Today is our fourth Day of Action for Racial Justice. Thank you for your ongoing participation and support!

Take action today to support the passage and full funding of AB 2054, the Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S.) Act. This bill will fundamentally improve emergency responses for vulnerable populations in California by strengthening, expanding and promoting community-based responses to emergency situations.

Currently, in California, law enforcement officers respond to emergencies that would be better addressed by community organizations with trained peer support experts, mental health providers, or crisis counselors. As the growing conversation around police brutality and Black Lives Matter demonstrates, the presence of armed officers can unfortunately quickly escalate a crisis. In worst case scenarios, officers use force in response to a person in crisis, resulting in unnecessary and unjust deaths and serious bodily injury to those who simply need the care and support of trained professionals.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
1) Alliance for Boys and Men of Color has created this action to support AB 2054. Click here to automatically email Governor Gavin Newsom, Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon and the Budget Chair Assemblymember Ting.

2) Contact our assemblymember, Marc Levine, via phone at (415) 479-4920 or via an email to his website. You can use this template for messaging as desired. In an email to constituents on June 9, the Assemblymember affirmed that Black lives matter, and stated, "We are not hopeless. We can take action. We can work together to end systematic racism against African Americans and we can take action to prevent the killing of African Americans by law enforcement.....I welcome your suggestions and a respectful, open and meaningful conversation about actions we can take to ensure African Americans can live with dignity, respect and equality." Let's take him at his word.