Want your own YELLOWWORLD EMAIL?

[kasia]

Our outreach plan for Anna Guo has been expanded to enlist anyone who can help. If you'd like to help, you can get a free yellowworld.org email!

1) choose a type of org, such as domestic violence shelters, chinese clubs on campuses, etc.
2) do a search under google for orgs under this category
3) get the email addresses of each org
4) email them using the below standard email
5) make a list including the name of each organization and its email and send it to achtungbaby.

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Standard Email:

[starts here]

http://anna.yellowworld.org

Dear [name of org or representative],

My name is [name], and I am writing today to bring to your attention the case of Anna Guo. I would like to ask the help and support of your organization in this matter.

On May 5, 2002, 14-year old Anna Guo was attempting suicide by slashing her wrists with a knife when five Ventura County (California) police officers arrived at the home of her foster parents. Instead of rescuing the suicidal girl -- or at the very least, calming or disarming her -- officers responded with deadly force, firing three shots into her abdominal area, the last bullet striking Anna's side after she'd already crumpled to the floor.

In order to cover-up their negligent misconduct, the District Attorney's Office charged Anna with felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon, in hopes of providing officers a reasonable defense for the shooting of a girl, barely five feet tall and surrounded by two other officers. Anna's trial will take place on December 16, 2002. She is currently detained at Ventura's Juvenile Hall and is still recovering from the gunshot wounds.

We at Yellowworld.org ask your organization join us in our letter writing and petition campaign to request the district attorney to drop the charge against Anna until further investigation of police misconduct is made. Information and a sample letter can be found at
http://anna.yellowworld.org. Please feel free to email us at webmaster@yellowworld.org or kasie@yellowworld.org if you have any questions.

Sincerely yours,

[name]
http://anna.yellowworld.org

[end here]
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If you'd like to help out, pm achtungbaby and he can set up an @yellowworld.org email for you to use. For free!

[kasia]

i'm going to be finishing up on all of the asian churches nationwide this week.

i have a question though--some cults are listed as churches. leave them out, right?

[artsfartsyjanet]

I'll do campuses in the Midwest because I don't know if I can handle the entire country.....

[amietron]

i'm doing the feminist groups. girl power, "I am a WOMYN and damn proud" type groups.

[achtungbaby]

All Korean organizations!

[lethal]

I can find all the APALSAs and as many APALAs as I can...as if you would need more lawyers and law students involved... :P

[kasia]

Originally posted by artsfartsyjanet@Nov 21 2002, 07:41 AM
I'll do campuses in the Midwest because I don't know if I can handle the entire country.....
hey, janet.

are you going to be emailing the campuses themselves or the organizations in them? or professors of certain classes? maybe you can narrow your group down so that we won't have too much overlap.

:luv: thanks.



that's an idea too--if anyone wants to take on the task of emailing every sociology professor in a certain state or something...

[ChinaLama]

At the suggestion of Mama Kasie, I'm covering Chinese or Chinese-American campus groups.

edit: it's more groups than i doubt, just doing a google search. So i will most likely narrow it to major NY and CA schools & upenn &uchicago. so far i have chinese/hong kong/taiwanese/singaporean groups fr mit, rochester ny, washington.edu (dunno if tats state or st louis), northwestern, u hawaii, columbia.

[tapestrybabe]

i can take over the childrens and advocacy category...

[Chris]

I can take any chinese based organization.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Chris@Nov 21 2002, 08:59 PM
I can take any chinese based organization.
Chris, can you work out with ChinaLama who'll be taking what...? Also, PM me what user name you want to use for your YW email...

Just to give everyone an update: Kasie and I met informally with attorney Mike Yamamoto, one of the top criminal defense attorney's in the country, to pick his brain and get some ideas on strategy. We'll be meeting again with CACA this Sat to discuss the protest.

If any of you can help -- and I mean in whatever capacity -- it would be helpful. I dunno if I can handle this much longer...!

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by Chris@Nov 22 2002, 04:59 AM
I can take any chinese based organization.
hey, Chris. I'll have a list drawn up by hopefully mid-day tomorrow (dunno if i'll meet AB's deadline of 8 AM PST). Can you take on Chinese community orgs outside college? And if you're not too busy, maybe colleges outside NY, CA, Northwestern, Washington U., Hawaii U., Penn, and UChicago.


thx dude.

[Chris]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Nov 21 2002, 09:58 PM
hey, Chris. I'll have a list drawn up by hopefully mid-day tomorrow (dunno if i'll meet AB's deadline of 8 AM PST). Can you take on Chinese community orgs outside college? And if you're not too busy, maybe colleges outside NY, CA, Northwestern, Washington U., Hawaii U., Penn, and UChicago.


thx dude.
No probelm with that. I am ready when you are. I can do it at work.

email me at chris@iheka.com

[ChinaLama]

BTW this just occurred to me. Although I'm not gonna backtrack, for ppl doing college orgs, it may be a good idea to not only click on the org's "official" email (or barring that, the president's), but also click on advisor's email. perhaps some profs will care and they'll spread the word.

