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| December 04-06, 2001 |
National and International
SOLIDARITY ACTION: Join the FAST!
A Call to Activists Everywhere to Mark the "Year of Death"
THREE executions are scheduled in JUST 72 HOURS next week (December 4th and 6th) with two more set for December 11th (Georgia) and 12th (Texas).
To protest the killing machine and to express solidarity with all those
harmed by murder, The Abolitionist Action Committee calls on activists around the world
to join together in a fast during the period December 4-6. This is an
action which may be taken by individuals and/or groups of any sort.
For information on the scheduled killings go to the respective states in the events calendar.
For information on the proposed action, go to www.abolition.org
Groups and individuals participating in this action who contact pam@cuadp.org
will receive sample press materials specific to this action by e-mail Sunday evening (December 2nd).
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| January 17, 2002 |
Washington DC
Call to Action - 25th Anniversay of Gary Gilmore Execution
January 17, 2002 will mark the 25th anniversary of the first
prisoner-killing under current laws.
Gary Gilmore was killed in revenge
for his murders of Max Jensen and Ben Bushnell on January 17, 1977. On the
20th anniversary of this date in 1997, 18 abolitionists were arrested for
unfurling a banner reading "STOP EXECUTIONS" at the top of the
steps leading into the Supreme Court.
In 2002, you are invited to join the Abolitionist Action Committee (AAC) for a peaceful and nonviolent demonstration in Washington DC to decry this shameful anniversary, and to renew the call to:
END ALL EXECUTIONS!
For further information on this and other activities to mark the 25th anniversary, visit:
www.abolition.org
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| March 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| March 03, 2002 |
National
Crossed Over - The Karla Faye Tucker Story based on the book by Barbara Lowery.
CBS Television 9:00 pm EST (Check local listings for variations in time or channel.)
Academy Award winner Diane Keaton and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this drama
based on the true story of Beverly Lowry,
a woman whose unusual friendship with
death row inmate Karla Faye Tucker helps
her come to terms with the untimely death
of her rebellious teenage son.
You can read a brief description and watch a video preview at CBS website:
www.cbs.com/primetime/movies_specials/mov_crossed_over.shtml
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| March 17, 2002 |
Nationwide
"The Killing of Wanda Jean"
10:00 pm EST on HBO
HBO will carry the documentary, "The Killing of Wanda Jean", the story of Wanda Jean Allen, executed in Oklahoma on
January 11, 2001.
Check your local times and listings for possible
variations.
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| March 21 and March 27, 2002 |
National and International
Digital Freedom Network (DFN) - On Line Meetings with Anti-Death Penalty Activist AJAMU BARAKA and Dead Man Walking Author SR.
HELEN PREJEAN
In conjunction with Amnesty International's two-week online event focused
on stopping the death penalty, the Digital Freedom Network (DFN) will host
online meetings with Ajamu Baraka and Sr. Helen Prejean.
The online meetings, which free and open to the public, will take place on
DFN's Web site at http://dfn.org/chat.
No registration is
required. Anyone may attend the moderated forums and post questions to the
guests. The chats will be in English.
Currently the director of Amnesty International USA's Southern Regional
Office in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Baraka has worked for 15 years to abolish
the death penalty. Last year, Mr. Baraka received the Abolitionist of the
Year Award from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
He will discuss the current state of the death penalty and why it should be
abolished on Thursday, March 21, 2002 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM New York Time
(5:00-6:00 PM GMT).
To give an additional perspective on the issue and in honor of women
working in the field of human rights, Sr. Helen will talk about her work
with the Moratorium Campaign on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 from 3:00 to 4:00
PM New York Time (8:00-9:00 PM GMT).
The online meeting will be accessible to anyone running a Java-enabled Web
browser or an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application. Those unable to
attend the chats can submit questions in advance to Mr. Baraka or Sister
Helen using our Web form.
For more information about these events, please contact Jacqueline Kozin
via email at jkozin@dfn.org.
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| March 25 - April 08, 2002 |
National and International
Special Online Event - Abolishing the Death Penalty
It has recently been suggested that support for the death
penalty is in decline. Are we at a crucial juncture in the
abolition movement? How do we abolish the death penalty? Should
we support moratoria? Focus on incremental measures, or should
we hold out for complete abolition?
Join activists from across the US and around the world to discuss
these issues and more during Amnesty International USA's first
online virtual meeting focusing on the death penalty.
Sign up now for this free online event.
Learn the facts, test your knowledge and join the discussion.
Go to: www.care2.com/go/redirect/2/3562
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| April 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| April 01-08, 2002 |
Nationwide
Amnesty International USA National Week of Student Action
Click here to read report.
Each year Amnesty Campus Chapters throughout the US engage in a week of
coordinated action on an issue of urgent concern to the human rights
movement. This year, your group can join the 2002 National Week of Student
Action (NWSA) to help educate your group and others in your community about
this grave violation of human rights, while taking action to end the death
penalty in the US and abroad.
Register now to receive the following materials:
-- Organizing kit with creative action ideas
-- Posters and other cool tools
-- Resources to educate your group and community such as "Answering Tough
Questions" and "Death Penalty 101"
Register online at : www.amnestyusa.org/nwsa
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| April 04, 2002 |
Worldwide
Candlelight Vigil
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM YOUR TIME
Tucson Abolitionists are encouraging and inviting all groups everywhere to please participate, IN
SOLIDARITY with as many people as possible, in a WORLD CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL on 4/04/02 in the evening between 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM your time.
This united, serene demonstration is to speak the loathing "WE" feel by the act
of EVERY person/state sanctioned murder, and our distaste of the
unpatriotic, shabby path chosen by "OUR" leaders, world wide.
Contact Israel for more details: 520-323-1351
israelcarpenter@aol.com
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| April 08, 2002 |
Eastern United States
GET ON THE BUS 2002!!
in conjunction with Amnesty International's National Week of Student Action
TAKE A STAND IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY! Join us for actions involving
human rights in Tibet, the death penalty, guest speakers, and
much more!
For the seventh consecutive year, "Get on the Bus" will head to New
York City on April 8th for a day of human rights action.
While the events of September 11 have changed much about our world,
our country, and New York City, our desire to carry on in the pursuit
of human rights has not been quieted. In fact, the need is greater
than ever not be silenced but to speak up and to stand up for our
rights and for the rights of all people around the world.
ABOUT BUSING: AI Group 133 will help coordinate bus pick-ups in the
Northeast states (MA, RI, CT, ME, NH, VT, etc.). You will be contacted
after March 8 with this information.
If you live in the mid-Atlatic states (NJ, PA, DC, VA, WV, etc.)
then you are responsible for getting to NYC on your own.
The GOTB coordinators will provide you with a list (after March 8)
of other groups/individuals in your state/area so that you may work
together to coordinate rides to NYC (bus/van rentals, carpooling, etc.)
For more information or to register visit: www.gotb.org
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| April 11, 2002 |
National
"Requiem for Frank Lee Smith"Television Programming Note
9 p.m. EDT on PBS (Check local listings for variations in time or channel.)
Frontline will broadcast the documentary,
"Requiem for Frank Lee Smith." This investigates the case of a man who
spent 14 years on Florida's death row, but died of cancer just months
before being exonerated by DNA evidence.
For more information, visit the Frontline website at:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/smith/
Frontline is produced by WGBH Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS.
