|
Schedule (as of February 20, 2004)
Those who would like to schedule an event should review Event Considerations
before contacting abe@cuadp.org.
Texas
- Austin /Texas Jan. 26
3:30 p.m. American Constitution Society at UT Law School Eidman Courtroom 727 E. Dean Keeton St., Austin
CONTACT: Amanda Tyler, artyler@mail.utexas.edu or (512) 789-0209
- Austin /Texas Jan. 26
6:00pm Meet & Greet at D'Ann's Place: The Old School 1604 E. 11th Street, Austin
CONTACT: 512-476-2917.
NOTE - This event is still coming together - we need locals to help with
g etting the word out and organizing simple refreshments. Please CALL
561-371-5204 if you can help with that.
ALSO, this event is envisioned as an opportunity to gather with activists
and supporters. AbolitionWear will be available and a free-will offering
will be encouraged to support the Abolition Day Tour, so please bring your
checkbook, plastic, or cash!
- Houston /Texas Jan. 27
7:30pm
LIVE MEN TALKING! Featuring Abe Bonowitz and Juan Melendez
An event open to the public at: the new Guinan Hall, at the University of St. Thomas 1303 Sul Ross
CONTACT: Dave Atwood at dpatwood@igc.org
Sponsored by CUADP, TCADP, the ACLU of Texas and others.
- San Antonio /Texas Jan. 28
12:00pm to 1:00pm "Innocence and the Death Penalty." Anna Everett Lecture Hall in the Nursing Building on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word.
CONTACT: Roger C. Barnes, Sociology Department: 210-829-3976
Washington State
- Seattle / Washington State -
Feb. 2 - 4
Oregon
-
Portland / Oregon -
Feb. 4/5 - 6
California
-
Oakland CA - CA POF Conference -
Feb. 7
-
San Franciso/Oakland/San Jose/Sacramento area -
Feb. 8 - 13 (ending noon or early afternoon)
-
CA Lawyers Conference - Monterey -
Feb. 13 - 14
-
Fresno and central valley -
Feb. 15 - 17
- Los Angeles - Feb. 18
- UC Santa Barbara - Feb. 19
5pm in the Multicultural Center Lounge on the UCSB campus
- Los Angeles - Feb. 20
EVENING - MAIN LOS ANGELES AREA PUBLIC EVENT
7 PM at UCLA Labor Center, 675 South Park View, Los Angeles CA
- Orange County - Feb. 23
6:30 PM refreshments, 7 - 9 PM presentations at St. Joseph Center, 480 S. Batavia, Orange
- Los Angeles - Feb. 24
3-5pm at USC's Topping Student Center, Room 207
- Stanton - Feb. 24
7pm - St. Polycarp Catholic Church ( McLaughlin Hall), 8100 Chapman Ave., Stanton, CA 90680
- San Diego - Feb. 25
Noon hour event at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego
- San Diego - Feb. 26
Noon hour event at California Western School of Law in San Diego
Alaska - Feb, 29 - Mar. 22
Alaskans Against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International are
co-sponsoring a statewide Journey of Hope tour in Alaska from March 1 - 22,
2004, that will focus on the juvenile death penalty and the issue of
wrongful convictions. The tour features three nationally recognized
individuals with direct personal experience with the current death penalty
system in the United States. The tour has been organized in the standard
format of the Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing tours that have taken
place in many states over the last 10 years, which is a team approach that
includes one murder victim’s family member, one former death row inmate, and
one abolition activist. Specific speakers on the Alaska tour are:
- Bill Pelke, founder of Journey of Hope…From Violence to Healing, an
organization of murder victim’s family members opposed to the death penalty.
Bill’s grandmother Ruth Pelke was murdered in Indiana in 1985 by four
teenage girls. The girls’ ringleader, Paula Cooper, was 15 at the time of
the murder and became the youngest female on death row in America. Pelke
initially supported her death sentence but after praying for love and
compassion, he forgave her and joined the effort to have it set aside. He
has spoken nationally and internationally on the healing power of
forgiveness.
- Juan Melendez Colon, former death row inmate, who spent nearly 18 years on
Florida’s Death Row. He was the 99th person in the U.S. released based on
evidence of innocence since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Since
his release in January 2002, he has traveled frequently to speak about his
experiences on behalf of the international abolition movement. A migrant
farm-worker before his arrest and imprisonment, Juan currently performs
volunteer work on behalf of at-risk youth in his native Puerto Rico. Her
credits his family and his faith in God with helping him to survive his
ordeal.
- Abe Bonowitz, founder of Citizens United Against the Death Penalty, a
national advocacy group dedicated to abolishing the death penalty, and
former national Board member of Amnesty International. Abe travels
regularly to speak about his transformation from a supporter of the death
penalty to one of its most vocal critics. He emphasizes issues of fairness,
including how money, politics, race and geography have more to do with death
sentences than the severity of the crime.
The tour will begin with an International Death Penalty Abolition Day vigil
on Town Square in downtown Anchorage on March 1 at 5:00 p.m. followed by a
reception and panel presentation on the Juvenile Death Penalty in America.
The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Snow City Cafe, 1034 W. 4th Avenue,
the panel discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will include Bill Pelke,
Juan Melendez Colon, Brandt McGee, and Anchorage attorney and human rights
activist and Susan Orlansky, an Anchorage attorney and pro bono counsel for
a man on Death Row in Texas.
Bill, Juan and Abe will speak in schools, churches and civic groups in
Anchorage, Homer, Soldotna, and Juneau. Please contact Mary Grisco at
(907)258-1896 or megrisco@ak.net for additional information or to bring them
to your area.
