Fundraising Appeal

Dear friends,

We've received urgent requests from Hispanic community leaders for a Spanish language version of our phone banking tool to help get out the vote for Prop 19, and we need your help.

Polling shows that when Latino voters learn that Prop 19 will save tens of millions of dollars in incarceration costs, those who oppose the measure overwhelmingly become supporters.

But if they don't hear the message, they'll never know.

Can you chip in $5 or more to help us get Latino voters to the polls tomorrow?

If you can't donate, we still need your help. Thousands of activists have called young California voters for the past month, and their votes are critical to whether Prop 19 will pass or fail.

Or, sign up to make calls yourself to young California voters for Prop 19.

We need your help to pull it off in these final hours. The entire country is watching what happens in California.

Let's show everyone that the people who want an end marijuana prohibition believe passionately in the cause, and we're willing to fight every step of the way to make it happen.

Thanks for all you do.

Michael Whitney
JustSayNow.com

Contribute to Just Say Now to support marijuana legalization. Click here:

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"Emperor of Hemp" Live Chat Tonight, Firedoglake.com's Movie Night, 8:00-9:30pm

"Movie Night" tonight, on the widely-read Firedoglake.com blog, will feature Jeff Meyers, producer of the classic and now re-released video about hemp pioneer Jack Herer, and Emperor of Hemp director Jeff Jones. Tune in between 8:00pm and 9:30pm.

Help Prop. 19 by Midnight Tonight

Help pass California's Prop 19 on November 2.

Make a Contribution to the Yes on 19 campaign

Dear friends,

It’s time to end marijuana prohibition -- and that starts with passing California’s Proposition 19 on November 2.

Prop 19 cuts to the core of what the Drug Policy Alliance is about: Putting an end to a national drug policy that’s grounded in fear and prejudice. That's why I'm doing everything I can to pass Prop 19 -- and if you join me, right now, we can do it.

Contribute $15 or more to the Yes on 19 campaign before midnight tonight, and they'll send you a limited edition "End Marijuana Prohibition" bumper sticker. Contribute $50, and they'll send you a t-shirt.

Marijuana is not a trivial part of the war on drugs. Far from it: Police make more arrests for cannabis than for all other illicit drugs combined. And our prohibition laws are shown to disproportionately affect people of color.

It's not often that I ask you to give money to another organization, but Prop 19 is so important that I'm asking you to step up and help pass it, right now.

Please join me in making a contribution of $15 or more -- and get back a sticker that shows you’re ready to help end marijuana prohibition.

What's more, if you give now, all proceeds will go toward the Yes on 19 campaign’s critical $75,000 end-of-quarter fundraising goal. Midnight tonight marks an important deadline for the Yes on 19 campaign to report their finances, and we can ensure that the press and the pundits see that fundraising report as a powerful sign of the Prop 19 campaign's strength and momentum.

By making a generous contribution before midnight, you can show the skeptics that we’ve got the strength to win on November 2. I hope you’ll stand with me by chipping in $15 or more to the Yes on 19 campaign before midnight.

Sincerely,

Ethan Nadelmann
Executive Director
Drug Policy Action

The Patients vs. The Powerful



Dear friends: It is crunch time in Arizona. With just six weeks to go in the medical marijuana ballot initiative campaign, powerful people in the state have joined together to prevent patients from using and acquiring their medicine legally. The campaign is working hard to keep pace but we need your help. As a supporter of marijuana policy reform, you know how hard it is to change marijuana laws. Amazingly, we are now on the cusp of making medical marijuana legal for the citizens of another state. We cannot fail. Working with individuals like the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, a group called Keep AZ Drug Free is spreading misinformation throughout the state. And now they have received a contribution of $10,000 from the Arizona Cardinals professional football team. The Cardinals get sponsorship money from beer companies and are using it to prevent patients from using a far less harmful substance! Disgusting. We cannot let hypocrites like this succeed. We must match them dollar for dollar. If you can help us raise $10,000 for the campaign, they will be able to put more volunteers to work distributing materials and holding signs. And they will be able to mount a more aggressive earned media campaign. Please make a contribution or $5, $10 or more to the Arizona ballot initiative campaign today. And celebrate with us six weeks from today when we defeat the powerful and make marijuana legal for the patients. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Rob Kampia Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project Washington, D.C.	Help us meet our mission Raised in ’10:$2,521,885 Goal in ’10: $3,400,000 MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in our 2010 strategic plan if you help us meet this challenge.
To contact MPP, please click here. Our mailing address is Marijuana Policy Project, 236 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20002. Any donations you make to MPP may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates for federal office.

