The American Justice Alliance, representing Anand Jon Alexander in his fight for freedom has become the Vanguard’s 70th sponsor for it’s 9th annual event – Reforming the Prosecution System.
The event will take place next Saturday from 5 to 8 at the Davis Community Church. Tickets and sponsorship is still available at: http://progressive-prosecution.eventbrite.com
Here is the full list of paid sponsors….
Presenting Sponsor: Hughey Phillips, LLP
Larry Krasner Level Sponsor
National Lawyer’s Guild – Sacramento
Progressive Prosecutor Sponsor
Nora Oldwin
ACLU – Northern California
Alin Cintean, Attorney at Law
Patty Pursell
Lindsay Weston
American Justice Alliance
Social Justice Champion Sponsor
Bob Poppenga, Davis School Board
Mark Reichel, Attorney at Law
Josephy Tully, Attorney At Law
Linda Deos, Attorney at Law
Bill Julian
Melinda Guzman, Attorney at Law
Harvey and Evelyn Greenwald
Jake and Ed Clemens
David Thompson
Progressive Ally Sponsor
Jim Provenza, Yolo County Supervisor
Don Saylor, Yolo County Supervisor
Oscar Villegas, Yolo County Supervisor
Brett Lee, Davis Mayor
Gloria Partida, Mayor Pro Tem
Lucas Frerichs, Davis CIty Council
Tom Adams, Davis School Board
Alan Fernandes, Davis School Board
Norma and Carlos Alcala, Washington School Board
Tracie Olson, Yolo County Public Defender
Ryan Davis, State Public Defender
Robb Davis, Former Davis Mayor
CAIR-Sacramento Valley
Lil Shop of Growers
Mary Alice Coleman, Attorney at Law
Art Pimentel
Davis Phoenix Coaltion
Andrew Kim
Lynne Jimenez
Yoshinori Himel
Kat Dean
Saatyaki Amin
Tio Sessoms of TRIND CONSULTING LLC
Elizabeth Lasensky
Francesca Wright
Alan Hirsch
Gail Scharber
Joaquin Galvan
Summar Harrah
The Good People Farms
Keith Staten, Law Offices
It Could Happen To You
Ezra Beeman
LCLAA Sacramento, AFL-CIO
To add your name: http://progressive-prosecution.eventbrite.com
Tickets are on sale for $20 for students/ low income and $50 general admission
Speakers include:
Jeffrey Deskovic – knows something about the consequences of corrupt prosecutions. At the age of 16, he was wrongly imprisoned and served 17 years for a rape and murder he did not commit, before DNA evidence exonerated him. He’s now taking his bar exam in New York, wanting to become a progressive prosecutor, and was instrumental in pushing for New York’s newly-approved Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission.
Satana Deberry – Durham, NC DA who is now holding office in the same seat held by disbarred former prosecutor Mike Nifong.
Genevieve Jones-Wright – a public defender in San Diego, ran in 2018.
Noah Phillips– former deputy DA in Sacramento, ran in 2018.
Lisa Rea – President and Founder of Restorative Justice International
Join us on October 26. Tickets are $50. Sponsorships range from $100 to $5000. Deadline to sponsor: August 31. Proceeds go to the Vanguard Court Watch operating in Yolo County, Sacramento County and San Francisco County – monitoring prosecutorial misconduct and over-prosecution in real time.
To add your name: http://progressive-prosecution.eventbrite.com
You can also send checks to: Davis Vanguard, PO Box 4715, Davis, CA 95617