[Chris]

I am also taking care of the Asian Law people. ;)

[achtungbaby]

Please get me your lists when you can...!

[lethal]

Originally posted by Chris@Nov 22 2002, 02:38 AM
I am also taking care of the Asian Law people. ;)
?

I thought I had them covered.

[achtungbaby]

Ah-haaaa! This is why we're doing in openly, so we can cut down on the overlap...

[lethal]

Sorry AB...I should've specified that APALSAs means Asian Pacific American Law Students Associations and APALAs are Asian Pacific American Lawers Associations. They sometimes go by other names, but those are most common.

I'll try to get the list to you by tonight.

Breath deeply...we'll get through this...you're doing a great job... :)

[kasia]

Originally posted by lethalweapon@Nov 22 2002, 08:01 PM
Sorry AB...I should've specified that APALSAs means Asian Pacific American Law Students Associations and APALAs are Asian Pacific American Lawers Associations. They sometimes go by other names, but those are most common.

I'll try to get the list to you by tonight.

Breath deeply...we'll get through this...you're doing a great job... :)
AB shoulda known that! he's been to more than one APALSA party with me :)

[ren28]

What can I do? I'm stuck at home with the flu so I can do some mindless work if directions are given.

[kasia]

Originally posted by ren28@Nov 25 2002, 12:25 AM
What can I do? I'm stuck at home with the flu so I can do some mindless work if directions are given.
:D yay!

would you mind sending the standard email (posted on page 1 of this thread) to all professors of asian american studies in california. would you also keep a list of the names of the professors and their emails and forward that list to ab?

would you like a yw email account? if so, contact ab via private message.

thanks for your help, ren.

[angel nympho]

Originally posted by lethalweapon@Nov 22 2002, 08:01 PM
Breath deeply...we'll get through this...you're doing a great job... :)
:o Who's having a baby???

[kasia]

have all the lists been submitted yet?

any groups that we haven't covered?

[mrazntre]

I'm gonna get on the police brutality lists.

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by kasia@Nov 29 2002, 02:39 PM
have all the lists been submitted yet?


i havent forgotten about this.. i'll submit my list later this evening...

[kasia]

just to clarify, b/c i think there may be some misunderstanding:

you're supposed to email those organizations and give us the list.

thanks!!!

you guys are awesome.

if this all works out, we should officially change our name it YW Mafia.

[ren28]

It's freaking hard to get the e-mails of the people that I am looking for. They are usually just a list of names. I'd have to go to each one of the Uni to get a list and maybe e-mail addresses depending on their site. How should I go about getting the e-mails in a less time-consuming way?

[kasia]

Originally posted by ren28@Dec 1 2002, 05:36 AM
It's freaking hard to get the e-mails of the people that I am looking for. They are usually just a list of names. I'd have to go to each one of the Uni to get a list and maybe e-mail addresses depending on their site. How should I go about getting the e-mails in a less time-consuming way?
so far, that has been our only method of contacting the orgs--unless we know somebody from a specific organization...sometimes, on google - i'm able to find a list of all the orgs and that makes it easier--the emails aren't listed, but the sites are, so i'd just go into each one and hit back to go back to the list.

it's a pain, i know...

please try to do what you can, but don't let it get in the way of work or spending time with your friends/family. california-based organizations are the most important.

for everyone else, please help us out if you aren't already. the more people there are doing this, the lesser the workload per person.

[Flint]

Crap...it's two days after the last post...did I get here too late...

[ren28]

What about professors of Asian languages? Should I try them too?

[kasia]

Originally posted by Flint@Dec 1 2002, 06:39 AM
Crap...it's two days after the last post...did I get here too late...
no! not at all! i'll pm you.

[kasia]

Originally posted by ren28@Dec 1 2002, 06:40 AM
What about professors of Asian languages? Should I try them too?
hey ren...

it may be worth a shot. i've finished the churches and started asian sororities and frats...

we're not getting any real reponses from these groups, though, it seems....although as i mentioned, there are a huge number of asian teens from wales, pennsylvania signing...so maybe what we're doing is working...

thanks again for your help.

[Flint]

I'll take on the African American org groups in California.

[Flint]

Someone do the Latino community

[kasia]

Originally posted by Flint@Dec 1 2002, 11:50 PM
Someone do the Latino community
if someone can do this, that would be great. i'm currently working on something else for the project (to be disclosed later)...it would be great if someone can volunteer to contact the latino community.

this is actually very important b/c the latino and african-american communities of ventura county have called on the police in the recent past (2001) to train their officers on racial sensitivity. they may be very interested to learn about anna's case.