SSDP Heads Back to School!

Dear friends,

The 2010 fall semester brings with it SSDP's largest chapter network to date. SSDP now has chapters on 135 college campuses throughout the U.S., and we expect to reach nearly 200 chapters by early 2011! We're also holding five regional conferences across the country and will be hosting our first training conferenceat the University of Maryland in March.

Back to School Fundraising Drive
A donationof $100, $50, $25 or $10 to SSDP will help us provide materialsand resources to our chapters so that they can wage successful campaigns on and off their campuses. Please consider making a one-time donation or signing up as a monthly sustainer and donating as little as $10 per month to SSDP.

If you can't support us financially right now, you can help us grow by spreading the word and telling a friend about our Action Alert list, becoming a fan of us on Facebook, joining our Facebook Cause, and by following us on Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

Just Say Now!
We have officially launchedour "Just Say Now" campaign with Firedoglake.com, one of the world's biggest political blogs, to combine their online presence with our grassroots organizing strength. Together we will be working to identify supporters of marijuana reform across the country to get them engaged in the battle, while simultaneously attracting the attention of the nation and the world. Sign the petitionand make a $10 donation to get your awesome Just Say Now sticker! Through the Just Say Now Campus Challengeour chapters are competing to see which school can gather the most signatures.

New Student Organizing Manual!
SSDP's outreach staff has launched a revamped student organizing manual, arming every SSDP chapter and activist with guides on lobbying, working with the media, running productive meetings, organizing successful events and much more. Your donation of $20 will pay for 10 manuals to be printed and shipped to chapters!

SSDP Regional Conferences
Northeast Regional - October 16-17
University of Connecticut
Mid-Atlantic Regional - October 9-10
Virgina Commonwealth University
West Coast Regional - October 16
San Francisco State University
Mountain Plains Regional - November 6
University of Colorado Boulder
Midwest Regional - Date TBD
Kent State University

Help Us Reach 10,000 Fans on Facebook!
Are you a fan of SSDP on Facebook? We are currently at almost 10,000 fans and we hope that after this message is sent out, we will reach 15,000. All you have to do is visit our Facebook pageand click "like". Then update your status with "I like SSDP! Can you do the same?" and attach this link: facebook.com/schoolsnotprisons

SSDP Training Conference and Lobby Day
SSDP is excited to be holding our first three-track training conference aimed at delivering chapter members with intensive participatory workshops and trainings on campaign management, running a chapter and lobbying.
Location: University of Maryland College Park
Date: March 17-19, 2011
RSVP HERE
Donate to our conference scholarship fund

Can you make a donation to SSDP today?

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SSDP Endorses California's Proposition 19

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We Miss You!

Dear friends,

The last few months, we've told you about the strides we're making to ensure everyone has safe and legal access to their medicine. We told you about the grassroots base we're building, the impact cases we've filed (and won!) and the many, many services we offer to patients across the country. Still, we haven't been able to renew your membership.

Take a moment to watch this video. We hope it inspires you to renew your commitment to our movement and renew your membership to ASA.

We are in a unique political climate that has a window of opportunity we're not likely to see again, and ASA will act on it; but we cannot afford to lose the support of a good friend like you. Click here to renew your membership today.

We really need you with us this year.