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| April 11-22, 2002 |
Nationwide
CUADP Fund Raiser - Auction of Don Nedobeck Print
Don Nedobeck's imagination is rooted in a love of life and peace,
and this comes through in his many images of creatures more often seen
as the hunter and pray, like birds and a cat in the piece being auctioned.
This print is available at auction to the highest bidder by midnight on April 22, 2002.
Your bid includes the cost of shipping.
To see the print and make a bid, visit: www.cuadp.org/nedobeck.html
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| April 14-21, 2002 |
Communities Across the US
Restorative Justice Week 2002
The Theme for this event is Visionary Law.
This is an opportunity for the community to come forward and accept an
active role in the process of restorative justice. We are in the process of developing a
calendar of community activities, drafting a list of sponsors and deciding interest in
creating a National Restorative Justice award and other activities. We welcome your
participation in this event as a presenter, sponsor, participant or whatever other
role you feel led to pursue.
For more information you can contact Tony Brown at
(208) 882-5416 -or- tony@fcrjquaker.org.
We attempt to do most planning via email, but we do have a limited number of conference calls.
The next of which will be forthcoming the last week in February.
Our vision is to have a select number of major centers where we will have the bulk of programs
and than ask communities to include their events as they feel called. In other words, if you
already have something planned than maybe you would feel lead to include it under the heading
of restorative justice. Or perhaps you want to do something special that you feel will work
in your community. Visionary Law is a very inclusive theme as you will see based on the events
that are already on the calendar. We have received a specific request to include some form of
AVP training or workshop during this program.
Sponsorship will be open at least until March 15, 2002. We ask sponsors to decide what they
feel they can do to make restorative justice a successful event. Some might be able to
contribute money, others may have a mailing list they can make available or related promotional
material, and others may support the idea but are not called to come play any role other than
the lending of the name. We ask you to tell us what you feel is your gift for the week.
Sponsors to date include: Friends Committee on Restorative Justice; Renaissance Lawyer,
Restorative Justice Ministry Network, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Citizens United for
the Rehablitation of Errants (CURE) and the Center for Restorative Justice
(Suffolk University; Boston, MA), Campaign for Equity and Restorative Justice (CERJ),
Healing of Persons Exceptional (H.O.P.E).
TENTATIVE CALENDAR AND LOCATION OF EVENTS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE)
Portland, OR
J. Kim Wright, Renaissance Lawyer -- Visionary Law
Terri Kelly-- Portland State-- Hate Crimes (Unconfirmed)
Facilitator Training - Tony Nocella-- Radical Peace Community and how it relates to Restorative Justice (may move to California).
College Station, TX
Restorative Justice Ministry Network Conference (April 19-20)
Virginia
Events still being planned
Boston, MA
Center for Restorative Justice at Suffolk University (Elise Boulding "building peaceful
communities")
Maine
Ken Hamilton (HOPE) is looking at options across Maine and New England
OTHER EVENTS BEING DISCUSSED
Nightly conference calls on topics related to restorative justice
Relationship of Restorative Justice to School Community
Relationship between various factions of restorative justice movement
Reintegration of Offender into communities (how are we doing?)
Forgiveness
Contact Tony Brown tony@fcrjquaker.org
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| April 24, 2002 |
National
"An Execution in Doubt" Television Programming Note
American Justice with Bill Kurtis on A&E at 9 p.m. EDT (repeat at 1:00 a.m.) Check local listings for variations in time or channel.
This program will look at the controversial case of Roger Keith
Coleman, who was executed in Virginia in 1992 for the brutal rape and
murder of his sister-in-law. Now, in an attempt to exonerate him,
Coleman's defenders want to conduct DNA tests, which were still under
development at the time of Coleman's execution. Will the state be
willing to put the DNA, and its own legal system, to the test?
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| April 27, 2002 |
Frankfurt, Germany
Sam Reese Sheppard on German Television
Abe Bonowitz and Sam Reese Sheppard will be traveling to Germany in late
April, where Sam will be a guest on the Saturday evening television program
called "Menschen der Woche" ("Personality of the Week").
For more information, or to arrange additional events during Sam and Abe's trip to Europe (April 28-May 03):
E-mail: abe@cuadp.org, or Tel: 1-800-973-6548
To learn more about Sam Reese Sheppard, visit www.samreesesheppard.org
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| April 28 - May 03, 2002 |
Germany and Nearby
Abe Bonowitz and Sam Reese Sheppard traveling in Europe
Abe Bonowitz (director of Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty) and Sam Reese Sheppard founding board member of the
Journey of Hope ...From Violence to Healing, Inc. , and
also a founding board member of Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation
will be traveling to Germany in late April and are available to meet with and work with
abolitionists in Germany and nearby areas from April 28 to May 3.
Currently schduled events:
ADDITIONAL CONTACT REGARDING DEATH PENALTY ISSUES
Initiative gegen die Todesstrafe e.V.
German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
www.initiative-gegen-die-todesstrafe.de
www.gcadp.org
Karl H. Rodenberg
Phone 05722-71507/913729
email Karl.Rodenberg@t-online.de
For more information, or to arrange events during Sam and Abe's trip to Europe:
E-mail: abe@cuadp.org, or Tel: 1-800-973-6548
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| May 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| May 26, 2002 |
Paris, France
Four Hours Against the Death Penalty in the USA
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fleche d'or cafe, 120 bis rue de Bagnolet.
European death penalty foes will mark George W. Bush's visit to Paris with a
a symbolic event condemning the 154 executions carried out under his authority while Governor of Texas.
This event is organized by Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), French Ligue des droits de l'Homme, Struggle for
Justice and Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture,
Contact info ECPM:
E-mail: ecpm@abolition-ecpm.org
Web Site: www.abolition-ecpm.org
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| June 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| June 29 - July
2, 2002 | Washington
D.C. Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty at the U.S. Supreme Court. See www.abolition.org/annual.html for details on the 2001 event
June 29th is the anniversary of the Furman v. Georgia decision in 1972,
in which the U.S. Supreme Court found the death penalty to be arbitrary
and capricious. More than 600 condemned inmates had their death
sentences reduced to life. All states were required to re-write their
death penalty laws.
July 2nd is the anniversary of the Gregg v. Georgia decision in 1976 which
allowed the resumption of executions in the United States.
2001 MARKS THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF FURMAN - WATCH FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MAJOR
EVENT
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| July 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| July 11-14, 2002 |
Columbus, OH
CURE 2002 Federal Chapter Convention
Dominican College, 1216 Sunbury Road
CURE's Fourth Convention of its federal prison chapter will begin Thursday evening, July 11th, and end Sunday morning, July 14th.
The theme of this year's conference is "Preparing for Reentry: Maintaining Family Ties"
On Friday morning, July 12th, Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer (left) Director of the Bureau of Prisons, will speak.
The rest of the conference will be devoted to the role of families in the reentry of federal prisoners.
So far, our list of topics on preparing for this reentry include inmate phones, visiting, medical care, prison industries, drug treatment, and education.
In the same way, topics on actual reentry are furloughs, home confinement, community corrections centers, parole and supervised release.
Speakers with expertise in these areas are being invited.
For more information:
TEL: (202) 789-2126
FAX: (413) 845-9787
Web Site: www.curenational.org
E-mail: cure-usa@erols.com
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| July 25, 2002 |
Worlwide
Anti-Death Penalty Activists MEETUP
National Abolish The Death Penalty MEETUP Day has been designated as the fourth Thursday of every month
MEETUPs are informal local, face-to-face gatherings - that create an
opportunity for people who share an interest or passion to get together
and talk, debate, gossip or plan something cool.
