We would like to invite you to our upcoming action in Richmond, "Take Action to Save Lives and Keep Families United" on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 from 10:00am to 12:30pm at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, 684 Juliga Woods Street in Richmond.  

Since last summer, CCISCO and Safe Return Project leaders have worked hard to achieve a significant impact, including the passage of a 'ban the box' resolution in the city of Richmond, passage of a Municipal ID, a new towing policy, and helping to launch the Richmond Ceasefire-Lifelines to Healing movement in Richmond.  

At the action, we will continue discussions about a strategic approach to ensuring that all Richmond residents live in a safe environment with opportunities for youth and adults to succeed.  Clergy and community leaders will be presenting their vision and agenda to bring equity and justice around a critical set of issues that impact the future of Richmond. We will be highlighting our agenda to make Richmond a land of peace and opportunity, including: 

• Strengthening the Ceasefire-Lifelines to Healing movement by funding the service strategy for those most at-risk of gun violence and strengthening collaboration of all key stakeholders;
• Creating a safe return for formerly incarcerated residents by funding the "first stop welcoming center" in Richmond and expanding the "ban the box" legislation to city vendors;
• Keep families united by stopping cooperation with ICE holds at a county level;
• Negotiating a community benefits agreement with the new Lawrence Berkeley National Lab coming to Richmond; &
• Protecting funding for adult education.

We will also be announcing our plans to launch an aggressive civic engagement campaign to contact over 10,000 Richmond voters about our agenda.  These are urgent issues that are of vital importance to the future of our city.  At the action, we will be announcing our organization's commitment to enact these important proposals for change and we are inviting public officials to respond to our proposals at the event.

Please Register for this event on Facebook HERE

If you have any questions about the event please contact Claudia Jimenez at (510) 414-9025 or via email at claudia@ccisco.org or Eugene Jackson at 510-593-8994. We thank you for your commitment to improving the lives of Richmond residents and we hope to hear from you soon.