[News] Charisse Shumate: new video available

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Charisse Shumate
Fighting for Our Lives

A video production

This 37-minute video was created in collaboration with the 
<http://womenprisoners.org/>California Coalition for Women Prisoners and 
focuses on the life of Charisse Shumate and women in California State 
prisons. It includes amazing prison interviews as well as materials from 
State Senate hearings on conditions for women in the California State 
Prison System and historical video footage of Charisse and her family.

Charisse was a life term prisoner incarcerated for 16 years at the Central 
California Women's Facility. She died of complications from sickle cell 
anemia, cancer and hepatitis C. Charisse championed the cause of battered 
women when no one else was rallying to their support. She was imprisoned 
for defending herself against an abusive partner. Charisse stepped forward 
to be the lead plaintiff and prisoner spokesperson in the class action 
lawsuit challenging the medical neglect and abuse of women prisoners (aptly 
named Shumate v. Wilson).

It was thanks to Charisse that many activists and advocates initially 
became involved in defending the right of women prisoners to medical care 
and adequate treatment. Now, through this video, she will inspire others to 
fight for social justice.

Many thanks to the Women's Foundation of California, the Paul Robeson Fund 
for Independent Media and the Vanguard Public Foundation for their support 
of this project.

To order send $22 check or money order ($25 foreign) to the Freedom 
Archives at address below
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The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org 
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