Prop 36 Rally in Sacramento
Posted by lbsbsac on April 10, 2008
Hi all,
Just a quick email to let you all know that we had a fantastic rally at the state Capitol Building yesterday! Over 500 people showed up for the third annual “Prop 36 Works!” rally—and for the third year in a row we had spectacular spring weather. Grads spoke about how Prop 36 changed their lives. Several legislators came out to speak (Mark Leno, Fiona Ma, Dave Jones, Jim Beall), even though today was a very busy hearing day in the Capitol. And Judge Gary Ransom of the Sacramento Superior Court came out to our rally to sing the praises of Prop 36! He recognized many rally participants from his court, saying he was glad none of them needed to appear on Friday…
Our emcees, Gretchen Burns Bergman (A New PATH), Lou Martinez (The Effort) and Penny Sheridan (The Effort) did an awesome job! (At one point, Penny waived around her w-2 form and said she hadn’t seen one of these with her name on it in years, but as a Prop 36 grad now she has one—it was absolutely brilliant and entirely her own idea!!)
The 500-strong crowd showed their support for Prop 36 by marching around the capitol building, before gathering into teams and entering the building to leave letters of support for Prop 36 with over 100 of California’s 120 legislators!! When they returned to the rally point, our rally DJ got an awesome dance party going!
A big thanks to all of the event sponsors and supporters: California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC), California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources (CAARR), California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives (CAADPE), California Society of Addiction Medicine, The Effort, NCADD Sacramento, A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing), All of Us or None, Alpha Project, Beacon House Association of San Pedro, California Church IMPACT, Coalition for Effective Public Safety (CEPS), County Alcohol and Drug Programs Administrators Association of California (CADPAAC), Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes (FACTS), Justice Now, Tarzana Treatment Centers and so many more…
Best,
Margaret
***We’ve moved! Please note new address, phone and fax below… Margaret Dooley-Sammuli
Deputy State Director, Southern California
Drug Policy Alliance Network 3470 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 618 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Cell: 213 291 4190 Tel: 213 382 6400 Fax: 213 382 6425
mdooley@drugpolicy.org
www.drugpolicy.org
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