We are one week away from AB 1007 being heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 20th. Help us tell the Chair of the committee, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, to support the Compensation for Survivors of Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Act (AB 1007). Take 2 minutes today to call and/or post on soical media in support of AB 1007. The time to end the legacy of eugenics in California and compensate survivors of forced sterilizations is NOW!
TAKE ACTION!
TELL ASSEMBLYMEMBER LORENA GONZALEZ THAT SURVIVORS OF FORCED STERILIZATIONS NEED JUSTICE NOW!
Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez
Capitol Office Phone #: 916-319-2080
Sample Script:
"Hello, my name is _______and I am a resident of [NAME OF YOUR CITY]. I am calling to urge Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez to support #AB1007, the Compensation for Survivors of Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Act, which is currently in Assembly Appropriations. Black, Indigenous, Latinx, other people of color, incarcerated people, people with disabilities, and poor people, have been disproportionately impacted by state policies that seek to control our bodies. These are the same populations devastated by COVID-19. Survivors of state sanctioned sterilizations cannot wait another year. It's time for California to confront a violent history that continues to affect and rob our communities of the right to decide if and when to have a family. I urge the Assemblymember to put an end to California's legacy of eugenics by supporting AB1007."
USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO RAISE YOUR VOICE!
CLICK HERE TO TWEET: Our legislature has failed to see the urgency in ending eugenics in California for 4 years! How many more headlines of forced sterilizations will it take for CA to take action? @LorenaSGonzalez please support #AB1007 and help #EndEugenicsLegacy in CA. @WendyCarrillo #ItsTime
CLICK HERE TO TWEET: Over 15K people demand justice for sterilization survivors. California must confront its violent legacy. @LorenaSGonzalez supporting #AB1007 is supporting our communities' reproductive dignity. #ItsTime #EndEugenicsLegacy @WendyCarrillo
COME HEAR LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE PASSED EFFORTS TO COMPENSATE EUGENICS STERILIZATION SURVIVORS AND THOSE FIGHTING FOR CA SURVIVORS – MONDAY MAY 17TH 5-6 PM – REGISTER HERE.
About The Forced Sterilization Compensation Program
Summary: The Forced Sterilization Compensation Program would provide reparations to survivors who were forcibly sterilized in state institutions under California's eugenics law from 1909-1979 or who were subjected to coerced or involuntary sterilizations in women's state prisons after 1979. Additionally, an outreach and sterilization notification program will be established, and markers or plaques will be placed at designated sites, raising awareness of the unjust sterilization of thousands of people.
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We urge you to please share! Uplifting this issue with our lawmakers is urgent as eugenics survivors run out of time. It is time for California to make amends to build a better future for us all!