People

 

Debbie Reyes

Central Valley Coordinator

pmpvalle@yahoo.com

559- 367-6020

 

Debbie Reyes is the Director of The California Prison Moratorium Project, which seeks to stop all public and private prison construction in California. The California Prison Moratorium Project believes that expanding jails and prisons, is taking money away from real investments in our future such as: education, health care, social services. Reyes has been a grassroots community activist and organizer for many years and is influential in numerous justice organizations, In 2006, she was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship for her campaign “Uncaging the Valley”. She is also an active steering committee member for Californian United for Responsible Budget, Central California Environmental Justice Network and San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Impact Project.    Reyes grew up in the Central Valley and has been a grassroots community activist / organizer for over 15 years.

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