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JUNE 30TH‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳‼️‼️

THE RAIN CENTER WILL BE HAVING A PRIDE EVENT …..COME ON OUT & HAVE A GOOD TIME 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

AT ETOWAH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

What Are Conditions Like at Etowah County Detention Center‼️‼️‼️‼️

1. Religious services: Currently no services or holidays recognized, and no religious books or reading materials
2. Laundry: Clothes are not properly cleaned or sanitized, inadequate undergarments
3. Law Library: Not enough computers, no legal books, outdated legal resources, no printer access
4. Food Services and Dietary Restrictions: Food insufficient in nutrition, quality, and temperature. Rotten food served, and health-relat-
ed dietary restrictions not observed
5. Barbershop and Barber Equipment: No seating, inadequate and unsanitary equipment
6. Phone system and video visitation: Calls and video are 41 cents per minute (other facilities' rates are 9 cents per minute), not granted
phone access unless $5 is in account
7. Television: Only 2 TVs, one without cable, for 128 detainees. No seating, no access to television in Spanish
8. Showers and bathrooms: Showers have no stalls or dividers, only 3 showers for all 128, ice cold temperature, not properly cleaned and
no access to adequate cleaning supplies
9. Books, shoes, and other items: Detainees may not have family send books or shoes, but jail does not provide books or shoes, there is no
library
10. Attorney Phone calls and Video Visit: No VTC with attorneys, no private phone lines to communicate with counsel, attorney/client
calls are recorded
11. Professional conduct and treatment: Staff treat detainees like prisoners, behave inappropriately, exhibit hostility. Wake them for
searches in the middle of the night, touch or grab their ge***al areas, segregate those who protest, grievances not reported, officers threaten
with tasers, paintball guns, and gas canisters over minor matters
12. Care Pack: No hygiene items given upon arrival
13. Medical treatment: Inadequate medical supplies, lack of consistent access to prescription medicines, eye doctor not sufficiently acces-
sible, lack of access to medical files when detainees are injured while in detention- either hurt by staff or in accident. Serious conditions not
treated properly, no access to recovery time in infirmary, no access to outside physicians or dental care by ICE decree.
14. Officers unprofessional, lack of regard for privacy, disregard grievances, lack of access to ICE supervisors
15. Structural problems: Dark and depressing living facility, lights don't work, bare concrete walls, not enough seating, no access to sun-
light or outdoor time
16. Microwave and Hot Pots: Insufficient appliances, disputes often break out
17. Recreational Items: No sports equipment, used to have tablets but got taken away, no reading material, less access to activities than
inmates serving time for criminal charges
What are Protestors Demanding?
1. Lockdown: No lockdowns other than head count and shift change
2. Clothes: Underclothes, more than two changes of clothes, and shoes
3. Phones: Lower call prices, make communication accessible
4. Food & Diet
5. Microwaves: More appliances available, currently only 2 for nearly 140 people
6. Kiosk Computers: Access to legal research
7. Showers: Stalls or curtains for privacy
8. Laundry facilities
9. Commissary: Items are being sold that are out of stock, publish an out of stock list
10. Tablets: Recreation would help relieve tension and stress

What Can You Do to Take Action?

Call +1 (256) 546-2825 📞📣

Script "I am calling in support of the demands released by protestors inside Etowah
County Detention Center and to demand that Sheriff Horton accept their
demands in writing and implement these changes immediately‼️‼️

Local incarceration rates reflect the decisions of local law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, probation and parole officers, and the implementation of local, state, and federal laws. Locally elected officials have the power to reduce the footprint of jails―for example, by changing enforcement priorities, reducing pretrial detention, pursuing alternatives to incarceration, and ending contracts to hold people for other agencies. Use the links below to examine Vera Charts on how Etowah County’s use of jail has changed over time and to learn the methodology the Vera Institute uses.

https://trends.vera.org/state/AL/county/etowah_county

https://trends.vera.org/methodology/

Etowah County, Alabama | Incarceration Trends | Vera Institute of Justice Incarceration trends in Etowah County, Alabama since 1970: Examine jail and prison populations, incarceration rates, and racial disparities.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU‼️‼️‼️

WE NEED LEADERS & VOLUNTEERS

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

The free store will be closing early today due to our lead organizer feeling under the weather. It will be back open at regular hours next Friday at 4:00 p.m.

In solidarity with the women's March this weekend the free store will only be open 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on saturday. Regular hours still apply for Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

This pride weekend was a wild success. Thank you for everyone coming out and supporting us. We would like to again thank our sponsors and volunteers without y'all it wouldn't have been nearly as fun. Here's hoping next year we have a whole pride week.

In solidarity, rain organizers.

Final update on Day 2
The rock show starts at 8:00.
The Rock show ends at 10. Parking will be at the county courthouse. From 10:00 to 10:30 we asked that everyone under the age of 18 leave by 10:30 will we be starting the adult dance party. The adult dance party will be from 10:30 to 1:00. Anyone willing to help clean up after will be invited to the after party which will be till 2:00 a.m.

The show will be loud. So you may need to bring ear plugs.
And the surprise band is Thinksanity.

Story time is going well.

Final update on Day 1 of pride weekend.
We will convene at the rain center (920 forrest Ave) at 1:30 to go over protocol and safety. After that we will start the march down the corner of 9th and Forest.

We will have a break and will be back with the speak up speak out listening session. And after that we will have our story time for our kids.
Organizers should be there by 12:30 for any of the early birds.