Anti-Death Penalty Activists
everywhere -- up to 540 cities worldwide -- can meet face to face with other Anti-Death Penalty Activists in
their town.
To find the location near you, visit the Abolish the Death Penalty MEETUP page at:
http://antideathpen.meetup.com
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| July 31, 2002 |
National
Dr. Cathleen Burnett on The Nick Kasoff Show
Death Penalty Radio Program
Dr. Cathleen Burnett, President of the Western Missouri Coalition to Abolish
the Death Penalty, and author of Justice Denied: Clemency Appeals in Death
Penalty Cases, will be a guest on The Nick Kasoff Show. She will be on for a
full hour, and there will be opportunity to call in and discuss with her
live.
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Tuesday, July 31, 5:00 pm central
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On-line @ www.wgnu.net
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St. Louis, Missouri @ 920 am
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| How to call:
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(888) 920-WGNU toll free line
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(314) 454-0400 local lines
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| August 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| August 22, 2002 |
Worldwide
Anti-Death Penalty Activists MEETUP
National Abolish The Death Penalty MEETUP Day has been designated as the fourth Thursday of every month
MEETUPs are informal local, face-to-face gatherings - that create an
opportunity for people who share an interest or passion to get together
and talk, debate, gossip or plan something cool.
Anti-Death Penalty Activists
everywhere -- up to 540 cities worldwide -- can meet face to face with other Anti-Death Penalty Activists in
their town.
To find the location near you, visit the Abolish the Death Penalty MEETUP page at:
http://antideathpen.meetup.com
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| August 31, 2002 |
Nationwide
THE USA PATRIOT ACT: A Legal Briefing
Tune in at 9:00 PM on CAN TV21
The Patriot Act was passed with no hearings, no testimony, and little public
discussion. The Legal Community sponsors a debate on what may be the single
most concentrated assault in history on core civil liberties that has
concerned experts across the political system.
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| September 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| September 11, 2002 |
Nationwide
Sept. 11 Commemoration Events for Peace and Healing
More than 170 peace events have been organized
throughout the United States in response to a call by
Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and United
for Peace, a coalition of U.S. peace and human rights
organizations.
In New York City, Sept. 11 Families
will co-sponsor a dusk to dawn vigil at Washington
Square Park in Manhattan, which will feature speakers,
music, poetry--and silence.
Similar events are planned in cities from Washington,
DC and Philadelphia to Boise, Idaho and Hood River,
Oregon. The event titles range from "work a day for
peace" to "our grief is not a cry for war" to "from
ground zero to common ground", but what ties them
together is their theme: working for a world without
war and violence.
For a full listing of Sept. 11 peace events throughout the United States and the world, see
www.unitedforpeace.org.
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| September 21, 2002 |
Arlington, VA
15th Annual Meeting of Virginia CURE
9:00 am to 4:00pm, George Mason University¹s Arlington Campus, Professional Center, Room 329.
Responsible Justice
Topics and panel discussions will include:
The Disabled and Our Criminal Justice System - The Death Penalty in America - The Innocence Protection
Act - The Prison Rape Reduction Act
Guest speakers will include:
Robert Crouch, Deputy Secretary of Public
Safety - Johnathan G. Martinis, Managing Attorney from the Virginia
Office for Protection and Advocacy - Professor Jon B. Gould, George Mason
University¹s Administration of Justice Program - Members of the Virginia
General Assembly - Members of the 107th U.S. Congress.
Special musical performances by Walter James and the youth from Cases for
Kids.
MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT . . . take personal responsibility by developing
advocacy skills to achieve constructive and positive change on problems
that affect you, your family and your community . . . gather information
on the issues from our informative speakers and guests . . . meet the
legislators . . . join with others who share your concerns . . . and enjoy
a day that will include instructive presentations
and musical entertainment!!!
Everyone is welcome to attend.
A $10 donation will help defer the cost of food and facility rental.
Sponsored by: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants Virginia, Inc.
P.O. Box 19453 - Alexandria - Virginia - 22320-0453
Phone: 703-765-6539 Fax: 703-765-6549
Email: virginiacure@erols.com
Website: www.vacure.org
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| September 26, 2002 |
Worldwide
Anti-Death Penalty Activists MEETUP
National Abolish The Death Penalty MEETUP Day has been designated as the fourth Thursday of every month
MEETUPs are informal local, face-to-face gatherings - that create an
opportunity for people who share an interest or passion to get together
and talk, debate, gossip or plan something cool.
Anti-Death Penalty Activists
everywhere -- up to 540 cities worldwide -- can meet face to face with other Anti-Death Penalty Activists in
their town.
To find the location near you, visit the Abolish the Death Penalty MEETUP page at:
http://antideathpen.meetup.com
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| October 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| October 07-16, 2002 |
Nationwide
ON LINE EVENT - Faith in Action -- Working to Abolish the Death Penalty
Amnesty International USA will be holding an online event
in conjunction with its 5th Annual National Weekend of Faith
in Action on the Death Penalty. This 10-day event will
feature audio interviews with key religious leaders,
discussion boards, live audio chats, and more, all focused
on the role of the faith community in the movement to
abolish the death penalty.
To Sign up today, go to: www.care2.com/go/z/2811
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| October 11-13, 2002 |
Nationwide
Annual National Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty
Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty invites
individuals of all faiths, local congregations, and national religious
organizations to participate in the 5th Annual National Weekend of Faith
in Action on the Death Penalty. This initiative seeks to engage faith
communities throughout the country to devote a nationally designated
weekend to reflect, discuss, and take action on the death penalty within a
faith-based framework.
Initiated in 1998, the National Weekend of Faith in Action attracted over
one thousand congregations in its first year. Since that auspicious
beginning, the Weekend has continued to attract faith communities from all
walks of life and from all traditions as they journey on the path from the
newly involved to the experienced abolitionist.
Goals for the Weekend of Faith in Action:
- To engage a broad spectrum of faith communities in activities to
abolish the death penalty, to be initiated on this weekend and continued
throughout the year.
- To affirmatively engage faith communities of color in AIUSA's death
penalty abolition efforts.
- To provide faith communities with appropriate organizing tools and
resources for addressing the death penalty and taking actions that
advance abolition.
- To support the unique role that faith communities can play in
promoting reconciliation as an alternative to violence in all its variations.
- To build sustainable links between faith communities and Amnesty
International's work to abolish the death penalty within a human rights
framework.
- To enhance the grassroots involvement of faith communities in local,
state, and federal abolition efforts throughout the year.
To sign up or to obtain additional information, contact:
Kristin Houlé khoule@aiusa.org
Tel: 202-544-0200 ext. 496. All participants will receive a comprehensive Resource Guidebook, which
contains organizing tools and ideas for working on the death penalty during
the Weekend and beyond. Interested participants can also sign up to
receive the Lethal Injustice comic strip, which is particularly well suited
for activities involving young people and/or students."
For information on AIUSA PADP events, including sign up form, visit their website at:
http://amnestyusa.org/abolish/faithinaction.html
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| October 13, 2002 |
International
"On Death Row" Radio Documentary
BBC Broadcasting, 12 noon (UK time)
Thos program may be heard on the web at:
www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/ click on link "listen"
The program will apparently remain available on the web for a week following the live broadcast.
