In 2007, DPF joined with several organizations to form the Alameda County Coalition for Alternatives the Death Penalty (ACCADP). The goal of this effort is to bring together a broad spectrum of community leaders and organizations in Alameda County to begin working on a strategy to end the use of the death penalty in Alameda County, and to shift resources to more effective public safety measures such as violence prevention and re-entry programs.

Alameda County is one of the most aggressive counties in Northern California with regards to the use of the death penalty, but it has one of the most progressive voting records on criminal justice issues, including the death penalty. At the same time, it has fewer violence prevention and re-entry programs than neighboring San Francisco County, which has abandoned the death penalty as a failed public policy.

How to Get Involved:

1. Attend the next ACCADP meeting! (1st Thursday of every month)

February 5, 2009
5:30pm to 7pm
1000 Broadway - 5th Floor (Public Health Bldg.)
Oakland, CA 94607
(Near 12th St. BART station)

2. Sign the petition to end death sentences in Alameda County or download the petition for printing and distribution.

3. Print a resolution for your community group.

4. Print the instructions for passing a resolution.

5. Alameda County Fact Sheet

6.  Please visit the coalition website: http://www.AlamedaDeathPenalty.org