Steph Sherer

Executive Director

To learn more about what we're up to federally, and in your area, after you renew, visit us at www.safeaccessnow.org

Vote for a New Member of MPP's Board of Directors



Dear friends: MPP is in the process of choosing a new member of our board of directors. Want to take part and vote for a candidate? Qualifying to vote is easy: Anyone who has donated to MPP or the MPP Medical Marijuana Political Action Committee in the last 365 days is eligible to vote. (Donations to MPP Foundation do not count for the purpose of determining eligibility for the MPP board vote.) If you don't currently qualify to vote, but if you'd like to participate, simply make yourself eligible by making a donation to MPP right now, and then you can cast your vote. I invite you to participate in the governance of MPP by voting today. Together we will end marijuana prohibition. Sincerely, Rob Kampia Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project Washington, D.C.
To contact MPP, please click here or reply to this e-mail. Our mailing address is Marijuana Policy Project, 236 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20002. Any donations you make to MPP may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates for federal office.

D.A.R.E. to DONATE: Help SSDP fight anti-drug propaganda!

Make a donation today to help SSDP continue our
important work.

Dear friends,

Today is the final day of D.A.R.E.'s annual conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Â And they are mad. Â They're losing the drug war, and they are grasping at anything to stop our progress.Â

As the only drug policy reform organization representing students and youth, SSDP is directly countering the propaganda machine at D.A.R.E. Â We're advocating for alternative drug education and prevention programs based on science and compassion, not a rabid ideology. Â

In order to keep fighting their propaganda, we needÂ your support. Â Can you help us bring more students to ourÂ 2011 SSDP International Conference by making a contribution now? Â

Unlike the D.A.R.E. conference, where attendees spend upwards of $800 on a single registration fee, we raise funds year-round for our conference scholarship fund, to help cover the travel and lodging costs of students from around the world. Â Will you D.A.R.E. to make a donation to SSDP's scholarship fund that will go directly to students? Â (Don't worry, we won't spend it on a custom painted Mustang sports cars or lion costumes, like D.A.R.E. does with your tax dollars.) Â

Help us make SSDP's 2011 International Conference bigger and better than D.A.R.E.'s by making a donation onlineÂ RIGHT NOW!

Sincerely,

Jonathan Perri

Associate Director

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

http://www.ssdp.org/donate

Another funny video from LEAP!

Dear friends,

Here's another quick video you'll like, the second in Law Enforcement Against Prohibition's series of MAC - PC parody ads.Â This time, "representatives" of LEAP and the drug war have a look at the dilemma that occurs when "good people" break bad laws.Â We hope you'll like it, and that you'll pass it along to your friends.Â The first video in this series has been viewed over 10,000 times.Â

Your donation puts LEAP speakers in front of audiences. To support LEAP's work by making a contribution, please click here.

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We need help growing our all-encompassing movement of citizens who want to end the failed "war on drugs," so please invite your family and friends to learn about LEAP.

The Sentencing Project Releases Annual Report

Special Message

July 1, 2010

Dear Friends,

This past year saw the United States take important steps toward a criminal justice system that is fair and equitable in its sentencing laws and practices, and that uses incarceration only as a last resort in ensuring public safety.

It's a big vision, but one that is coming into view. Every day. In substantive, measurable ways. See how in The Sentencing Project's new 2009 Annual Report.Â

Whether the issue was crack cocaine sentencing reform, ending the practice of sentencing juveniles to prison for the rest of their lives, helping policymakers understand the unsustainable social and economic costs of imprisoning over 2 million Americans, or capturing media attention for analyzing how current policies create difficulties for people returning home from prison, The Sentencing Project was at the forefront of change.

We know we did not achieve these victories on our own. But we feel confident that our special contributions to each of these issues were, and will continue to be, uniquely important.

We also recognize that The Sentencing Project's success is possible only with the commitment of people like you. After you have looked through our 2009 Annual Report, we hope you will make a donation to changing the way Americans think about crime and punishment.

If this will be your first contribution to The Sentencing Project, a generous donor has promised to match the full amount. And if you have given in the past, every dollar you give above the amount of your most recent contribution will be matched as well.

Marc Mauer
Executive Director

Send an email to The Sentencing Project. Â» CONTACT

The Sentencing Project
1705 DeSales Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, 202.628.0871

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The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration.

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