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| October 14-18, 2002 |
Nationwide
Anti Death Penalty Week - a national initiative of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP)
Illinois Plans are underway to hold a press conference/rally on October 16 to
present Governor George Ryan with the signatures that have been collected calling for
blanket commutations in Illinois.
Atlanta the chapter will be tabling Monday through Friday on the Georgia State
University campus and will hold a yard sale on Saturday.
Georgetown Sen. Russell Feingold has agreed to speak as part of their anti-death penalty awareness week.
E-mail noreen@nodeathpenalty.org
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| October 19, 2002 |
Nationwide
Prison Reform Unity Project (PRUP) Rally
Every year the Prison Reform Unity Project - PRUP puts on a rally in
each state across the nation.
Activists and concerned citizens in every
state gather either at a prison or at the state capitol, or other
determined location to support prison reform. We hope this will be
the best PRUP event we've had so far. Alabama is gearing up.
So are California and the rest of the states - like Virginia, Texas,
New Mexico, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York,
Washington D.C., Washington State, Colorado, and others.
See below for details as they become available.
Alabama
2:00 pm - Alabama State Capitol Building, Dexter Ave. Montgomery
The theme for this rally is Human Rights for Prisoners. Click here to download a PDF flyer.
Sponsored by: P.A.T.R.I.C.K.
Florida
12:00 noon - State Capitol, Tallahassee
E-mail Juana juanakelly@netzero.net for additional information
If you plan to organize or participate in a Prison Reform Unity Day observance, won't you please write and tell PRUP why you are inspired to do this? Your message will be posted on the PRUP web site. YOUR words might inspire others to join this desperately needed grassroots movement!
E-mail: Linda C. Miller
Web Site: www.prup.net.
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| October 24, 2002 |
Worldwide
Anti-Death Penalty Activists MEETUP
National Abolish The Death Penalty MEETUP Day has been designated as the fourth Thursday of every month
MEETUPs are informal local, face-to-face gatherings - that create an
opportunity for people who share an interest or passion to get together
and talk, debate, gossip or plan something cool.
Anti-Death Penalty Activists
everywhere -- up to 540 cities worldwide -- can meet face to face with other Anti-Death Penalty Activists in
their town.
To find the location near you, visit the Abolish the Death Penalty MEETUP page at:
http://antideathpen.meetup.com
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| October 24-27, 2002 |
Chicago, IL
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Annual Conference
The Raddison Hotel and Suites, 160 East Huron St.
Restoring Justice, Reclaiming Humanity
Invited Speakers:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
The Honorable George Ryan, Governor of Illinois
Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking, Former Chair, NCADP Board of Directors
Workshops:
- Kitchen Table Discussion: Influencing your Local Media
- Building Allies: Working with State Legislators
- International Organizing around the Death Penalty
- Moratorium Momentum: Your State Can be Next
- From Fury to Forgiveness: Working with Murder Victims Family Members
- From Abstract to Personal: Making the Human Link to Death Row
- Building A Strong Youth Movement Against the Death Penalty
- Creative Activism: Effective Uses of Art in Resistance
- From Lynching to Lethal Injection: The Death Penalty and Civil Rights
Advocacy
- Forging Alliances: Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Communities
- Creating Alliances within the Labor Movement
- Prescribing Death: Stopping Drug Company Involvement in Lethal Injections
- Building Communities of Restorative Justice
- Keeping the Faith: Organizing your Faith Community around the Death
Penalty
- States Rights Now: Keeping the Federal Death Penalty out of Non-Death
Penalty States
- Cyber Activism: Using Information Technology to the Movement's Advantage
- Capital Punishment 101: Understanding and Articulating the Anti-Death
Penalty Movement
- Funding the Movement: Strategies for Successful Fundraising
- Delivering the Message: Organizing a Journey of Hope in Your State
- Breaking Barriers: Organizing in Communities of Color
- Working with Feminists Against the Death Penalty
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and our allies in
Illinois have secured additional, low-cost housing for the upcoming
conference.
Approximately 50 beds are available for $18 per night. To reserve a bed
or for more information, please contact Leona Martin at lmartin@ncadp.org
For further information or questions, special requests, scholarship
information, please contact Leona Martin at (202)-543-9577 or email her at
lmartin@ncadp.org.
For registration, schedule & travel accomodations, please see the link
below:
www.ncadp.org/html/conference.html
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| October 26, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
Internationally Coordinated Day of Mass Actions
Call to action by International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
On Saturday, October 26, 2002, the first anniversary of the signing of the
so-called Patriot Act bill, anti-war and civil rights forces are joining
together to launch a massive international mobilization in opposition to a
new war against the people of Iraq.
The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition is calling on organizers from campuses and
communities around the U.S. and the world to hold picket-lines, rallies,
vigils, teach-ins and more in their local areas on this day.
Web Site: www.InternationalANSWER.org
Contact:
E-mail: Edc@internationalanswer.org
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
San Francisco 415-821-6545
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| November 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| November 09-10, 2002 |
Chicago, IL
ABOLISH THE RACIST DEATH PENALTY - Second National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
The Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Stephen Bright, Director, Southern Center on Human Rights on "Race, Class, and the Death Penalty"
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS:
"The Face of Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System"
--Angola Three Member Robert "King" Wilkerson who spent 29 years in
solitary confinement
--Shujaa Graham, an exonerated death row prisoner from
California
--Angel Rodríguez of Comite Exigimos Justicia, who spent four
years in prison for a crime he didn't commit (invited)
--Member of the Death Row 10 calling in via speakerphone from
death row in Illinois
Other convention highlights include meetings on "Legal
Lynching: Then and Now," "Why Reforms Can Never Fix the
Death Penalty," and "Organizing From the Inside Out: Making a
Connection to Death Row." Plus a Saturday night Jam for
Justice, including hip hop, dancing, poetry and remarks from
former death row inmates, family members and others.
Registration $35.00
For more information: Call our national office at 773-955-4841,
E-mail noreen@nodeathpenalty.org, or visit our Web site at
www.nodeathpenalty.org/convention.htm
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| November 10, 2002 |
Broadcast from Boston University
Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?
Tune in at 9:00 pm ET to
90.9 FM WBUR and
1240 AM WRNI or online at
the show's website.
We will be broadcasting the 13th Great
Debate held as part of the biannual Great Debate Series that Boston
University's College of Communications began in 1996. The topic of the
13th Great Debate is "Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?"
Arguing in favor of abolishing the death penalty will be Steven Hawkins,
Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,
Sandhya Ganapathy, International Relations and Economics student at Boston
University, and Dianna Rust-Tierney, Director of the American Civil
Liberties Union's Capital Punishment Project and former Abolitionist of
the Year. Their arguments will focus on the ethical and moral questions
linked with taking a human's life as well as the bias and financial costs
behind the application of capital punishment.
The team arguing against the abolishment of capital punishment includes
John McAdams, Associate Professor at Marquette University and author of
several articles supporting the death penalty, Zachary Coseglia, student
at the School of Law at Boston University, and Ronald Rychlak, Associate
Dean and Professor at the University of Mississippi Law Center. Issues
they will tackle in their arguments will be the deterrence effects of
capital punishment on crime, and the rights of crime victims.
Following the arguments from both sides, we will hear comments from the
participating audience and the voting results on who won the debate.
