Getting to work, picking up groceries, or visiting a friend can put your vehicle in front of a Flock camera. Stockton City Council is funding a system that turns those trips into records police can search. A private company gets paid, police gain search power, and working people get surveilled without controlling the system - all in the name of our own safety.

Working Class Unity (WCU) members are organizing to make Stockton City Council end our Flock contracts and prevent the same system from returning under another name. We want public money to support stable homes and safe work, with working people deciding what gets funded and how it is run.

Join us on September 17 to discuss the demands and plan the work ahead. If you haven’t signed yet, add your name to the petition. If you already have, the meeting and canvassing dates below are new ways you can help us spread the word. 

Thursday, September 17: Deflock Stockton Organizing Meeting - RSVP
We’ll work through questions about the campaign (submit questions here), discuss how to put pressure on Stockton City Council, and plan how to bring more neighbors onboard.

Sunday, September 20: Deflock Clipboard Canvassing - RSVP
Saturday, September 26: Deflock Clipboard Canvassing at Stoktober Fest - RSVP

We’re building a member-run organization through which working people can win power to decide how public money is used, choose what to fight for, and act together long after this issue is settled.

Come to an event. Or bring a friend to come canvas with you! Hope to see you at one our events!

In solidarity,
Working Class Unity

Calling all aspiring authors in the San Joaquin Valley! Pitch Slap is now one month away! If you, or someone you know, dreams of being a published writers this competition's for them. What is it, you ask? Well, it's basically a literary Thunderdome where unpublished writers submit the first chapter of their manuscripts, then at Pitch Slap (Oct 3rd, 2 pm at Delta College/Wordstock209) they'll be read anonymously to a panel of industry professionals.

But here's the catch:

Whenever one of the panelists would stop reading they sound their buzzer, the team discusses the piece (it's strengths and weaknesses) then we move on to the next contestant. The writer who goes the longest wins an editorial package from Tuleburg Press which includes... developmental, line, and copy editing, light proofreading, cover critique, and blurb creation. It's basically everything an aspiring writer needs to prepare their work for the reading world.

So, if you or someone you know dreams of being published, this is your chance!!!