Object number:
2010.54.9449
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
No On Prop 54
Production organization:
Inkworks Press
Date made:
2006
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 20 in, W: 16 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Top of poster has a large image of a cigarette box. On the side of the box is: "Surgeon Generals Warn: / Prop 54 Is Hazardous To Your Health, / And Will Undermine Efforts to Prevent / Cancer, Heart Disease, and AIDS." printed in red. Middle of poster has: " Prop 54 Is Opposed By Former U.S. Surgeon Generals / C. Everett Koop, Jocelyn Elders, And David Satcher. " printed in white against a red stripe. Bottom of poster has: "Prop 54 would ban state agencies from collecting criti- / cal information on race, ethnicity and national origin / required to meet the health, education and safety needs / of every Californian. / Prop 54 will eliminate health data that saves lives. It will under- / mine efforts to track cancer rates, inform women who are at higher / risk for breast cancer, and control the spread of diseases. That's why / over 40 leading health care organizations oppose Prop 54. / Prop 54 will wipe out information schools need to acheive high / standards of learning for all children. / Prop 54 will ban the State Department of Justice from collecting / information used to combat hate crimes. / Prop 54 will make it impossible to protect civil rights. / Join doctors, teachers, public safety, civil rights / leaders, and hundreds more in saying NO to / Prop 54. / Health: American Cancer Society, CA Medical / Association, American Heart Association, CA / Nurses Association / Education: CA State PTA, CA Teachers / Association, UC Regents, CA State Superintendent / of Schools / Public Safety: CA State Attorney General, LA / County Sheriff, SF County Sheriff, San Mateo / County Sheriff, Santa Clara County Sheriff / Civil Rights: NAACP, MALDEF, Asian Law / Caucus, Dolores Huerta, ,Rev. Jesse Jackson / (partial list)" printed in black. Bottom left corner has "No On Prop 54" insignia. Bottom right has: "What We Don't Know Will Hurt Us. / Vote No On 54 / For more information and to volunteer, contact / University of California Student Association / at www.ucsa.org" printed in black and red.
Concepts:
Proposition 54
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