Any questions can be relayed to Robert Hunter at
2566914133.
There will be a flood of calls more than likely so give him a few minutes to get back in touch with you.

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Gadsden's second LGBTQ+ Pride event takes place this weekend. Here's what to expect Race Against Injustice Now will be hosting multiple events this weekend for its second LGBTQ+ Pride event.

Update 2
We seriously take the health and safety of our community serious.
It has come to the attention of RAIN organizers there is a safer path for the march.
So as of now there has been a change on march location for Friday . And we will also be having a 15 discussion on protocol and safety before hand.
we will meet up in the county courthouse parking lot to our building at 914 forrest Avenue starting a 1:30 pm Central.
We will take 15 minutes to go over safety procedures. Will start the march on the corner of south 9th and Forest. From there it will be 3 right turns till we are back in front of the RAIN Community Center on 920 Forrest Ave.

In solidarity, RAIN organizers.

Updates to pride weekend
we are still open to sponsorships.
we also still have two or three slots open for vendors but we have a lock-in date of wednesday 5:00 p.m. anything after that we are unable to help with.
if anyone is interested in volunteering for the event you can reach out to the page messenger or our lead organizer robert hunter. (2566914104/2566914133)
We will also have a sign up sheet for our future LGBTQ events for the RAIN organization.

we also are thank full for our sponsors.
kyle pierce law firm
robert hunter
folk af
moon resin designs
kris catoe
jim burke's nissan in gadsden.
Health Services Center

also check the gadsden times paper tomorrow for a surprise.

in solidarity, rain organizers

The free store will be closed today. We will hopefully back up next Friday.

With Regards
Free Store Staff

We would like to wish our co-founder Robert Hunter a Happy Birthday.

Today the free store will be closed . But it will be back open tomorrow at 4 .

We are proud to announce Gadsden's second annual pride weekend. If you would like to help , know of a person or business willing to sponsor the event or need or need information about the event call the number or message the page.

Race against Injustice now is getting together a group of lgbtq members of our community and allies to plan out Gadsden's 2nd Annual Pride event. If you would like to be involved in the planning stages simply message the page and we will add you to the group chat. We hope to have the plan finished by May 11th we will start deliberation next Monday.

Due to unforseen circumstances the free store will be closed this weekend.

Search continues for person believed drowned in Coosa River near Memorial Bridge The search continued Sunday for a person believed drowned in the Coosa River in the area of Memorial Bridge.

Kolbey Freeman BEEN WITH RACE AGAINST INJUSTICE NOW & HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FORCE TO THE MOVEMENT, WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE HIM IN LEADERSHIP & OUR COMMUNITY NEED MORE MEN LIKE HIM, PURE DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION

Kolbey Freeman (He/Him) I am 36 years old, And as for me and my household, we serve The Lord. I am a husband, father, minister, activist, and organizer. I serve as Secretary Treasure on the board of Race Against Injustice Now. I am also a board member of the Walk To Emmaus Christian Ministry. I have been involed with charity and advocacy work for nearly two decades. I attended Bethel Methodist University in Tennessee and now attend The Estonian Baptist Bible College in Birmingham, I'm currently seeking a degree in Theology. I believe in the separation of Church and State, I believe that Black Lives Matter, I believe in LGBTQ rights. I am thankful to be a part of the R.A.I.N organization and I am proud of the work that we do!

Robert Hunter BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION & HAS DONE OVER AND BEYOND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WE ARE TRULY PROUD TO HAVE SOMEONE AS DEDICATED AND AS CONSISTENT AS ROBERT ‼️

Robert Hunter (he /him) is a 25-year-old community organizer/ high school wrestling coach born and raised in Gadsden, Alabama. He is one of the co-founders of Race Against Injustice Now (RAIN), a youth-led organization that supports other youth, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and working-class people in their home community.

His hobbies include watching anime, reading, writing, and podcasting.

RACE AGAINST INJUSTICE NOW IS PROUD TO WELCOME IN OUR WONDERFUL LEADERS MEET Allison Riihimaa Joiner

Allison Riihimaa (She/Her) (24)
I was born in Grand Rapids, MI and my family moved to Gadsden AL in 2007.
I graduated from Southside High School in 2016 and
graduated from Jacksonville State in 2020 with a major in Political Science and minor in Criminal justice, with focus on Pre-Law.
I am waiting for my admission
decision from Cumberland as I aspire to go to law school and become an attorney. I currently work at a civil defense firm in Birmingham. My dad built a barn wedding and event venue for me and my husband to get married in, and now we host other wedding and events for people of our community! He purchased some land off Green Valley Rd. where the old race track used to be. In my free time I help out with weddings, go to concerts and festivals, paint, read, and hang out with friends and family!

Proud to be in leadership with R.A.I.N looking forward to working with the community!

RACE AGAINST INJUSTICE NOW IS PROUD TO WELCOME IN OUR WONDERFUL LEADERS …. MEET Jamie Winborn

Jamie J. Winborn
Born & Raised in Gadsden Alabama
A high school graduate of Emma Sansom High School Class of 2002
A Graduate of Gadsden State Community College with a major in Marine Biology
-A Member of Mission Baptist Church Gadsden, Alabama
- Spoken Word Poet since 2016
-Writer, Actor, Future Stage Play Writer, Producer & Director
- Founder of The Movement a non profit organization to Educate, Inspire & Motivate African Americans, All Minorities & to give back to all communities through Educational Programs,Free food give aways as well as clothing
-20 years experience as a professional Fry & Grill Cook
- A proud member of Race Against Injustice Now
-A Member of The DJ Entertainment