Advocates hold a press conference outside San Quentin State Prison on Thursday. Photo from Ella Baker Center
On this show:
0:08 – Thursday, activists with the #StopSanQuentinOutbreak campaign held a press conference outside of the prison to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to release incarcerated people with nonviolent convictions to slow the spread of the virus inside the prison, which is dangerously overcrowded. We speak with two men formerly incarcerated at San Quentin: James King (@jamesking0314) of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and Ceasar McDowell, who is now working with Unite the People, a nonprofit organization promoting social justice and providing affordable legal services for disadvantaged communities.
0:34 – This weekend is a Black Lives Matter Sabbath Weekend led by the Live Free campaign of the Faith in Action Network, to continue to raise awareness and protest against racial injustice and police brutality. We speak with Michael McBride, Pastor of The Way church in Berkeley, who is leading the Live Free campaign. Read Jeannine Etter’s piece in the Oaklandside: Pastor Mike McBride and W. Kamau Bell campaign to deliver ‘masks for the people’ across the nation