Ella's Voice

Solution Salon: Community Safety and COVID-19

Episode Summary

As the Bay Area shelters in place in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ella Baker Center holds a virtual town hall to share resources and information on how community members can organize for justice during the pandemic. For more visit our website at www.EllaBakerCenter.org.

Episode Notes

Links to the resources 

• Reduce CA's prison population #LetThemGo: tweet @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor, call (916) 445-2841, email: https://j.mp/letthemgogov2
• Invest county funds in health, not jails: call Alameda County Board of Supervisors President Richard Valle, 510-272-6692. Release folks from Santa Rita jail: call District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, (510) 272-6222
• Stop the sweeps, provide housing for all unsheltered Oaklanders: call your Oakland City Council member, https://bit.ly/HNHoakland 
• Send letters, drawings and words of encouragement to folks inside: https://j.mp/ebcprisonmail 
• Donate to support EBC’s movement work: ellabakercenter.org/give 
• Send money to help incarcerated folks purchase extra food and hygiene items: https://j.mp/givecanteensupport