San Quentin Families Project benefit

Sat, Oct 8
7 pm - 10 pm
$15

Saturday, Oct. 8 @ 7 pm
a benefit for the San Quentin Families Project
Larkspur Caf=E9 Theatre
500 Magnolia Ave, Larkspur 415.924.6107, www.larkspurcafetheatre.com
doors open at 7 pm. Keynote at 7:30

Please join us on October 8th for a heartfelt benefit for the San =

Quentin Families Project. Van Jones, reknowned Human Rights leader =

for prison reform will be giving a keynote address about the over- =

incarceration in California's billion dollar prison industry, and the =

over-incarceration of marginalized peoples (Van is an undeniable =

human treasure of the Bay Area, for info on himsee end of =

announcement). Suzi Jestadt and Liza Klein will highlight the =

project during the evening. And others tied to San Quentin, either =

directly or indirectly, will touch on their experiences. We =

wholeheartedly invite you to come join us for a touching and =

worthwhile evening to benefit the San Quentin Families Project.

Food & Drink and Organic ice cream will be served fresh.
T-shirts of the projects' insingia will be available.
The autobiography (including poetry) by inmate Watani Stiner will be =

for sale (Watani's Six children were granted political asylum and =

arrived in California from Surinam last January).

Live music from Baflao (French West African Band from Oakland), music =

possibly written for the occasion by Shree Dove (Raw Soul singer/ =

songwriter from Marin, www.shreedove.com), and gospel by Joanne =

Lawson (Vocalist from Los Angeles) will also be served. :-)

Hosted by Suzi Jestadt
Tickets: $15-$25
Tickets being sold at:
Bedrock Music 415.258.9745, 2226 4th St. San Rafael
e-mail:
and at the First United Methodist Church 415.453.8716, 9 Ross Valley =

Rd. San Rafael
e-mail:
and will be available at the door of the Lark on the evening of the =

event.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
For questions and/or more detailed information call Suzi @ 415.485.0676
or Liza @ 415.453.8716

The San Quentin Families Project was outlined by Suzi Jestadt after =

her experience helping to facilitate a "positive attitude" circle =

with life inmates at San Quentin State Prison. The desire exhibited =

by the men in this group to develop a positive attitude and employ =

its constructive use in their personal prison lives, was enveloped =

with the grace and beauty to leave a deep transformative imprint on =

one's heart and mind. The project hopes to lift these true positive =

desires above the prison's walls and share them with people on the =

"outside". With their wishes to be in community with San Quentin, and =

for a project to somehow help prisoners, Liza Klein, pastor of the =

First United Methodist Church of San Rafael, and Suzi created the =

start of the San Quentin Families Project. Members of the First =

United Methodist Church used these ideas to illustrate and finalize =

the project.

This project is dedicated to helping maintain relationships between =

inmates of San Quentin and their families. The project works to =

start and sustain relationships between men of the prison community =

and their children while they are incarcerated. It hopes to develop, =

cultivate, and sustain relationships thereby keeping families in =

touch, connected, and active We are hoping to enable visits by =

providing families with the essential funds to attain a place to =

stay and to make the trip, making a physical visit not only possible =

but economically feasible. The project wants to provide materials =

for contact, such as stationary, phone cards, and writing utensils. =

By easing the burden on the families the SQFP dreams for the =

incarcerated fathers to be active parents in their children lives.


Van Jones is the founding director of the Ella Baker Center for Human =

Rights (www.ellabakercenter.org). The Ella Baker Center seeks to =

replace the U.S Incarceration industry with youth opportunities and =

community-based solutions. In 2002, the center's "Books not Bars" =

campaign helped stop the construction of a costly and controversial =

"Super-Jail" for Oakland's youth. Presently, the center is working =

to close all of California's scandal-plagued youth prisons and =

replace them with regional rehabilitation centers. Van, a spiritual =

activist, is a passionate advocate for the environment and for =

responsible business. By investing in "Green Jobs, Not Jails," we =

can ensure that the "Green Wave" lifts up everybody. He serves on =

numerous governing boards including Bioneers, the New Apollo Project =

and the Rainforest Action Network. Van graduated from the University =

of Tennesee at Martin in 1990 and from the Yale Law School in 1993.


if you read all the words down to here, give yourself some love.
You read a lot of important things, thanks. : - )

Venue:

Larkspur Cafe Theatre
500 Magnolia Avenue
Larkspur
415-924-6107
http://www.larkspurcafetheatre.com

directions with map are on website

Additional Info:

415-453-8716