With only a few weeks left of the legislative session, we need your help now more than ever to demand reparations for survivors of forced sterilizations! It is time for California lawmakers to stop sweeping a history of violence against BIPOC and people with disabilities under the rug.
Help us push our state to take responsibility and finally compensate those forcibly sterilized in California's state institutions.
TAKE ACTION - CALL NOW!
Take a moment to call the following lawmakers to voice your support for the Forced Sterilization Compensation Program: Survivors of forced sterilizations through California's eugenics law are dwindling and can no longer wait! The right to decide to have a family or not should never be determined by the State!
Asm. Dr. Shirley Weber: 916-319-2079
Asm. Phil Ting: 916-319-2119
Sen. Nancy Skinner: 916-651-4009
Governor Gavin Newsom: 916-445-2841
SAMPLE SCRIPT
Hello, my name is ______ and I am a resident of [NAME OF YOUR CITY] calling to urge Assemblymember/Senator/Governor ______ to support the budget request championed by Asm. Carrillo, which would establish the Forced Sterilization Compensation Program. The time to address the legacy of eugenics is now! By approving this budget request, California will be taking an important step in addressing a past that continues to haunt our state and this country.
USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE YOUR VOICE!
TWEET: @AsmShirleyWeber approving the budget request for the Sterilization Compensation Program can't wait! Every year, survivors of sterilizations under CA eugenics law are dwindling. It is time for CA to commit to ending state violence against BIPOC & people with disabilities #AB3052
TWEET: @NancySkinnerCA @PhilTing please support the budget request 2 establish the Forced Sterilization Compensation Program. Now more than ever we need CA 2 commit 2 ending state violence against BIPOC & people with disabilities & compensate survivors of forced sterilizations #AB3052
TWEET: @GavinNewsom Every year, survivors of sterilizations under CA eugenics law are dwindling. Now more than ever we need CA 2 commit 2 ending state violence against BIPOC & people with disabilities. Please support the Forced Sterilization Compensation Program budget request! #AB3052
About The Forced Sterilization Compensation Program
Summary: The Forced Sterilization Compensation Program would compensate survivors who were forcibly sterilized under California’s eugenics law from 1909–1979 or who were subjected to coerced or involuntary sterilizations in women’s state prisons after 1979.
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