I don't wanna write this :-/ This is what I came up with. I encourage changes. And I need to get out of here to meet with MCLS-- they told me to come any time after 10 and thank goodness I didn't tell them I'd actually be there at 10. Predictably, I slept through 3 alarms.<div>
__________________________________________</div><div>Show your solidarity with the women at South Bay</div><div>Saturday at 12:30, Mass Ave and Melnea Cass</div><div>[just past Boston Medical Center by the Hampton Inn]</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you've been reading your email, you've heard about the deplorable conditions the women in the tower are fighting. Come to Mass Ave and Melnea Cass at 12:30 this Saturday and march to the Suffolk County House of Correction to keep up the pressure on the prisoncrats and to show some love to the folks inside. Bring noise, bring messages of encouragement, but most importantly, bring yourself-- and bring some friends, while you're at it!</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.scsdma.org/facilities/hocFacts.html">The tower</a> being what it is, we probably won't be able to see their faces, but they will be able to see ours! Both from later feedback and from engaging with prisoners through the walls during these demos, these supportive presences outside South Bay are really meaningful to the folks held captive to let them know that we haven't forgotten them.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 April 2010 07:57, clara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lil_red@riseup.net">lil_red@riseup.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Awesome! If you can write it by 1:30 I help send it out.<br>
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> I responded to her and included the latest Noah reportback, which displays<br>
> excellent bureaucrat-wrangling skills and facts about dealing with prison<br>
> administrators.<br>
><br>
> Also, the demo at South Bay on Saturday is on. 12:30PM at Melnea Cass and<br>
> Mass Ave. I guess I'll be crafting a call for that cuz 1. I haven't seen<br>
> one and 2. I'm afraid of what Women's Fightback Network [tool of Workers<br>
> World] will come up with.<br>
><br>
> On 7 April 2010 13:17, <<a href="mailto:bostonabc@riseup.net">bostonabc@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I feel like I never know what to say to things like this other than "the<br>
>> women told us..." Any thoughts?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ---------------------------- Original Message<br>
>> ----------------------------<br>
>> Subject: Re: report back about my phone call re: South Bay Facility<br>
>> From: "Heike Schotten" <<a href="mailto:chschotten@yahoo.com">chschotten@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>> Date: Wed, April 7, 2010 8:33 am<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:bostonabc@riseup.net">bostonabc@riseup.net</a><br>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>><br>
>> Hi there,<br>
>><br>
>> Just a further reportback: Deputy Walsh returned my call this morning<br>
>> and<br>
>> told me these reports about South Bay Center are false. He said he<br>
>> would<br>
>> be happy to give me a tour of the facilities in case I was suspicious,<br>
>> and<br>
>> said he brings student groups there on a regular basis. He also said<br>
>> that<br>
>> such reports regularly surface about South Bay but that they are untrue.<br>
>><br>
>> There is clearly a history and a politics here of which I'm unaware;<br>
>> more<br>
>> information on all fronts would certainly be appreciated.<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Heike<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> [P]olitics is a name for the temporalization of desire, for its<br>
>> translation into a narrative, for its<br>
>> teleological determination.<br>
>><br>
>> --Lee Edelman<br>
>><br>
>> You taught me the ways of desire / Now it's takin' its toll<br>
>><br>
>> --Pat<br>
>> Benatar<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ________________________________<br>
>> From: "<a href="mailto:bostonabc@riseup.net">bostonabc@riseup.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:bostonabc@riseup.net">bostonabc@riseup.net</a>><br>
>> To: Heike Schotten <<a href="mailto:chschotten@yahoo.com">chschotten@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>> Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 12:01:56 PM<br>
>> Subject: Re: report back about my phone call re: South Bay Facility<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you Heike! We will definitely keep you in the loop.<br>
>><br>
>> > Hello,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I called the number listed in Huibin Amelia Chew's recent post to the<br>
>> > INCITE! listserv. I registered my complaints about the living<br>
>> conditions<br>
>> > for women in the South Bay Correctional Facility. I was referred to<br>
>> > someone named Walsh (last name), who is an assistant or assistant<br>
>> > secretary Deputy of some sort. The operator/administrator told me<br>
>> that<br>
>> he<br>
>> > is the person fielding the calls about the living conditions at South<br>
>> > Bay. His extension is 6508, just FYI.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Deputy Walsh was out of the office today, so I left him a voicemail<br>
>> > deploring the living conditions at South Bay and leveraging my<br>
>> credentials<br>
>> > a little bit as a professor, saying I expected immediate action to be<br>
>> > taken to remedy the situation and that I would continue to pay<br>
>> attention<br>
>> > to the situation at South Bay until it is fixed. I also said I<br>
>> welcomed a<br>
>> > follow-up call from him or an update from him about the situation and<br>
>> that<br>
>> > I would demand accountability regarding it.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > If you send out updates about this situation, would you please be sure<br>
>> to<br>
>> > add my email to the list so I can stay informed about everything?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks so much.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Best,<br>
>> > Heike Schotten<br>
>> ><br>
>> > --<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > [P]olitics is a name for the temporalization of desire, for its<br>
>> > translation into a narrative, for its<br>
>> > teleological determination.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > --Lee Edelman<br>
>> ><br>
>> > You taught me the ways of desire / Now it's takin' its toll<br>
>> ><br>
>> --Pat<br>
>> > Benatar<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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