Please join us in a preliminary meeting to begin planning to stop prison expansion in Washington State

No New Prisons Campaign
Monday, December 11, 2006
6:30pm-8:30pm
2111 E. Union St, Seattle, WA 98122

Light snacks, desserts and refreshments will be provided

We will be building on alternatives to incarceration.

Hear from others who are interested in preventing prison expansion.

Do a power analysis to help us understand our challenge by:

Identifying key players, policy makers, decision makers and systems on both sides of the prison expansion agenda.

Continue the struggle for justice.

No New Prisons Agenda (WA State Level):

Introductions
Meeting goals
Good understanding of factors influencing prison expansion
Preliminary campaign plan based on above understanding
Preliminary team outreach
Brief overview of research / statistics on WA State prison system
Current prison system stats
Prison expansion project currently in progress
Future planned prison expansion
Do power analysis as INPUT to campaign planning
What is our agenda? What is their agenda?
Define major economic, political and/or social conditions that impact
Identify / assess decision makers over prison expansion
Identify / assess major organized opposition
Identify / assess organized groups and allies in support
Identify / assess groups of people or communities most affected
Develop a preliminary campaign plan to stop prison expansion
What actions support decision makers who are allies?
What actions block decision makers who are foes?
What can be done to counter work of organized opposition?
What can be done to support the work of allies?
What can be done to assure that those most affected are involved?
What types of public education are needed?
What areas of the state need the most attention?
What materials are needed to support our agenda? (I.E.: research, position papers, poster, flyers, media work, banners, etc.)
Who is interested in participating in this campaign?
Who else could we invite?
Set date for next meeting for follow up and results (once a month)
Comments
Adjourn