Thanks for listening
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| November 14-16, 2002
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Brussels, Belgium
Making Sense of Death and Dying
Location - TBA
Sponsored by Inter-Disciplinary.Net and Learning Solutions
Interdisciplinary international conference on death and dying, including philosophical, ethical, and legal issues relating to the death penalty.
Contact: Dr Rob Fisher
E-mail: rf@inter-disciplinary.net
Web Site: www.inter-disciplinary.net
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| November 15-17, 2002 |
Toronto, ON, Canada
Association In Defense Of The Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) - Conference and Benefit Concert
Conference opens with keynote speaker Johnnie Cochran followed by a Benefit Concert - November 15th, York Event Theatre, Toronto
Conference continues - November 16th - 17th, Upper Canada Law Society, Toronto
"Wrongful convictions are not exclusive to Canada. Since its founding,
AIDWYC has maintained ongoing association with a number of like-interested
bodies in other jurisdictions. These include Centurion Ministries in New
Jersey, the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, and the
Alliance for Prison Justice in Boston Massachusetts. AIDWYC has developed
professional relationships with several individual counsel and academics
in the United States and in the United Kingdom who have worked on cases of
notorious miscarriages of justice."
Click here to view/print conference brochure
Web Site: http://www.aidwyc.org/
For additional information and registration form, contact: aidwyc@on.aibn.com
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| November 28 - December 10, 2002 |
Berlin, Germany
ALIVE Exhibition - Furman v. Georgia 1972 - 2002 - 30th anniversary of capital punishment in the USA
House of Human Rights and Democracy (Haus der Menschenrechte und Demokratie)
Taking the case Furman v. Georgia as a starting point, in which the Supreme
Court ruled in an historically decision by 5 votes to 4 on June 29, 1972 to
suspend the death penalty, this exhibition shows a brief outline of what
happened in the thirty years afterwards.
Gradually 38 states revived the death penalty. In January 1977 a 10 years
long execution moratorium ended with the execution of Garry Gilmore. Since
that time more than 800 people in the USA died in the gas chambers, on the
electrical chair or through lethal injection. Amongst them were juveniles,
foreign citizens, mentally disturbed persons and people with reasonable
doubts on their guilt.
Since the death penalty was revived 102 people were exonerated from death
row.
With this exhibition ALIVE wants to inform and encourage involvement in
the fight against the death penalty.
ALIVE is a non-profit organization that supports the worldwide abolition of
the death penalty.
For more information, contact:
mailto:info@alive-gegen-todesstrafe.de
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| December 01, 2002 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| December 02, 2002 |
International
International Day for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in China
The death penalty is used extensively, arbitrarily and frequently in China.
Execution can occur within weeks of the alleged crime and within hours of final approval.
According to Amnesty International's study, 3048 prisoner were executed in
31 countries in year 2001, 80% of them happened in China.
However, it is believed that
the true figure is much higher.
Being NGOs and individuals based in Hong Kong, we are also concern about an increase in
the death penalty sentence for HK citizens who are tried in China.
According to our record, nearly 70 Hong Kong people have been sentenced to death,
or death with a 2-year reprieve during the past four years.
Yet this is just the tip of the iceberg. From June to August this year,
at least eleven more HK citizens, charged with drug crime, were sentenced to death,
or death with a 2-year reprieve.
Although this information comes quite late, we are inviting and encouraging the international community to start a signature campaign
or any other feasible initiatives.
For contact and information:
Franco Mella,
Tel. 852- 97566604
or
Gianni Criveller
Tel. 852- 6226 3531
giannicriveller@hotmail.com
Sponsored by:
Hong Kong United Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in
China (founded in 1998)
Amnesty International, Hong Kong Section
Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee
Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese
Human Rights in China, Hong Kong Office
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| December 10, 2002 |
London, UK
'My Rights, Your Rights, Human Rights'
10:00 am to 16:30 pm, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, just off Whitehall.
This event is being held by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office to mark International Human Rights Day to illustrate and explain why Human Rights are so important and showing how the FCO works, in co-operation with NGOs and others to promote them around the world
There will be exhibits, thematic displays, talks, music, drama, films etc on
various human rights issues, including the death penalty. FCO staff and
colleagues from NGOs will be on hand to describe their work.
Admission is free and there is no need to book (except for large groups
of 40+).
Contact:
James Dunlop
Tel: 07771 522269 (mobile)
Fax: 020 7008 5969
Email: james.dunlop@fco.gov.uk
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| December 13-15, 2002 |
Dallas, TX
National Steering Committee Meeting
Amnesty International USA, Program to Abolish the Death Penalty, National Steering Committee, Meeting.
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| January 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| January 18, 2003 |
Washington, DC
March on the White House
Call to action by International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
Martin Luther King Jr. spent the last year before his assassination
linking the mass movements for civil rights and freedom at home with the
growing opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam. This courageous stand
constituted a major political threat to the war makers. Dr. King came to
the conclusion that the "greatest purveyor of violence on the planet is my
own government."
There is no better way than to truly remember the spirit and legacy of Dr.
King than to organize a bold, visible protest against war and racism in
Washington DC on the anniversary of his birthday. We will not allow the
war makers in the Bush administration and on Wall Street to turn Dr. King
into a harmless icon, rather than an inspiration for struggle.
Web Site: www.InternationalANSWER.org
Contact:
E-mail: Edc@internationalanswer.org
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
San Francisco 415-821-6545
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| February 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| February 05, 2003 |
Kingston, Jamaica
Death Penalty Discussion
5:30 pm, Stella Maris Church Hall, 62 Shortwood Road, Kingston 8, Jamaica
Among the speakers at the public meeting will be:
# Delbert Tibbs - a former death row inmate from the USA, who will be
talking about his experience as someone sentenced to death for a murder
he did not commit
# Rev Maddix - Chaplain in the Correctional Services, who ministers to
prisoners, including those on death row
This public meeting is hosted by Amnesty International Jamaica
Contact Caribbean Justice for additional information
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| February 07, 2003 |
Nationwide
Don't Miss This Weeks Episode of "Hack"
CBS - 9 p.m. PST
This Friday's hour-long episode of "Hack" on CBS takes an unusual -- and unusually realistic
-- approach to the death penalty. "Hack," played by
David Morse, is a former police officer who now drives
a cab in Philadelphia. The day before the scheduled
execution of a man he helped send to death row, the
condemned man's brother kidnaps him and makes him go
through all the rituals and psychological torments
leading up to an execution at a makeshift jail in an
abandoned warehouse in Philly. The show goes back and
forth from the real execution to the kidnapped hero,
building suspense as to whether the kidnapper will
kill him or not -- which is part of the psychological
torture a condemned man goes through, always hoping
for that midnight call from the Governor.
It's an extremely well-informed and realistic script
written by Eugenie Ross-Leming, a television writer
and producer who is a member of the Board of Directors
of Death Penalty Focus. The show is about the
interlocking cycles of violence in American society,
and one obvious solution to breaking that cycle --
ending the death penalty.
It's interesting television, with an unusually strong
political point of view.
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| February 22, 2003 |
Washington, DC
Death Penalty Youth Conference - DC/MD/VA Student Convention
11am -5pm at the Howard Law School
The conference's purpose
is to bring youth together, educate them about the death penalty, and start
planning for youth action in these states and on key issues like the
juvenile death penalty.
If you would like to attend, help with the
conference or help mobilize students to attend (high school, college and
grad school students) please contact:
Josh Noble at the ACLU Capital
Punishment Project
E-Mail dpconf2003@hotmail.com
TEL: 202-675-2319
To register, visit: www.jhu.edu/~aclu/registration.html.
