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Archives for February 2021
San Quentin college students defend Ethics Bowl championship against UC Santa Cruz (before COVID)
SQ Debate team with team member Andrew Wadsworth Student debate teams from the College Program at San Quentin and the University of California, … [Read more...]
RE:STORE JUSTICE: National Gun Violence Survivors week
Re:store Justice In February we acknowledge National Gun Violence Survivors week. I would guess that many of you, like me, are survivors of Gun … [Read more...]
The case of Von Staich with incarcerated people at SQ
Legal tools A California appeals court has ordered San Quentin to significantly reduce the prison’s population and take steps to protect the … [Read more...]
Pope Francis seeks end to capital punishment
Vatican City — Pope Francis has brought the Catholic Church’s stance on capital punishment and life imprisonment to the end of a centuries-long … [Read more...]
Nina Simone: legendary singer, songwriter and civil rights activist
Nina Simone in 1955 Born Nina Simone Catherine Waymon, Nina was a singer, songwriter and a civil rights activist. She recorded more than 40 albums … [Read more...]
Geto Boys in a league of their own in the hip hop genre
“This year Halloween fell on a weekend / Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating,” sang the rap group Geto Boys on their hit single “Mind Playing … [Read more...]
Bell Hooks – professor, feminist, and social activist
bell hooks in October 2014 bell hooks (Sept. 1952-Present) born Gloria Jean Watkins, is an author, professor, feminist and social activist. Her pen … [Read more...]
1995’s The Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
The Million Man March in Washington, D.C. in October 1995 On October 16, 1995 more than a million Black men gather at the nation’s Capitol Hill and … [Read more...]
Letter To The Editor, James King, February 2021
To My San Quentin Community: This has been one hell of a year. Under the easiest of times, prisons are a hard place to live. This year it became … [Read more...]