Los Angeles is still in the thick of a $3.7 billion jail plan and the county budget process. The county still has the opportunity to invest in community solutions instead of incarceration. To continue the conversation and build up pressure, CURB and it’s members are organizing several events in the next three weeks for you to join our fight!
We will be discussing the county budget and alternative budget campaigns that our members are working on at our first event this coming Tuesday. 
One important aspect is that we will be discussing the last opportunity to pressure the Board of Supervisors to reject the proposed women’s jail. The Final Environmental Impact Report will be heard by the Supervisors in early October. So, it’s all hands on deck!
Will you join us to learn more and plug in?
- LA County Budget Teach-In
- When: Tuesday, Sept. 27 from 12-1:30pm
- Where: Grand Park in Los Angeles, adjacent to the Board building
- #SchoolsNotPrisons Concert and Teach-In
- When: Friday, Sept. 30 at 5pm
- Where: Chuco’s Justice Center, 1137 E. Redondo Blvd., Inglewood
- Vigil at CIW – No More Deaths!
- When: Saturday, Oct. 1 from 1:30-4pm
- Where: 1:30 – Gather at American Heroes Park (6608 Hellman Ave. Eastvale); 2:30 Start Vigil at CIW (16756 Chino-Corona Rd., Corona)
- Toxic Women’s Jail Mobilization
- When: Save the Date – Tuesday, Oct. 11
- Where: LA Board of Supervisors, 500 W. Temple St., Los Angeles
Read the rest of Can Stop, Will Stop: Join us to fight jail expansion! »
Sep 16
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Thanks from CURB!
Hello Supporter,
A huge thank you for making CURB’s art fundraiser, Break it Down: Art + Resistance a huge success — we couldn’t have done it without you.
Our art auction is still happening. Will you place a bid today?
With over 250 people attending we celebrated the work of anti-prison organizers from across the state and focused on how we can stop the $2.3 billion jail plan in Los Angeles.
Support CURB by placing a bid by Sept. 21st at 12pm pst!
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Sep 16
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Our art auction is now live!
Dear Supporter,
Break It Down: Art + Resistance, a benefit art auction for CURB, is now live on the Paddle8 website. Funds will allow us to continue our work to fight prison and jail expansion, reduce imprisonment, and build healthy, safe, and liberated communities.
Your purchases in this auction will provide a crucial investment towards true solutions to community health, security, and well-being.
Online bidding ends Wednesday, September 21st at noon PT. Make sure to purchase an art piece before time runs out! Read the rest of Our art auction is now live! »
Dear Supporter,
Every day, we hear about violence in the media, see it on the streets we live in, and feel it through our own experiences of trauma. The past few months have been difficult for us all — from the Orlando shooting, to the Stanford rape case, to the murder of Black men in Falcon Heights, Baton Rouge, and across the nation, to law enforcement taking advantage of young women’s bodies throughout the Bay Area, and to all the other pain that we never hear about.
These painful stories are used to incite fear in our communities and to bring up the fear we may have deep in our hearts. We hear numerous false promises that law enforcement will reform itself, will develop accountability mechanisms, or just needs more money.
We need to be clear that building trust and legitimacy involves us working together, caring for each other, and making sure we are bridging the needs of people that are experiencing violence with true solutions to addressing harm as we fight for a world without cages. We need to remain steady in our demands to create community-based supportive services, care for the most vulnerable, and compassion even when faced with darkness while continuing to fight against structural gender and racial violence. Read the rest of Stand together against state violence »
Hello Supporter,
My name is Rosa, and I am the development intern this summer for CURB. I have learned so much in the past 3 months about the real dedication and perseverance it takes to fight the prison industrial complex. Working with CURB is a truly rewarding experience and the event which I have helped organize is now approaching. 
I wanted to send you a friendly reminder that we are less than 2 weeks away from our art fundraiser, Break it Down: Art + Resistance!
Join us to help cultivate the resources we need to keep up the fight!
Over 50 talented artists have donated pieces to the cause and we even have a few art pieces that were donated from San Quentin prison. All the art will be on display September 9th and will be auctioned off online from September 7th-21st. Read the rest of Over 50 artists are giving to CURB – Will you join? »
Dear Supporter,
We are excited to announce that CURB is looking for an Advocacy Intern, a Development Intern, and a Media and Communications Intern to join our team! These internships provide the opportunity to gain experience in research, outreach, grassroots organizing, media campaigns, coalition and movement building, public education, policy advocacy and social justice work. Working directly with the Statewide Coordinators, the interns will have the opportunity to develop leadership and organizing skills while working alongside an amazing group of anti-prison activists.
Click here to view the full job descriptions, qualifications, and application requirements.
Read the rest of CURB is looking for three new interns! »
Dear Supporter,
After years of an ongoing healthcare scandal over the dismal healthcare conditions in Santa Rita jail, Alameda County is back to the drawing board in selecting a healthcare provider for its jail system. Yet despite the turmoil, they are barrelling forward with expanding the jail under the banner of improved health care.
For those of us who don’t want a bigger jail, this is an important moment to intervene.
As Alameda County considers re-opening the process to find a medical provider, we can turn the tide on the jail plan. We need to make sure the media is covering the real story here. Submit a letter to the editor to ask: How can Sheriff Ahern justify building a “mental health” jail without even having a competent health care provider?
Read the rest of New Mental Health Jail with No Provider? »
As we step into these summer months, CURB is both emboldened by recent victories in the fight against county jail and state prison expansion and aware of the huge resources we must accrue in confronting the systems that attempt to further incarcerate our loved ones and community members.
To celebrate our work we want to invite you to an art auction fundraiser that will be held at Human Resources.
Will you save September 9th on your calendar?
This fundraiser will be essential in providing the resources to continue our fight and build on our recent victories! Read the rest of Save the Date: Break It Down Art Auction! »
Jul 16
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RISE Act stalls, but we fight on
Last week, SB 966 (the RISE Act), fell one vote short of making it out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, ending its journey in the current legislative cycle. The bill would have repealed the sentence enhancement for most prior drug felony convictions, a vicious tool of the War on Drugs that has torn thousands of families apart, destroyed countless lives, and left our communities less safe.
After passing out of the Senate, we were disappointed that two moderate Democrats, Evan Low and Miguel Santiago, did not join the other Democrats on the Public Safety Committee in voting for the bill. As a result, the bill did not move on.
But the fight for justice and humanity is not over! Our incredible people power has sparked conversations in the media, received powerful endorsements, gathered support from more than 140 organizations across the state, and changed the way legislators think about sentence enhancements. Read the rest of RISE Act stalls, but we fight on »