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| February 24 - March 02, 2002 |
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newark, Boston
Is the Death Penalty an Appropriate Response to Hate Violence - Ross Byrd, Northeast Tour
Check individual State Listings for details on New Jersey and Pennsylvania Events
In 1998, two white men were sentenced to death, another to life in prison
for the murder of James Byrd Jr. - an African American who was dragged to
his death behind a truck in Jasper, Texas. Two of the men had connections
with the Aryan Nation.
Since that time Ross Byrd, who was only 18 at the time of his father's
murder, has become a hip-hop artist and anti-death penalty activist.
The American Friends Service Committee National and Regional Offices,
along
with numerous local co-sponsors, have put together this week long tour of
four cities in the Northeast.
Contact Brooke Matschek (TEL: 215-241-7137) for scheduling information.
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| February 27 - March 01, 2003 |
London, ENGLAND
Big Pete Pearson, a bluesman from Phoenix, AZ
"Ain't Nothin But" The Blues Bar, 20 Kingly St. Soho (Tel: 020 7287 0514)
Big Pete is on the Blue Witch Records label
which is co-owned by Dale Baich, a
Federal Public Defender in AZ who does death penalty cases. The liner notes for
Pete's CD contain the phrase "Stop The Death Penalty" and special thanks
were made to "The guys on the row in Arizona and Ohio."
Come on out and support this musician.
AND, if you would like to meet Dale Baich, a man on the front lines of the
death penalty fight in the United States, he can be available for an
informal (or possibly, formal) meeting and brief presentation/discussion on
the 28th or the 1st. If this interests you, and especially if you would be
willing to host and publicize such a gathering, please e-mail
abe@cuadp.org as soon as possible.
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| March 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
International Death Penalty Abolition Day - First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of this Month and Every Month
For information on other Abolition day events, please visit www.cuadp.org/abday2003.html
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| March 14-16, 2003 |
Atlanta, GA
AIUSA's Ninth Annual Death Penalty Abolition Institute 2003
Bringing Human Rights Home: Ending U.S. Exceptionalism
The Westin Atlanta North Hotel
The Death Penalty Abolition Institute, which began in 1994 at Morehouse College in
Atlanta, is an annual project of Amnesty International USA’s Southern Regional Office.
The Institute is a training ground for both new and veteran opponents to the death
penalty, as well as an opportunity to gain more knowledge about the many injustices
that are rampant in the death penalty system of the United States.
The conference this year will be held in conjunction with AIUSA’s Program to
Abolish the Death Penalty.
Each year, the Institute is co-sponsored by local activists and organizations where
it is being held. This year the conference will be held in Atlanta together with
Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GFADP) in recognition of the committed
and organized individuals who are actively fighting to end the death penalty in Georgia. The theme of this year’s Institute is: Bringing Human Rights Home: Ending U.S. Exceptionalism.
click here to
download Conference Flyer in PDF (includes information on Plenary Panel Discussions,
Workshops, Group Discussions, Registration Information, Hotel Information, etc.
or visit www.amnestyusa.org/events/southern/0314-162003dpinstitute.html
or contact:
Trinie Parker
Amnesty International's Southern Regional Office
131 Ponce de Leon Avenue, NE,
Suite 220,
Atlanta, GA 30308
Tel.: 404-876-5661, ext. 17
Fax: 404-876-2276.
E-mail: srdp@aiusa.org
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| March 18, 2003 |
Terre Haute, IN
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here for additional information.
Louis Jones was killed by the people of the United States of America at 7:08 a.m. (EST)
in retribution for the 1995 killing of Tracie Joy McBride.
Click here for information regarding vigils and other events commencing the 17th March.
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| April 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| April 10-29, 2002 |
Nationwide
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty - "Free at Last" Speaking Tour
April 10, Brooklyn Law School and New York University
April 11, New York City Riverside Church
Speakers will include Madison Hobley, the
recently pardoned Illinois death row prisoner; writer, actor and
activist Ossie Davis; one of the wrongfully convicted defendants
in the Central Park jogger case and his mother, and Joan Parkin,
co-author of the Death Row 10 pamphlet. This will no doubt be a
very exciting meeting.
Also joining us on other tour stops will be Mike Gray,
documentary filmmaker and author of the new book The Death
Game; Rob Owen, law professor at the University of Texas; and
Rob Warden, executive director of Northwestern University's
Center on Wrongful Convictions.
Other stops planned include:
April 22, University of California, Berkeley, Location TBA
Speakers: Madison Hobley, Mike Gray, Robin Hobley, Alice Kim
For information email: cbybee@mills.edu
April 23, University of California - Davis, Young Hall, Room 198,
Speakers: Madison Hobley, Robin Hobley, Alice Kim, and more!
For directions, contact Miriam at mfaris@ucdavis.org or (530) 574-1260
April 29, University of Texas-Austin,
We also plan to have a few more stops in the Chicago area.
If any group would like to host a tour stop, please contact the national tour coordinator Alice Kim.
It's not too late to organize a stop in
your area.
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| May 01, 2003 |
Nationwide
Frontline: "Burden of Innocence" (Program Notice)
9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
More and more we hear about people who spent many years in prison,
even on death row, only to be found not guilty, and then go free.
What happens to them?
FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel traces the stories of five exonerated
men as they try to reclaim their lives.
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| May 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| June 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| June 25, 2003 |
Puerto Rico
Vigil Against the Death Penalty
6 p.m. Wednesday in front of the federal court in Hato Rey.
The vigil which will reflect on human life, will be held as a jury is being chosen for the 1st case seeking
the death penalty against 2 Puerto Ricans accused of killing a businessman
in a carjacking.
Organized by The Citizens Against the Death Penalty Group
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| June 26, 2003 |
North America and Worldwide
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day
(fourth Thursday of each month)
Location and time established by participants in each city
Meetup with local activists to discuss Dealth Penalty issues.
So far, 231 Anti-Death Penalty Activists Worldwide have signed up!
Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/ to sign up
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| June 29 - July
2, 2003 | Washington
D.C. 10th Annual Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)
See www.abolition.org/annual.html for information on the 2003 event as it becomes available and a retrospective of the 2002 event.
June 29th is the anniversary of the Furman v. Georgia decision in 1972,
in which the U.S. Supreme Court found the death penalty to be arbitrary
and capricious. More than 600 condemned inmates had their death
sentences reduced to life. All states were required to re-write their
death penalty laws.
July 2nd is the anniversary of the Gregg v. Georgia decision in 1976 which
allowed the resumption of executions in the United States.
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| July 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| July 24, 2003 |
North America and Worldwide
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day
(fourth Thursday of each month)
Location and time established by participants in each city
Meetup with local activists to discuss Dealth Penalty issues.
So far, 231 Anti-Death Penalty Activists Worldwide have signed up!
Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/ to sign up
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| August 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| August 01-03, 2003 |
Jamaica, NY
Pax Christi USA National Assembly 2003: A World on the Brink - A Gated Empire of Global Solidarity
St John's University
Come and join us for this year's National Assembly.
For full information on speakers, seminars, schedule, display tables and registration, visit:
www.paxchristiusa.org/news_events_more.asp?id=503
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| August 28, 2003 |
North America and Worldwide
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day
(fourth Thursday of each month)
Location and time established by participants in each city
Meetup with local activists to discuss Dealth Penalty issues.
