[van-announce] Prison Justice Day Memorial Rally: Aug 10, 11am

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Annual Prison Justice Day Memorial Rally
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Sunday August 10th, 11 am
Claire Culhane Memorial Bench
SE Corner of Trout Lake, near the playground & snackbar
15th & Victoria, East Vancouver
Speakers include ex-prisoners and activists.
Everyone Welcome. Rain or Shine.

The rally is just a few blocks from the pickup location for the Under 
the Volcano shuttle bus. No reason not to do both, I say.


Hear highlights from the PJD rally
Broadcast on Stark Raven Radio
Monday August 11th, 7-8 pm.
Co-op Radio 102.7 FM  http://www.coopradio.org and podcast at 
http://www.prisonjustice.ca

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More about Prison Justice Day -- August 10th.

August 10th is a day set aside each year when prisoners and 
supporters gather to honour the memory of the men and women who have 
died unnatural deaths inside of Canadian prisons.

On August 10th, 1974, Eddie Nalon bled to death in a solitary 
confinement unit at Millhaven Maximum Security Prison near Kingston, 
Ontario, when the emergency call button in his cell failed to work. 
An inquest into his death found that the call buttons in the unit had 
been deactivated by the guards. Following the death of another 
prisoner in 1976, in that same
unit, it was discovered that the call buttons had not been repaired. 
Prisoners mark the anniversary of these deaths by fasting and 
refusing to work.

What started as a one time event behind the walls of one prison has 
become a national day of solidarity. On this day, prisoners across 
the country fast, refuse to work, and remain in their cells, while 
supporters organize community events to draw attention to the 
conditions inside of prisons.

For a full history of PJD:
http://prisonjustice.ca/politics/1014_history.html


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Prison Justice Day Committee -- Vancouver
PO Box 78005, 1755 East Broadway.  Vancouver, BC  V5N 5W1
604-682-3269 x3019
pjd (at) prisonjustice.ca
http://www.prisonjustice.ca

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