[ren28]

Hey! I got a reply from a professor! Here is what he said:

"Hi, Jensen. Thank you for informing me of the Anna Guo case. Do you have any more information about this case? Your website has no information. Please advise."

He's a PhD & J.D from csulb.edu! I assume that he wants to know the nitty-gritty of the case since the basic information is already on the site. What should I do now? Give his e-mail address to AB or KC?

:dance:

[kasia]

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"Hi, Jensen. Thank you for informing me of the Anna Guo case. Do you have any more information about this case? Your website has no information. Please advise."

He's a PhD & J.D from csulb.edu! I assume that he wants to know the nitty-gritty of the case since the basic information is already on the site. What should I do now? Give his e-mail address to AB or KC?

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hey ren,

there's a statement of facts and summary that were just put up on the site today. maybe you can have your professor look at that. there's also a lot of info under archives listed on the right hand side (i think we should make that more noticable for people). but definitely give him our emails if he wants more info. we'd be glad to talk to him.

kasie@yellowworld.org

[Flint]

Hey...I'm getting all sorts of African American groups...this is great....keep up the good work everyone.

[tapestrybabe]

hey, i got a response from one of the mental health organizations i emailed... this is what they had to say...

Dear TJ:

Thank you for writing to SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information
Center regarding the case of Anna Guo.

I am deeply saddened to hear about Anna's story and would like to help but we are not authorized to take direct action about this issue. I can
however make suggestions. I can see from your web site that you have already obtained Assembly member Judy Chu's support. You may also want
to bring this issue to the attention of your State Representative. You can obtain contact information for your Representative at
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.htm.

You may also find it helpful to contact the following mental health advocacy organizations:

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
Colonial Place Three 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300
Arlington,VA 22201-
Phone Number: (800) 950-6264
Secondary Phone Number: (703) 524-7600
Fax: (703) 524-9094
URL: <http://www.nami.org/> www.nami.org


NAMI is a support and advocacy organization for people with mental illness and their families. On the Federal, State, and local level, NAMI advocates for improved services for people with mental illness and
increased funds for research. NAMI also sponsors the Homeless and Missing Service, a program to locate and find people with mental illness
who are missing.

National Mental Health Association
2001 North Beauregard Street 12th Floor
Alexandria,VA 22311
Phone Number: (800) 969-6642
Secondary Phone Number: (703) 684-7722
Fax: (703) 684-5968
Email: infoctr@nmha.org
URL: <http://www.nmha.org/> www.nmha.org/

NMHA conducts public education campaigns to raise awareness and decrease stigma about mental disorders. The organization serves as an advocate
for people with mental or emotional problems. NMHA provides referrals to mental health organizations and facilities. A catalog of publications is
available.

Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
1101 King St., Suite 420
Alexandria,VA 22314-
Phone Number: (703) 684-7710
Fax: (703) 836-1040
Email: ffcmh@ffcmh.org
URL: www.ffcmh.org

The Federation is a National advocacy and support organization for families of children with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
The Federation advocates for services on the National, State, and local levels and promotes family involvement in the mental health system. They
sponsor an annual conference and publish a newsletter.

I am sorry that we were unable to be of direct assistance but I hope this information is helpful, and I wish you the best of luck in your campaign. Keep up the good effort on Anna's behalf.

Sincerely

Eleanor Vincent

Information Center Manager

SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center

i'll can contact the other organizations.. but i just wanted to share with everyone the response i got...

[lethal]

OK, I had some personal issues and had to take a step back, but reading that story about the cops in Ventura and suicides has gotten me enraged again. Whatever needs to be done, I can help out.

Oh...the story referred to in this (http://forums.yellowworld.org/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=3921) thread about the Supreme Court looking at the police miranda rule comes out of Oxnard (Ventura) Police misbehavior while questioning someone.

Here's the direct link to the CNN story (http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/01/scotus.police.questioning.ap/index.html).

[kasia]

Originally posted by lethalweapon@Dec 4 2002, 10:42 PM
OK, I had some personal issues and had to take a step back, but reading that story about the cops in Ventura and suicides has gotten me enraged again. Whatever needs to be done, I can help out.

Oh...the story referred to in this (http://forums.yellowworld.org/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=3921) thread about the Supreme Court looking at the police miranda rule comes out of Oxnard (Ventura) Police misbehavior while questioning someone.

Here's the direct link to the CNN story (http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/01/scotus.police.questioning.ap/index.html).
yep. can you finish up on the apalsas/apilsas, please? i only contacted the local ones. UCLA and Loyola wrote letters :)

[lethal]

Will do.

[achtungbaby]

By the way, for y'all who have gotten a yellowworld.org email from helping out: please check your account, I just added you to our new list-serv.

Thanks!

[tapestrybabe]

Assembly member Judy Chu has our support.. and to get more politicians involved.. you can contact your state representative...

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.htm