So far, 231 Anti-Death Penalty Activists Worldwide have signed up!
Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/ to sign up
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| September 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| September 25, 2003 |
North America and Worldwide
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day
(fourth Thursday of each month)
Location and time established by participants in each city
Meetup with local activists to discuss Dealth Penalty issues.
So far, 231 Anti-Death Penalty Activists Worldwide have signed up!
Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/ to sign up
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| September 26-28, 2003 |
Oxford, England
Cultures of Violence - 4th Global Conference - Divesity within Unity
St Catherine's College
This multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary conference aims at
identifying and understanding the prevailing extent of violence in
contemporary life. It likewise aims
at probing the representation of violence in media, art and literature.
Violence has been part of societies purporting to unite people, e.g.,
totalitarian regimes. It has been no less part of societies that set
great store on diversity. It remains a horrifying feature of today's
world.
Contact: Dr Rob Fisher
E-mail: rf@inter-disciplinary.net
Web Site: www.inter-disciplinary.net/violence/du4cv2cfp.htm
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September 26 - October 12, 2003 |
Ohio
Journey of Hope - From Violence to Healing

Click here for the itinerary and schedule of events. (Check back frequently, this schedule is subject to change as the planning for the journey continues)
The Ohio Journey will be a 17 day tour of an amazing group of murder victim family members who oppose capital punishment, death row families, innocent persons freed from death row and other supporters who will travel across the state of Ohio to share their incredible messages of love, forgiveness and healing.
Through public speaking events, rallies, marches, concerts, tree plantings, media interviews, and other activities, the Journey of Hope will touch thousands of people. We believe that the Journey of Hope's inspirational message of compassion and healing will open the hearts and minds of the citizens of Ohio to have a greater respect for the dignity of human life and lead this state toward abolition of the death penalty!
Won't you join us on the Journey? Experience an unforgettable event!
Contact:
Jana L. Schroeder
Ohio Journey of Hope Statewide Coordinator
E-mail: jschroeder@afsc.org
Phone: (937) 278-4225, Ext. 107
American Friends Service Committee
915 Salem Ave.
Dayton, OH 45406
Explore our web site for further details about how you can support and participate in the Ohio Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing!
Visit: www.journeyofhope.org/Ohio/
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| September 26 - October 18, 2003 |
London, England
Reprieve and Amicus US Death Penalty Training
New practical programme
Amicus and Reprieve are charities that assist those representing
impoverished people facing execution in the United States and Caribbean. They offer
legal and humanitarian assistance by placing individuals in capital defence offices
throughout the United States.
The charities are joining together to present a new training programme
that will provide practical as well as theoretical skills to assist defence counsel
with the representation of those facing execution in the US. The training will
be run with the Louisiana based organisation, Fighting Chance, along with
practitioners and academics from the UK. The program will give practical tools to those considering internships and to those wanting to assist with the work in
the UK. It will help individuals develop the specific skills required for this
kind of work, as well as orienting them to the various issues they will be
confronting.
This comprehensive programme is divided into evening and weekend sessions,
as detailed below.
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26th September, 6.30-9pm
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Introductory Evening
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27th September, 9am-5pm
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Trial and Appeal: Constitutional Standard
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3rd - 5th October
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Practical Training weekend
Friday, 6.30-9pm - Ethics
Saturday, 9:30am-5pm - Research and Investigation Skills
Sunday, 9.30am-5pm - Interviewing skills
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18th October, 9.30am -5pm
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International Human Rights Law
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Participation in the course entitles you to free tickets for two upcoming
lectures.
10th October - Juveniles and the death penalty: ,
Family members of juveniles on death row together with Clive Stafford Smith will
discuss the realities of executing children.
16th October - Innocence and the death Penalty:
Judge Baird from Texas will discuss the dangers of executing the innocent and the
legal restrictions.
To apply for a place on the course, please email the Amicus administrator for
a booking form: admin@amicus-alj.org.
The closing date for applications is 15th September, however we expect the places to be filled earlier than this
date.
Those applicants who have arranged a placement in the USA will be given
priority, further places will be allocated according to application date.
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| October 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| Ongoing |
Nationwide
"The Exonerated"
Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's controversial drama The Exonerated
dramatizes the harrowing experiences of six innocent people who were
accused of heinous crimes they did NOT commit; were sentenced to
death; languished on death row for years, and then were mercifully
freed -- their innocence proclaimed, their lives regained.
The following is the itinerary for the national tour of this critically acclaimed play:
| 10/7-10/19 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Broward Pac |
| 10/28-11/02 | Philadelphia, PA | Merriam Theatre |
| 11/04-11/09 | New Orleans, LA | Saenger Theatre |
| 11/11-11/23 | Baltimore, MD | Morris Mechanic |
| 11/25-12/21 | San Francisco, CA | The Curran |
| 01/13-01/18 | Seattle, WA | The Moore |
| 01/20-01/25 | New Haven, CT | The Shubert |
| 01/27-02/01 | Tempe, AZ | Gammage Auditorium |
| 02/03-02/08 | Little Rock, AS | Robinson Auditorium |
| 02/17-02/22 | Ft. Worth, TX | Casa Manana Pac |
| 02/24-03/14 | Detroit, MI | The Fisher |
| 03/23-03/28 | Atlanta, GA/Naples, FL | Ferst Center/Naples Philharmonic |
| 03/30-04/04 | Orlando, FL | Bob Carr |
| 04/06-04/11 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theatre |
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| October 09-11, 2003 |
Atlanta, GA
Human Rights at Home: International Law in U.S. Courts
ACLU Hosted Training Conference at the Carter Presidential Center
The national office of the American Civil Liberties Union is pleased to announce a national
training conference for lawyers on new strategies to advance human rights struggles in the
United States. The conference will familiarize lawyers and advocates with international human
rights treaties, laws and organizing strategies that can strengthen domestic social justice
work by:
- Ensuring U.S. accountability for violating international human rights principles in additional to domestic constitutional ones
- Providing new, affirmative protections for workers, poor people, immigrants, and victims of discrimination
- Linking multiple issues to address problems that intersect race, gender, and poverty
- Connecting local advocacy to global struggles
For a preliminary program schedule, Click here.
The conference is being hosted at the Carter Presidential Center on its 37-acre site in Atlanta, Georgia. See www.cartercenter.org for further information. Blocks of rooms have been reserved for $119.00 per night at the Georgian Terrace Hotel, a landmark hotel located in midtown Atlanta. Hotel accommodations can be booked directly through the Georgian Terrace by calling (800) 651-2316, or by booking on-line at www.thegeorgianterrace.com; click on reservations, and type in “ACLUGR” at the password prompt. You must specify that you are with the ACLU Human Rights Conference to receive the special rate of $119.00 per night.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit will be offered. Travel and accommodation scholarships are available on a needs basis.
For full information, including registration, Click here
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| October 10-12, 2003 |
Nationwide
Amnesty International USA's National Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty
Contact Kristin Houlé at 202-544-0200 ext. 496 or khoule@aiusa.org for more information.
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| October 13-17, 2003 |
Nationwide
Death Penalty Awareness Week - a national initiative of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP)
E-mail noreen@nodeathpenalty.org
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| October 16-19, 2003 |
Nashville, TN
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Annual Conference
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel, 623 Union Street
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty has announced that it will hold its 2003 annual death penalty conference in Nashville.
