Who Are the People of the
U.N.I.O.N.?
UNION subscribers are mainstream citizens and organization directors.
There are 47 mainstream media journalists and publishers who are subscribed in order to find out what is really going on behind the walls, from the largest media in California.
Director B. Cayenne Bird has been a California journalist/publisher for 37 years. She is the VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR, as no one in the UNION draws a salary for our important work.
There are 6,000 humanitarians who subscribe to the newsletter to learn how, when, where to rally, write, vote together to end injustice, oppression and neglect in California's prisons, jails and juvenile halls.
Our book authors are featured
at: Authors
The UNION is a comunications system between human rights activists, families of prisoners, legislators and others who want better solutions to crime through healing, prevention, rehabilitation and education. Here are some of the people who tune in and read the newsletter daily.
Judy Ansen
School Teacher, San Diego
Russ Ansen
Journalist
Alan Elsner,
Reuters National Correspondent
Author of "Gates of Injustice"
then link to our Author's
page
Christine Hosky
Film Maker
San Francisco Chronicle
Three Reporters
Fresno Bee
Three Reporters
Associated Press
Three Reporters
Riverside Press Enterprise
One Reporter
Janice Gaylord
Caregiver/Moratorium on Death
Penalty Activist
Harvey and Lettie Bakington
Retired
Dharma Bakington
Administrative Assistant
Sacramento
Mark Ravis, M.D., J.D.
Law firm of Mark Ravis
Century City, CA
David Martin, J.D.
Lawfirm of Mark Ravis
Century City, CA
Gina Duboisky
School Teacher
San Diego
Miriam Clarkston
School Teacher
Encinatas
Jeri Crum
Social Worker
Long Beach
Ron Peterson
Film Editor
Sacramento
J. R. Pearson, R.M.A.
Author of "Jailhouse Crock"
and a link to our Authors page
Deborah Brine
Placerville, CA.
Shelli Matthews
Dental Assistant
Sacramento
Elaine Wang, Business Owner
Los Angeles, CA
Jeri Crum, NAMI, National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill, Social Worker
http://www.nami.org
Ron Branson, Director
Jail for Judges
http://www.jail4judges.org
Astraea Kelley, Respiratory
Therapist
Health Care Workers Union
Steward
KPFA Intern
Susan Randall
Union Database Coordinator
Lenora Bullock
Investigator
Jo Ann Fawcett Richards
Publisher of Ecobyte
News and Nova Albion magazine
Dr. Alan Liu, Optometrist
Herminio Florez, Phd.
Ron Kincaid,
Medical Sales
Georgia
Beverly Blumgart
Educator, Orange County
Debi Scottingham
Redding
Sister Josie Gonzales, Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese
Women, Wives, Mothers of Incarcerated, W.W.M.O.T.I. Christian Church affiliations
Deborah S., employee of the Pennysaver
Sarah Chappell, substance abuse counselor
David Loftow, our director's high school government teacher class of 1968, now a businessman near Washington D.C.
Diane Hardie, mother of Stephanie Hardie who was murdered by medical neglect at Chowchilla Women's Prison
Mr. and Mrs. Chamb, San Diego,
Jamilah, Student, Sacramento
Criminal justice students from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Sandra Forbes, retired school teacher and administrator, Los Angeles
Frank Courser., Grocery Store
Manager
Escondido
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Driscoll, Los
Angeles Catholic Archdiocese Detention Ministry
Los Angeles, Ca
Mardele Duarte, Love Ministries
San Ramon
Law Offices of Robert Bastian
and Marina Dini
Century City
Jimnlyn, James & Lynda
Shingletown
Charles Wesley, Los Angeles
Dori Woodmore, Vacaville
Dr. Patricia Overton, Los Angeles
Delores Mallory, Placentia
Associated Press, three reporters
Lawrence Tipston, Glendora
Anla Truman, Oregon
Donald and Gloria Molina, San Luis Obispo,
Anna Charles, Ione
Carrie and James Rookwood, Vallejo
Deanne Fitzpatrick, Chino
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Deborah Jiminez, Author, Santa Rosa
Madelene Hunter, Foster Child Care Advocate, Palm Springs
Diedre Hall, Paralegal, Modesto
John Videen, Medical Doctor and Research Professor at UCSD
Bobby S., Anti-death penalty advocate, San Jose
Capital Public Radio, Sacramento
Roseann R, Administrative Assistant, San Jose
Jesse B., retired organizer, disabled vet, Bakersfield
Rose Mary B., Social Worker, San Diego
Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times
Lee B., Labor union organizer, Los Angeles
Orange County Register Editorial Board
Columnist Jerry Baker, Sacramento
Dr. William Chambliss, George Washington University, Head of the Sociology Department and past president of American Criminology Society, Author of 15 books on crime.
Linda C., Accountant, Virginia
Janice Crumley, Researcher, Webmistress, Shingletown
Lonnie DeWitt, Author of In the Car. former parole officer, Sacramento who was fired for speaking out on behalf of inmates
Editorial Board of Justice Denied Magazine
Susan D., Graphic Artist, San Luis Obispo
Margie Jump, Mother of James Diesso, Arizona
Katy Farnham., Health care executive, Sacramento
Donna Hildebrand., Information Systems, San Diego
Beverly Jacobs, School Teacher, Pasadena
Doret Kollerer, The Justice Express,
Magazine Publisher, Occidental
http://www.sonic.net/~doretk/whowearesub.html
Noa Kleinmann, Amnesty International, United Kingdom
Editorial Board of Orange County Weekly Newspaper
Michael Steindel, Artist, Long Beach
Emily Knox Taylor, Bakersfield
Judy Rein, Construction Accountant, Santa Monica
Jan Rockwell, Administrator, Santa Barbara
Bob and Marlene Suttles, Retail business owners, Northern California
Janet Dempsey., Catholic School Teacher, Sacramento
Dan Terwilliger, Hospital Administrator, Brea
Patsy Rollins, Registered Nurse, Fresno
Stephanie Jacobs., Social Worker, Sacramento
Brenda L, Clerk, Long Beach
Debbie Upton, Retail Sales, Oakland
Don and Dorothy Ward, owners of Engineering Firm, Tehachapi
Julia Valencia, office manager, Palmdale, CA
Gina Barclay., Christian Ministries,
Westminster
Pat Skowel., Mary Kay Distributor,
Sacramento
Hazel Turner, Administration,
Napa
Ramona Ramizez, makes and sells
tamales to help the UNION pay for printing and postage, Fresno
Silverfawn Kitt, book author,
tribal representative, Lake Isabella
Jackie Montez, Teacher, Anaheim
Lisa Galindo, secretary, Lodi
Marilyn Bustamante,
There are seven criminal attorneys
who are members of the UNION
There are 38 churches including
Church of Christ, six Baptist churches, four Catholic Churches, two Methodist
Churches, a Synagogue, Buddhist order and several American Indian tribes
Red and yellow, black and white,
we have all come together and formed the UNION.
Orange County