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Dear Friends, We received an important update from the hunger strike leaders at Pelican Bay, dated July 24th. Hunger Strike leader Todd Ashker says the strikers are giving the CDCR of 2-3 weeks from July 20th to come up with some substantive changes in response to their five core demands. If the CDCR does not follow through, prisoners at Pelican Bay plan to go back on hunger strike. Todd writes: "It's very important that our supporters know where we stand, and that CDCR knows that we're not going to go for any B.S. We remain as serious about our stand now as we were at the start, and mean what we said regarding an indefinite hunger strike peaceful protest until our demands are met. I repeat-we're simply giving CDCR a brief grace period in response to their request for the opportunity to get [it] right in a timely fashion! We'll see where things stand soon enough!" Supporters are urged to keep up pressure on the CDCR and CA state legislators to meet the Hunger Striker's demands. Please join us and support a statewide mobilization to Sacramento on August 23rd for an informational legislative hearing held by the CA State Assembly's Public Safety Committee! Support Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento August 23rd If you're in California or on the West Coast: * Join the Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento! Come to Sacramento on August 23rd for a day of action to support the hunger strike! If you need a ride, contact prisonerhungerstrikesolidar...@gmail.com as soon as possible. * Pressure your Legislators! Call and/or visit your legislators and urge them to attend the hearing on August 23rd, as well as visit the hunger strikers at Pelican Bay and other prisons * Make Some Noise! Organize demonstrations, events, rallies in a city near you targeting your legislators' local offices leading up to the hearing or during (if you're legislators are not attending)! * Support Transportation for supporters across the state! * Contact prisonerhungerstrikesolidar...@gmail.com if you can drive a car from where ever you are in CA to Sacramento and have room for more passengers. * You can also donate funds to Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity so that families and community members across CA can get to Sacramento on August 23rd. Donate by going to <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ko9ntucab&et=1106923022351&s=2889&e=001DcKx0s1zlP7b9GBefsWiHTuOmaKT_Jr96F-ALeVinKI9KvlGIshJv8F8wOvnKa1ZM3uHejJAboKywA8m7bI1wuB8noP9jIAdwpGqC5w5ErY=>California Prison Focus' website, on the left-hand side there's a donate button that will link you to CPF's paypal account. Or, write a check and mail it to California Prison Focus/ 1904 Franklin Suit 507/ Oakland CA 94612. Make sure to put a note on your check or paypal transaction "hunger strike" or "coalition." If you're outside of California: * Support transportation for supporters across the state! Donate funds to Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity so that families and communities members across CA can get to Sacramento on August 23rd. Donate by going to <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ko9ntucab&et=1106923022351&s=2889&e=001DcKx0s1zlP7b9GBefsWiHTuOmaKT_Jr96F-ALeVinKI9KvlGIshJv8F8wOvnKa1ZM3uHejJAboKywA8m7bI1wuB8noP9jIAdwpGqC5w5ErY=>California Prison Focus' website, on the left-hand side there's a donate button that will link you to CPF's paypal account. Or, write a check and mail it to California Prison Focus/ 1904 Franklin Suit 507/ Oakland CA 94612. Make sure to put a note on your check or paypal transaction "hunger strike" or "coalition" * Pressure your Legislators! Contact your state legislators and urge them to get every CA state legislator they know to attend the Legislative Hearing on the 23rd, as well as visit hunger strikers at Pelican Bay and other prisons. * Make some Noise! Organize local rallies, demonstrations and events in solidarity with the hunger strike near or on August 23rd to help spread awareness about the strike, the hearing, and local struggles against imprisonment. **For Supporters Everywhere: We encourage all supporters to continue spreading the word about the strike and the upcoming hearing, through emails, facebook, text-messages, twitter--all tools of social media and communication. We also encourage supports to continue writing prisoners and sharing words of support, encouragement, and updates on the strike and statewide mobilization to Sacramento for the hearing. Click <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ko9ntucab&et=1106923022351&s=2889&e=001DcKx0s1zlP5qmkXgPQat0rMpG9vHGu4aZLVVeNKO43SJPaR1PFxQm0dhrAVl7QdDH8nhbsA9gQJa6aQDCk4dEYzGHbFQ_oMJfETfoGyfrhQCXKPO3CsQYJqSpv5_dyjL5dcyHjO1qAVAMJQ41iQVqocMZqGDDP7cWcDCzs9hbrdfTnfQ-Hn7XQ_p3ahgeyTT>here for more info to write to the hunger strike leaders. For regular updates on the hunger strike and efforts to support it, visit <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ko9ntucab&et=1106923022351&s=2889&e=001DcKx0s1zlP4Ws7yyn4SZ3ZCOkQhLTzdl3B7CA7rcbNiYt9wdpeDhYfR0cRkVlEOetsNrTDmYywKMixrmnyHnNXggqsn-J_OaqBtSFhgHJNqXCO0YbmQoPA8PMFhBFlpnnkumaTRGMK8LaONbz8UWHw==>prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com. 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