Randy Tatel, executive director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, said Tennessee is a logical state to host the national conference because it reflects the growing national debate over the death penalty. "Many people who end up on Tennessee’s death row get there because of ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, reliance on an unconstitutional aggravating factor, or because of convictions based on the self-interested testimony of a jailhouse informant," Tatel said. "These are problems that are currently being addressed in Illinois and in other states, and need to be discussed and debated in Tennessee as well."
Click here to see the schedule
Early Bird Registrations now available
Web Site: www.ncadp.org/html/conference.html
Tel: Leona Martin (202)-543-9577
E-mail: nationalconference@ncadp.org
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| October 23, 2003 |
North America and Worldwide
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day
(fourth Thursday of each month)
Location and time established by participants in each city
Meetup with local activists to discuss Dealth Penalty issues.
So far, 231 Anti-Death Penalty Activists Worldwide have signed up!
Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/ to sign up
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| October 24-26, 2003 |
MN
Amnesty International USA - Regional Conference - Mid-West Regional Office
Visit www.amnestyusa.org/events/Midwestern
for additional information as it becomes available.
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| October 31 - November 02, 2003 |
Los Angeles, CA
Amnesty International USA - Regional Conference - Western Regional Office
Visit www.amnestyusa.org/events/Western
for additional information as it becomes available.
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| November 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| November 07-09, 2003 |
Shepherdstown, WV
Amnesty International USA - Regional Conference - Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
Visit www.amnestyusa.org/events/mid-atlantic
for additional information as it becomes available.
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| November 07-09, 2003 |
North Birmingham, AL
Amnesty International USA - Regional Conference - Southern Regional Office
Visit www.amnestyusa.org/events/Southern
for additional information as it becomes available.
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| November 08-09, 2003 |
Chicago, IL
On The Road to Abolition: Stop All Executions The Campaign to End the Death Penalty - Third Annual National Convention
The Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St.
We hope you will join activists from across the country for a
weekend of lively panel discussions and workshops.
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS:
This year, the convention will hear from two Death Row 10
members -- Madison Hobley and Leroy Orange (invited), who
were pardoned last year by former Illinois Gov. George Ryan. We
will also hear from veterans of the movement, like Shujaa
Graham, the former Black Panther and exonerated California
death row prisoner, and Darby Tillis, another former Illinois
death row prisoner who was exonerated and freed. We will also
hear from family members of those on death row -- how they
cope, how they fight and how the death penalty affects them.
We are also proud to feature Clive Stafford Smith, director of the
Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, who will speak during the
session on "Race, Class and the Case of Ryan Matthews." Plus
Northwestern University's Rob Warden, executive director of the
Center on Wrongful Convictions, will also join us for a panel
discussion titled "Inside the Police Interrogation Room."
SESSION TOPICS AND FEATURED EVENTS:
Where We Are and Where We're Headed * False Confessions:
Inside the Police Interrogation Room * Paving the Road Ahead *
Race, Class and the Ryan Matthews Case * Sharing Chapter
Experiences * Mothers, Daughters and Sisters of Those on
Death Row Speak Out * Tribute to Costella Cannon
Each session and workshop will be followed by a discussion for
convention attendees to participate in. In addition to these
discussions, we will have sessions on Campaign business.
And keep in mind the convention's Saturday night dinner, which
will be a great way to meet and chat with others in an informal
setting.
For more information: contact our national office at 773-955-4841,
E-mail noreen@nodeathpenalty.org, or visit our Web site at
www.nodeathpenalty.org
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| November 08-09, 2003 |
Boston, MA
Amnesty International USA - Regional Conference - Northeast Regional Office
Boston University
Visit www.amnestyusa.org/events/Northeastern
for additional information as it becomes available.
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| November 27, 2003 |
North America and Worldwide
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day
(fourth Thursday of each month)
Location and time established by participants in each city
Meetup with local activists to discuss Dealth Penalty issues.
So far, 231 Anti-Death Penalty Activists Worldwide have signed up!
Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/ to sign up
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| November 30, 2003 |
International
Cities for Life - Cities Against the Death Penalty
Select a symbolic monument in your City and light it up in a special way to say out loud:
STOP THE DEATH PENALTY
The fight against the death penalty has become an important issue in the
realm of international relations. In much of the world, the struggle is
associated with the search for true justice, which does not seek
vengeance but rather rehabilitation. It also aims at a higher level of
civility and the defence of the human rights of all people, including the
victims of crime and those found guilty of committing them. The battle
against the death penalty is a way for states and society to defend
themselves from the risk of sinking to the same level of those who have
committed serious crimes against others.
In 2002, the Community of Sant'Egidio promoted November 30th as the first
World Day Against the Death Penalty as well as launching the initiative
"Cities for Life - Cities Against the Death Penalty" .
With spectacular initiatives involving the monuments or public squares
that have come to symbolize their towns, and with special efforts to
educate the public, more than 80 cities -- from Santiago de Chile to
Stockholm to Canberra -- participated in the 2002 observance. The city of
Rome chose the Colosseum; in Brussels, it was the Atomium; and in
Barcelona, Cathedral Square was the focus.
Preparations are now underway for the great "World Day of Cities for Life
- Cities Against the Death Penalty 2003."
The organization of events to be televised globally and to be available
on the Internet has already begun for the second "World Day of Cities for
Life -- Cities Against the Death Penalty" November 30th, 2003. Under the
coordination of the organizing committee, each city joining the
initiative before October 30th, 2003 will be able to have its own
contribution featured on the program.
We invite your city and its residents to contribute to the struggle for
civility and to join the "Cities of Life -- Cities Against the Death
Penalty" campaign.
For information on joining the World "Cities for Life - Cities Against the Death Penalty" campaign, contact:
E-mail: m.marazziti@fastwebnet.it
Web Site: www.santegidio.org/en/pdm/index.htm
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| December 01, 2003 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| January 01, 2004 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| January 21, 2004 |
Washington DC
Launch of Stop Child Executions! Campaign
5:30 - 8:00 p.m. AIUSA Washington DC Office, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, 5th Floor
Please join AIUSA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty and Mid-Atlantic
regional activists at an upcoming event to launch Amnesty's worldwide
campaign to abolish the juvenile death penalty.
We will be exhibiting the
work of Toshi Kazama, a renowned photographer from New York, whose pictures
poignantly capture the tragedy of juveniles on death row in the United
States. Mr. Kazama will also recount his own personal experiences in
taking the photographs and meeting these child offenders and their
families.
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP required.
Please RSVP no later
than Monday, January 19th to Eileen Welch at ewelch@aiusa.org with RSVP Launch of Stop Child Executions! Campaign in the subject line.
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| February 01, 2004 |
Nationwide and International
First Fast - Fast for Life Wherever you are on the First Day of Every Month
It doesn't matter where you are! You are all invited to join in a Fast for Life on the first day of each month.
Just whatever you are doing (besides eating) fast to raise awareness about the death penalty!
If a strict fast is difficult or impossible for you, just do juices or avoid animal products or don't eat chocolate!
Then, simply tell folks around you what you are doing and why.
This is an easy as well as spiritual and healthy way to spread some hope and educate at the same time!
Sponsored by individuals opposed to capital punishment
E-mail: firstfast@abolition.org
(Please put "firstfast" in the subject line of your message)
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| February 11, 2004 |
Toronto, ON (Canada)
"Aileen - The Life and Death of a Serial Killer"
plus a special presentation of "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria Universit | |