We say NO MORE!

The killing of Trayvon Martin and 2.4 million in prison make clear that there is a whole generation of Black and Latino youth who have been marked and treated as a “generation of suspects” to be murdered and jailed. This is not an issue for Black people alone but for all who care about justice; it is not a random tragedy. Signatories to date: Ron Ahnen, President of California Prison Focus Charles Alexander, director of the Academic Advancement Program at UCLA Rene Auberjonois, actor Eleanor J. Bader, freelance journalist Shirley Bailey Ajamu Baraka, Human rights activist; former director of U.S. Human Rights Network Dan Barker, co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation Fr. Luis Barrios, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Kathleen Barry, author: Unmaking War, Remaking Men Missy Comley Beattie, peace and justice activist; Counterpunch contributor Dana Bellwether Morris Benoun David Ross Curtis Bird Ken Bonetti, educator Blase Bonpane, Ph.D.,Director of Office of the Americas Robert Bossie, SJC 8th Day Center for Justice Alban Boucher, Social Worker / Activist Herb Boyd, author / activist / journalist /teacher Richard Brown, Former Black Panther; co-founder of Committee for the Defense of Human Rights Lyla Bugara John Burris, civil rights attorney Jeff Burrow Reverend Dr. Richard Meri Ka Ra Byrd, Sr. Minister and Pastor, KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science Minnie Carey Kendra Castaneda, Prisoner Human Rights Activist with a family member in CA State Prison Segregation Unit Chris Cates, Secretary, National Action Network (NAN), Atlanta chapter Don Cheadle, actor Eric Cheyfitz, Ernest L. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters, Cornell University Cynthia Clarkson Noam Chomsky Marcus Coleman, President, National Action Network (NAN), Atlanta chapter Rev. Robert B. Coleman, Chief Program Minister, The Riverside Church, City of New York Elizabeth Cook, activist in New Orleans Peter Coyote, actor, author Nicole Cromartie, Museum educator Chris Crutcher, author: Whale Talk; Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes; Deadline Colin Dayan, author: The Law is a White Dog, How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons Don DeBar, Journalist, host of CPR Morning Show on CPRmetro.org Blaine Delancey Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA Lisa Edelstein, actor Niles Eldredge, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History Eve Ensler, Tony Award winning playwright, performer, activist, founder of V-DAY Michael W Evans Richard Falk, teacher, author Father Austin Ford, Civil Rights Movement activist in Georgia in the 1950s Nick Fossett, supporter of the Revolution Julian Francisco, U.S. Marine; “someone who’d like to not get stopped every time I go on leave to visit my wife in New York” Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president, Freedom From Religion Foundation Frances Goldin Nick Gotts, Aberdeen, Scotland Elaine Hampton, retired bookkeeper, member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Kathleen Hanna, musician Dennis Hardwick Joe Harris, father of Joetavius Stafford, killed by MARTA Police at Vine City Station, Atlanta, GA, 2011 Chris Hedges, author: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning Lyn Hejinian, Professor, Department of English, University of California, Berkeley; poet Nicholas Heyward, Parents Against Police Brutality and October 22nd Coalition Merle Hoffman, founder, president and CEO of Choices Women’s Medical Center Gerald Home Erik James Hopper Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys Sikivu Hutchinson, editor, blackfemlens.org; freethoughtblogs.com/ blackskeptics.org; author, Moral Combat: Black Atheists,Gender Politics, and the Values War Ron Jacobs, author and journalist Cephus Bobby Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant Sherry Tate John nimrod kerrett Celes King IV, Chairman, Congress of Racial Equality of California Peter N. Kirstein, Professor of History, Saint Xavier University; Vice President AAUP Illinois C. Clark Kissinger, Revolution Books, NYC Greg Laden, Scienceblogs, The X Blog Vinay Lal, university professor and social critic Dennis Loo, author, Globalization and the Demolition of Society Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun and chair of the Interfaith Network of Spiritual Progressives Marilyn McMahon, attorney, California Prison Focus Marie Martin, nurse and tutor; son in Pelican Bay State Prison Sharon Martinas, racial justice educator Tom Mayer, Professor (emeritus), Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder Robert Meeropol, Rosenberg Fund for Children Daniel Melendez Leo Mintek, Outernational Tom Morello, Nightwatchman Kwame Omowale Charles Person, one of the 13 original Freedom Riders Willie Phillips, NAACP/Berkeley, Chairperson of Econ. Department Anu Ramanathan, atheist and secular humanist Florence M. Rice, consumer advocate Tricia Rose, author and educator, Brown University Riley Ruiz Al Sandine, author, activist Lloyd Scott, IKAR J. Tony Serra Cindy Sheehan, peace and justice activist Mary C. Singaus, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) Henry Silverman, Professor and Chairperson Emeritus, Department of History, Michigan State University Dr. Tolbert Small, poet and co-founder of Harriet Tubman medical clinic in East Oakland Tavis Smiley, talk show host and co-author of The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto Dr. Donald Smith, past president of the National Alliance of Black School Educators Erik Smith Martin Stolar, attorney, New York City Joshua Streeter Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper Saul Thomas Kim M. Turner Simba Amka Uhuru, Amka the Griot Paul Von Blum, Senior Lecturer, African American Studies, UCLA Cornel West Donald R. Wright, engineer and humanist activist Virginia Wright James Yakura, student, UCCS David Zeiger, filmmaker, director of Sir! No Sir - See more at: http://www.stopmassincarceration.net/content/we-say-no-more-signatories#overlay-context=content/emergency-call-signatories