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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Date April 8, 2008 Matter of Record
On this date, Federal D. Glover, Chair of the Board of Supervisors, invited the public to speak.
The following persons spoke:
• Ralph Hoffinann, Walnut Creek resident, spoke about mental illness and told the
Board about two books of possible interest regarding mental illness.
• Jo Bates, AFSCME Local 2700, informed the Board she had filed a grievance
against a County Department that disbanded a unit which violated the terms of the
Memorandum of Understanding between County and Union.
• Rollie Katz, PEIU Local One, affirmed Jo Bates' grievance saying Local One had
experienced similar issues with County Department and hoped matter was cleared
up before negotiations.
THIS IS A MATTER FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY
NO BOARD ACTION WAS TAKEN
Pledge to Empeno en
Resist � Resistir
Forced La Coercion
ST
Ps chiatry � Psiquiatrica
y
in Our en Nuestras
Communitieso Comunidades.
I PLEDGE to oppose the spread of forced ME EMPENO en oponer la expansion de
psychiiatric procedures into the procedimientos psiquiatricos forzados en la
community, such as court-ordered comunidad, como la administracion de
s chiatric drugging of people living at drogas psiquiatricas por Orden de los
P Y 99 9 P P 9 juzgados a personas que viven en su casas.
home. These human rights violations Estas violaciones de los derechos humanos
endanger everyone's liberty. ponen en peligro la libertad de todos.
I PLEDGE to speak out against the news ME EMPENO en hablar en contra de la
media campaign that portrays people with campana de los medios de comunicacion
psychiatric labels as dangerous and que retrata a las personas con diagnosticos
subhuman. This is similar to the psiquiatricos como peligroso, inferior y no
n against the humano. Esto es parecido a la campana de
propaganda cam ai P 9 9 la propaganda contra los judios alemanes en
German Jews in the 1930's that prepared los 1930's, to que preparo la opinion publica
public opinion for their extermination. para su exterminio.
I PLEDGE to unite with the international ME EMPENO en unirme con el
movement that is rising up to break the movimiento internacional que esta subiendo
silence,, resist the passage of these laws, a romper el silencio, a resistir la adopcion de
revoke those laws that have already passed, estas leyes, a revocar esas leyes que ya han
and create humane alternatives. sido adoptadas y a crear alternativas
humanas en lugar de los procedimientos.
You are encouraged to photocopy this Pledge to Resist and •
the signature sheet, back to back.
Please return filled signature sheets to Support Coalition
International. Pledges are presented to the United Nations,
Congresspeople, human rights organizations and the media.
Anyone anywhere in the world can sign this. You do not need
to be, a registered voter to participate, but you are encouraged
to register to vote.
The Pledge to Resist was developed and unanimously endorsed
by the Support Coalition International board of directors.
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