This web page will soon be updated to reflect the details of the
post-Alaska leg of the Journey of Hope Abolition Day '04 Tour. At this
point, known events are in the following places:
March 24 & 25: Las Vegas, NV
- Wednesday, March 24, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at UNLV's Flora Dungan Humanities (FDH) Building, Room 109 (first floor
auditorium)
UNLV students and the general public welcome
March 25, 26, 27 & 28: Arizona
- Thursday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m., at the Arizona State University Memorial Union, Ventana Room, Tempe (room 226A, 2nd floor; parking structure no. 1 just north of Apache on College or Normal; walk immediately north to Memorial Union)
Please join us for a remarkable journey into the life of an innocent man
on death row and the story of the grandson of a murder victim who, after
much soul searching, believes in ending the continuing cycle of violence.
Martin Lieberman (602) 254-5544 mlieberman@qwest.net
March 29 to April 3: New Mexico
- Tuesday, March 30, at 7:00 p.m., in the Parish Hall at St. Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church in Rio
Rancho, Juan Melendez will speak about his faith journey as an innocent
man who spent almost 18 years on Florida's death row. Event sponsored by
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico Catholic Conference and St. Thomas
Aquinas Church. For more information, contact the New Mexico Coalition
to Repeal the Death Penalty 505-986-9536. Admission is free.
- Wednesday, March 31, at 7:00 p.m., at the Taos Center for the Arts, in
Taos. "The Death Penalty and Innocence." Juan Melendez lived the
ultimate nightmare: As an innocent man, convicted and sentenced to
death, he spent almost 18 years on Florida's death row before his
exoneration and release, January 3, 2002. Come and hear Melendez's
inspirational story of human resilience, courage, faith and forgiveness.
Event sponsored by Taos Chapter of Amnesty International, Quaker Friends
of Taos, and Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, New Mexico.
Admission is free.
- Thursday, April 1, at 7:00 p.m., at the Kluge Auditorium, United World
College in Montezuma. Scheduled speakers Juan Melendez and Abe Bonowitz.
Sponsored by United World College, student chapter of Amnesty
International. Admission is free.
- Saturday, April 3, 11:00 a.m., State Capitol, Santa Fe. Demonstration to
abolish the death penalty
sponsored by United World College, student chapter of Amnesty
International. Juan Melendez, Abe Bonowitz, Bill Pelke, and State
Representative Ken Martinez scheduled to speak.
April 3 - 9: Travel/off - Happy Passover, Happy Easter, etc!
April 13: Philadelphia
12:15pm - Temple Law School
7pm - American Friends Service Committee Headquarters, 1500 Cherry St.
April 14: Connecticut
- 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - rally at the state capitol -
for prison and sentence reform.
- 3 p.m.-5 p.m. - presentation at the Unitarian Universalist Church New Home,
328 Paddock Ave Meriden, CT 06450-6985
- 7 p.m.-9 p.m. - presentation at the United Methodist Church, Hartford, 571
Farmington Avenue, Hartford, 06105
April 15: Open
April 16/17: New York City
Amnesty International Annual General Meeting
April 16: New York City, sponsored by New Yorkers Against the Death
Penalty - Presentation in SPANISH: at "Bleu Evolution" with a panel of
community and political activists. There will be an after-party to
celebrate our commitment to justice. Starts at 6pm. For further
information contact info@nyadp.org or phone (888)
224 6579
April 18 - 19: New Jersey
- Sunday, April 18, at 10:00 a.m., at the Asbury United Methodist Church,
1213 Pacific Avenue,
Atlantic City, NJ
Journey of Hope
featuring Juan Melendez Colon
and Bill Pelke,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. followed by Q and A
Contact Celeste Fitzgerald 202-675-2319, E-mail: celeste@njmoratorium.org
Sponsored by: New Jerseyans for a Death Penaly Moratorium, Web Site: www.njmoratorium.org
- Sunday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., at the St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral Auditorium,
2907 Federal Street,
Camden, NJ
Journey of Hope
featuring Abe Bonowitz,
Bill Pelke and
Juan Melandez Colon
Contact Celeste Fitzgerald 202-675-2319, E-mail: celeste@njmoratorium.org
Sponsored by: New Jerseyans for a Death Penaly Moratorium, Web Site: www.njmoratorium.org
- Monday, April 19, at 3:00 p.m., at the Seton Hall Law School,
Newark, New Jersey
Panel with Abe Bonowitz,
Bill Pelke,
Juan Melendez Colon
and Celeste Fitzgerald, Executive Director, New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium
Contact Celeste Fitzgerald 202-675-2319, E-mail: celeste@njmoratorium.org
Sponsored by: New Jerseyans for a Death Penaly Moratorium, Web Site: www.njmoratorium.org
- Monday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m., at the First Baptist Church Hall,
Central Avenue and West 7th Street,
Plainfield, NJ
Journey of Hope
featuring Abe Bonowitz,
Bill Pelke and
Juan Melandez Colon
Contact Celeste Fitzgerald 202-675-2319, E-mail: celeste@njmoratorium.org
Sponsored by: New Jerseyans for a Death Penaly Moratorium, Web Site: www.njmoratorium.org
April 20: Albany, New York
First Unitarian Church on Washington Ave in Albany from 7pm to 9pm
April 21: Johns Hopkins University
Remsen 101 at 7PM
Co-Sponsored by JHU-ACLU and JHU Amnesty International
April 22: College of William & Mary, VA
University Center in the Commonwealth Auditorium at 7pm.
April 23 - 24: Virginia
To be announced
April 25 - 27: Little Rock and central Arkansas
This portion of the trip has been postponed. Instead the Tour will return
to Florida early to participate in the legislative process. Details TBA
April 28 - 29: Florida
Details TBA
April 30: Juan and Bill fly to DC for NCADP Board Meeting - end of tour.....
We hope to see you down the road.....
|
