") and to invest in community solutions - is stronger than ever. Come through as the coalition holds space in front of the jail to show solidarity with those inside. #CareNotCages
Tune in to this Gilroy Town Hall tonight at 6PM to learn about how fentanyl is impacting local families and what we can do to help. This is an issue affecting our youth and has become a public health crisis. Learn more tonight at https://t.co/ZmmLu8Dsqi.
#Gilroy
FREE TESTS | The federal government's test website, https://t.co/sqgMvnXw0m, is now live. You can get four tests per household. They are expected to be mailed out seven to 12 days after your order.
https://t.co/NC7JXXzg9Q
BOMBSHELL: Santa Clara County's Civil Grand Jury has filed formal corruption accusations against Sheriff Laurie Smith related to an ongoing concealed-gun permit scandal and for allegedly interfering with an auditor's jail-injury probe
https://t.co/VEnb40k3RX
@mercnews
Protect the land and animals who inhabit Coyote Valley! Please email San Jose City Council and demand they preserve Coyote Valley as zoning for open space. Go to https://t.co/7ABzOVJN6C for more information and for an email template!
They have rallied for their human rights inside Santa Clara County Jails, they have gone on hunger strikes to protest the violence of incarceration.On Sunday, Prisoners United calls on the larger community to join in a united demand for systemic change!Join us! #ProtectYourPeople
COVID-19 vaccines give you multiple layers of protection. They reduce your chances of getting sick and spreading it to others, and if you do get sick, vaccines are very good at protecting you from getting seriously ill.
Breaking News: California will require all school teachers and staff to be fully vaccinated or be tested regularly, the governor said. It is the first state to do so. https://t.co/Kl0EgV2sUu
BREAKING: @gavinnewsom just signed into law the California County Resentencing Pilot Program.
There will be $18 million allocated to supporting prosecutors in looking back at past cases, moving for resentencing, and releasing people who don’t need to be in prison.
TODAY at 3!! Join All of Us or None and Underground Scholars for a Live Chat discussing the importance of visits and AB 990 to incarcerated people and their loved ones.
Santa Clara County has a historic opportunity fight systemic racism in the most tangible, realest, proximate of ways - we can stop the bldg of a new jail. This is generational impact. Please join these open sessions (1st one Thurs!) as we stop a new jail & create what we need!✊🏾
I was today years old when I learned that the National Black Farmer Association provides scholarships from $2,500 to $5,000 for Black students pursuing agriculture-related studies. Please share, so we can farm for the culture. (Citation: Farming While Black, 2018)
This year marks the first #Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday! We celebrate this momentous occasion while recognizing there is still much work to be done to better the lives of Black people in the United States. Happy Juneteenth, and keep fighting for a better tomorrow.
Enough is enough.
In the names of #DemetriusStanley,
David Tovar,
Philip Watkins,
Jacob Dominguez,
Rudy Cardenas,
Antonio Guzman Lopez,
Anthony Nunez
and all other people killed by police in Santa Clara County…
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June is Pride Month, when we remember the long fight for LGBTQ+ rights as well as uplift & celebrate members of this wonderful community today. Keep an eye out as we continue to share info on upcoming events, LGBTQ+ history, & ways to support the community!
#HappyPrideMonth 🌈