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THE PEOPLE?S AGENDA: VIRGINIA PEOPLE?S ASSEMBLY

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

THE PEOPLE?S AGENDA Adopted unanimously Jan. 10, 2009, by the VIRGINIA PEOPLE?S ASSEMBLY In this time of deepening economic crisis, the working people of Virginia are looking to the government to protect our interests. Instead, it is the Big Banks and Corporations that are receiving bail-outs, while we are faced with more layoffs, more cutbacks and more attacks on our standard of living. Obviously, the rich and powerful have their representatives. The working people need ours. On Jan. 10, 2009, nearly 100 representatives from dozens of organizations and communities throughout Virginia met in Richmond to found a People?s Assembly to protect and promote the interests of working-class people and communities of color. After much discussion and listening to each other?s concerns, the delegates unanimously adopted this People?s Agenda which we are presenting to the Virginia General Assembly...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).