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 JUSTICE POLICY CENTER
 
"Criminal Justice Advocacy since 1975" 
 
A Carolina Justice Policy Center
Special Announcement
 
Health Care for All
Turnout for Statewide Day of Action
Health Care for All Rallies - This Saturday 

    
On Saturday, August 29th, there will be a statewide day of action supporting a viable national public health insurance option as a way to drive down costs and to insure the estimated 56 million uninsured people living in the United States. The lack of health care options affects all of us.  Health care or lack thereof affects an individual's buying power and their job security.
 
Rallies are being held throughout the state to inform, educate, and provide facts to North Carolina's residents about Healthcare Reform.  The Carolina Justice Policy Center, as an HK on J Coalition and Blueprint NC partner group, encourages our supporters to get involved by taking a moment to understand health care issues.
 

Saturday, August 29, 10 am - 11:30 am     
State Capitol Building (south side)
capitol building nc
SPONSORS:
NC NAACP
NC Health Care for America Now (HCAN)
HK on J partners  
 
FOR MORE INFO: 
NC Fair Share
1-866-302-0031
 
NC Justice Center
 
 
ASHEVILLE HEALTH CARE CAN'T WAIT RALLY
Saturday, August 29, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Pritchard Park on Patton Avenue

SPONSORS:
Life o' Mike
NC Justice Center
 
FOR MORE INFO: 
Leslie Boyd
828-243-6712
 

GREENVILLE HEALTH CARE CAN'T WAIT RALLY
Saturday, August 29, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Corner of Charles Blvd. & Greenville Blvd.

SPONSORS:
Greenville-Pitt County Health Care Coalition
Pitt County Coalition Against Racism
NC Justice Center

FOR MORE INFO:
Frank
252-327-8843

 
CHARLOTTE  HEALTH CARE REFORM EDUCATIONAL FORUM
Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:30 - 6:00 PM
Greater Mount Sinai Baptist Church
1243 West Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28208

SPONSORS:
Interested citizens
Democracy-NC
NC Justice Center

FOR MORE INFO: 
704/779-9250
 
 
 
Could the President's Stimulus Initiatives including Health Care Reform possibly reduce crime rates?  See what one person thinks.

 

Header Photo compliments of blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2008/09/. 
Follow the Money Trail
Challenges facing Health Reform
 
 
 
 
Our friends at Democracy NC have just published a report on the links between political donations and the health care issue - more specifically, the $5.2 million raised by NC members of Congress from donors connected to the health care and insurance industries. The report describes the leading recipients of this money and their votes on past bills, particularly related to the pharmaceutical industry. As you might expect, "follow the money" is good advice for understanding the challenges facing health insurance reform. Be sure to read to the end of the report for the link between drug money, healthcare policy, and campaign finance reform. 
Health Care or Prison
A New York Times Opinion Piece
 
       
North Carolina just faced an extremly difficult budget year like many other states and we're not out of the woods yet.  For every $1 that we spend to send a North Carolina child back to school today, we spend $4 to send an offender to prison.  Savings in corrections can save dollars for education and also free up more dollars for health care options to citizens throughout the state. 
 
See what this writer has to say about state and national prison trends and their relationship to heatlh care.
New York Times Op-Ed
 
 
   
August 25, 2009
   
 
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In This Issue
Could Health Care = Lower Crime Rates
Health, Politics & Money: Democracy NC Report
Health Care or Prison: NY Times Op-Ed
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 Upcoming Conferences & Events
 
 
 
St. Louis, Missouri
 
 
Sept 14-16, 2009
Little Rock, Arkansas
 
 
13th National Workshop on Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders
Oct 10-14, 2009
Jackons, MS 
 

Oct 15-18, 2009
Baltimore, MD
 
 
Nov 4 - 6, 2009
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jan 14-17, 2009
Louisville, Kentucky
 

 
 
Handcuffed Man 
 
 
State & National Research Findings
 
 
Reallocate Prison Expenses to Stronger Community Programs & Community Supervision
 
 
 
CJPC Staff & Volunteers
 
 
Charmaine Fuller Cooper
Executive Director
 
Senior Director of
Policy & Special Projects
 
Michael Ballard
Intern
NC Central Dept of Political Science
 
Faith Everett
Policy Intern
NC Central School of Law
 
Nathaniel Boston
Volunteer Office Aide
 
Patricia McDonald
Volunteer Office Aide 
 
 
 
 
CJPC
Board of Directors
 
Dr. George P. Wilson, Sr.
Chair
NC Central University Professor of Criminal Justice
 
Linda Weisel
Postconviction Attorney
 
Kate Dixon
Secretary/Treasurer
Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail - Executive Director
 
Dr. Peter H. Burian
Duke University
Classical Studies Professor
 
Dr. Jeffrey Elliot
NC Central University Political Science Dept Chair
 
Dr. Jarvis Hall
NC Central University
Civic Engagement Director
 
Edd Gulati-Partee
Self-Help Community Credit Union
Information Technology
 
Sheria Reid
Institute of Government
Policy Analyst
 
 
 

CJPC is a partner organization
of the following:
 
Blueprint NC
 
HK on J Progressive Coalition for Social Change
"A Movement Not a Moment"
 
North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
 
North Carolina
Coalition for a Moratorium on Executions 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contact Us!
 
 Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 309
Durham, NC 27702-0309 
 
(919) 682-1149
 
 

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 Production of this Newsletter is made possible by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Tides Death Penalty Mobilization Fund and the generous support of individual donors.  
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