NEW! Download the Advocate 4 Justice Parole Packet here! (PDF Format)

Tell your U.S. Representative to Support Federal Parole: Find Their Phone Numbers Here! -- Write Your U.S. Representative at www.house.gov/writerep -- To find who your Representative is, visit www.vote-smart.org

Download the Advocate 4 Justice Flyer here (PDF Format)

Online Resources

Review Bottoms Up: A Guide to Grassroots Activism, a comprehensive, step-by-step primer in how to educate the public and get the social change you want. Useful for both beginning activists and seasoned organizers, this how-to manual covers topics such as Organizing a Public Event or Private Meeting with Officials, Designing Flyers and Posters, Working with Others, Leading a Demonstration, progressing to Building a Relationship with the Media and Elected Officials. Also included is a generous sampling of artwork, press release examples, educational literature, studies and reports, graphs and displays to share with the public, meeting forms, and other resources for organizers of different levels of skill.

Visit the November Coalition Events Calendar for a regularly updated schedule of Prison, Drug Policy and Criminal Justice Reform events across the nation and around the world.

Visit the Drug Truth Network: featuring the 4:20 Drug War News webcast.

Acquaint yourself with other organizations, and visit our friends in drug law reform. We are careful not to duplicate the efforts of other organizations, and as a grassroots coalition of prisoners and social reformers, our resources (time and money) are limited. The vast expertise and scope of the various drug reform organizations will enable you to stay informed on the ever-changing, many-faceted aspects of the movement.

For regular weekly and daily collections of news items relevant to drug policy, prison, and criminal justice reform, visit these sites and sign up online to have them sent right to your inbox:

The Drug War Chronicle (weekly) - The "World's Leading Drug Policy Newsletter", an original weekly e-zine, with editorials, news items, and timely alerts on legislation and activism.

The DrugSense Weekly Newsletter - If you are concerned about the War on Drugs, sign up for the DrugSense Weekly to become informed and active. "DrugSense Means Education."

The Drug Policy Alliance Newsletter (weekly) - "Envisioning new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights and a just society in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more."

The Media Awareness Project: Drugnews Digest (several times daily) - The Drugnews-Digest (DND) is a one-way summary and source of current drug-related news. Full articles cited are available on the Media Awareness Project (MAP) web site.

Visit The November Coalition's Online Resource pages at www.november.org/resources.

Major Studies and Research Reports on Drug Policy, Criminal Justice and Incarceration.

There are many well-established and emerging organizations and groups of citizens that have services, projects and web resources that you can access on the internet. It is our intent to assist you by providing web links under the following categories. If you find an inactive link, or would like to include a link that is not listed, please feel free to e-mail us.

Truth: The Anti-Drug War - a vast compilation of facts & figures by privatre citizen Brian C. Bennett

Download a set of Incarceration Graphs, fully sourced and cited.

Prison Talk OnLine - A Prisoner Family Support, Information & Assistance Community Online, featuring forums on a wide variety of prison related issues. Find others in your area to organize, educate, or just lend support to each other.

Illicit Drug Policies: Selected Laws from the 50 States is the first comprehensive guide to illicit drug laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Also available in PDF Format.

State by State Corrections Statistics; from The National Institute of Corrections

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004 - a report from The US Bureau of Justice Statistics (PDF Format)