CPF NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

CPF is a nonprofit organization and depends 100 percent on the hard work of volunteers to do all of our work.  We need help with answering prisoner mail and reaching out to others with our message of human rights for prisoners…”Uplifting Prisoners’ Rights to Preserve Human Rights for All.”  Regular prison visits to Pelican Bay and Corcoran State Prisons, and other prisons in California are a key component of how our organization gets up to date information about prison conditions and how we help prisoners defend their rights.  We also welcome help with staffing our new Oakland office.

CPF will help you learn about the prison activism as you begin your work, so don't be shy.  Get involved now!

VOLUNTEER ACTIVIST NIGHT AT CALIFORNIA PRISON FOCUS

Our next activist meeting:  Tuesday, January 19, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. at 1904 Franklin Street, Suite 507, Oakland, CA, 94612.  We will discuss a host of current issues and strategize about how to move forward to shut down the SHU and defend prisoners' rights.

Three ways to get started:

• Call the office at 510-836-7222 and leave a message with your contact information.
• Show up at the next activist meeting. 
• Email us at contact@prisons.org.  Please make sure the word “volunteer” is in the subject line.

Volunteer Opportunities

• Correspondence – answering mail for prisoners, sending out resource lists, making referrals and developing contacts inside
• Outreach – attending events, tabling and passing out literature, setting up talks and classes
• Newsletter – doing research, copy editing, writing and working with the newsletter committee
• Fundraising – writing grants, researching grant opportunities, developing fund raising campaigns and yearly fund raising letter
• Staffing the office – answering phones, distributing mail and messages, handling urgent FAXs and requests, keeping the office clean and resources up to date
• Joining a prison committee – participating in depth in the work of prisoner support and rights and advocacy work, visiting prisons and working with family members

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