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May 02, 2005
Telephone Justice: MCI Shareholders Mtg in VA 5-16-05
Please spread the word to people in the DC, Virginia and Maryland area to come join us at the MCI Shareholders meeting in Chantilly, VA on Monday, May 16th. A bus will be leaving from New York City the night before, and we are hoping that you can join us outside the meeting to tell MCI that people from all over the country are tired of paying their phone bills! We've been in touch with many people already to spread the word - especially those in Virginia who just had a win and defeated their own MCI contract - but we need your help to make everyone know that this is a national issue. Hope to see you May 16th in Chantilly. Thanks for your support....
Do you know that MCI has a monopoly contract with the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), and that they charge the families of people in prison 630% more for a phone call than they do to the average customer? Do you that they have similar contracts with 14 other states?
Do you know that MCI treats the family members of people in prison with disrespect and put blocks on their phone without warning?
Would you like to tell MCI and their shareholders that they cannot continue to profit off of the incarceration of our loved ones?
THEN JOIN THE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN FOR TELEPHONE JUSTICE MONDAY, MAY 16TH AS WE TRAVEL TO VIRGINIA TO TELL MCI WE WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
On Monday, May 16th, the NY Campaign for Telephone Justice will be traveling to Chantilly, Virginia to let both MCI shareholders and the public know about MCI's dirty little secret - that they might be keeping families connected, but not in our neighborhoods! Please join us to show MCI that we won't take it anymore - in New York State or in any of the other fifteen states where MCI is making money off of our loved ones incarceration!
Westfield Marriott
14750 Conference Center Drive
Chantilly, VA 20151
Monday, May 16th at 8:30 am
For more information, call 212-614-6459, or email info@telephonejustice.org www.telephonejustice.org the new york campaign for telephone justice is a project of the center for constitutional rights, in partnership with prison families community forum and prison families of new york, inc.
www.telephonejustice.org
www.ccr-ny.org
Posted by lois at May 2, 2005 10:05 PM