TO the Mpls Public Libraries and anyone else on this list: The Women's Prison Book Project is a collectively-run, volunteer-operated, not-for-any-profit organization located at ARISE Bookstore on Lyndale Ave South and 24-25th. For more than ten years they have been collecting paperbacks and sending them freely to women incarcerated all over this nation, women separated from their children and families, women victimized by a racist and sexist "justice" system, women who hunger and thirst for knowledge, information, inspiration and distraction from the dismal existence that pervades our prison-industrial complex. Women of color are the fastest-growing segment of the newly incarcerated population - more than two million people in this country (land of the free!?!)
If you read page A 13 of today's Strib, you can get an idea of what so many women are in prison for - defending themselves and their children from male violence. Any one of you can easily drop books there, and the MPL can contact them and arrange for pick-up. There will be no financial cost involved - socially responsible people donate funds for shipping costs. forward ever, Samantha Smart (endorsed by the MN Women's Political Caucus and the Union of Radical Writers and Workers!) Samantha Smart [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Smart libraries are OPEN libraries! REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
