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Date Event Description

March 10, 2001Dallas, Texas
 
White Rock/Lake Highlands Democrats - Monthly Meeting
Featuring Rick Helperin (Amnesty International) as speaker
CONTACT: Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284
 
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu OR Annette Spanhel (214) 381-7851
E-mail: aspanhel@airmail.net
 

April 02, 2001New England/New York City
 
Amnesty International Group 133 is hosting the 6th annual "Get on the Bus" day of action in New York City, where we will honor and thank representatives of Italy for the country's efforts to abolish the death penalty worldwide.
 
A small select group of various anti-death penalty activists will convene at 12:30pm on Monday April 2 at the Italian Consulate General's offices in NYC to offer a token of appreciation for Italy's efforts in the last few years against capital punishment. We have chosen to thank Italy as a whole, citing specific efforts of various NGO's, active citizens, and certain civic/parliamentary works which have stood out in the death penalty abolition and moratorium movements.
 
Contact: Scott Langley, Death Penalty Coordinator, AI USA Group 133, Tel: 617-497-2565
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html

June 18, 2001Santa Ana , CA
 
Public Witness to Oppose the Execution of Juan Raul Garza and to Support the Victims' Families
 
Juan Garza will be executed on Tuesday morning, June 19th at 5:00 AM Pacific Time. To oppose this execution and support the victims' families, a series of events has been organized by Death Penalty Focus, ACLU, Amnesty International, Orange County Death Penalty Watch, Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, Micah 6:8, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, the Orange County Catholic Worker, and the Sisters of St. Joseph
On Monday, June 18th from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, religious and civic leaders will gather in public witness at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building in Santa Ana. During this time, speakers will share their experiences with the death penalty or their group's stand on capital punishment.
From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, a public witness will occur at Main Place Mall (at the corner of Main St. and Town and Country). The participants will stand in solidarity with all those opposed to the death penalty and more specifically, the execution of Juan Garza. To remember the tragic effect of violence in our society, the names of the victims will be read.
 
For more information about the public witness, vigil, speakers, or participating organizations, please contact:
Catherine Vallejo at (714) 524-2489
E-mail: dpfocc@aol.com
 

July 4, 2001 Nashville,TN
 
March in Opposition to the Death Penalty
 
This event will start at 8 a.m. at the state Capitol. From there, participants will walk north across the Bicentennial Capitol Mall to Jefferson Street, following it west to Hadley Park at 28th Avenue North.
The Hadley Park event will feature the Ross Brothers gospel group and 2 representatives of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, an anti-violence group, speakers will include Randy Tatel of Amnesty International, who will talk about the Death Penalty Institute to be held in Nashville July 20-22, and Brad MacLean, an attorney who represents Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, a Tennessee death row inmate.
 
Sponsored by: the Tennessee Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith peace organization, and the Christian Peacemaker Teams
 

July 17, 2001 Austin, TX
 
Texas-Style Justice?
 
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty will host a public panel discussion about the Yogurt Shop case on Tuesday, July 17 at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place on the University of Texas Campus at the LBJ School's Sid Richardson Hall (26th and Red River), Room 3.111. The panel will feature family members of the three Yogurt Shop defendants, Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, and Maurice Pierce
Ten years ago, four young women were killed in an Austin yogurt shop. After eight years of an investigation plagued with leaks, false confessions, and insufficient evidence, four young men were arrested and charged with the murders. One was released. One, Robert Springsteen, was convicted in spite of a complete lack of physical evidence linking him to the crime and sentenced to death. Two other young men--Michael Scott and Maurice Pierce--are awaiting trial.
Throughout the investigation of the yogurt shop murders and throughout Springsteen's trial, police and prosecutors have engaged in questionable conduct, playing on public horror over the murders to compensate for a lack of evidence linking the men to the crime.
As the recent release of Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger (convicted for a murder they did not commit and exonerated by DNA evidence) shows, Texas' criminal justice system is plagued by police and prosecutorial misconduct. Confessions are coerced, defense is inadequate, and prosecutors play on public fear and outrage to railroad defendants into jail--often all the way to Death Row.
"I'm having an incredible sense of deja vu," said Jeannette Popp, mother of Nancy De Priest, of whose murder Ochoa and Danziger were wrongfully convicted. "It's like watching instant replay. These boys in the yogurt shop case had the same interrogator as Ochoa and Danziger. They have the same prosecutor. And they are getting the same Texas-style justice."
In addition to Popp, Tuesday's panel includes Jeannine Scott, wife of Michael Scott; Lisa McClain, Michael Scott's mother; Annette Castellanos, Maurice Pierce's sister; and Brett Thompson, Robert Springsteen's stepfather.
"These young men have had all of their civil rights violated," said Kathleen Feyh, a member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. "We need to get educated about how our injustice system can lead to wrongful convictions and even executions. We need to raise these questions about the yogurt shop case and speak out against how it's being handled."
The public and news reporters are cordially invited to attend this educational event. There will be time for questions and answers and opportunities for interviews with family members of yogurt shop defendants.
 
For more information, call 512-707-8778 or contact:
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Dana Cloud, 512-731-1025, E-mail: dcloud@mail.utexas.edu
Lily Hughes, 512-494-0667
Jeannine Scott, 512-470-5461

 

July 20-22, 2001 Nashville, TN
 
Amnesty International Death Penalty Institute
A Training School for Death Penalty Activists, Fisk University
Tennessee activists are proud to be the hosts for the 8th annual AIUSA Death Penalty Institute (DPI). This year's theme is, appropriately, crisis and opportunity
 
At a time of crisis (216 executions in 29 months) the Death Penalty Institute is structured to take advantage of a welcome opportunity (lowest statistical support for the death penalty in some 20 years). Our goal is to offer YOU both a networking occasion and an exciting, substantive series of sessions that will empower you to have an immediate impact upon your community.
Schedule and Registration
Friday - Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Penny White will speak at an opening evening reception. (7:00 - 8:30pm)
Saturday - 9:00 - 6:15; break for dinner; A cultural event featuring local artists will take place from 8:00 to 9:30.
Panels
Death Penalty: Race & Social Justice (9:00)
Death Penalty: Historical Framework (2:45)
Workshops AIUSA Training for State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinators (10:30)
Framing Your Message (What messages reach the public. How to convey those messages effectively) (10:30 & 1:15)
Death Penalty Facts - entry level (10:30)
Personal & Interpersonal Effects of the Death Penalty (1:15)
State & Local Death Penalty Advocacy (1:15)
Faith Communities and the Death Penalty (4:00)
Legal Anatomy of a Capital Case (4:00)
10 Things Anyone Can Do to Oppose the Death Penalty - entry level (4:00) Moratorium Strategy and History (5:15)
Restorative Justice (5:15)
Youth Empowerment -entry level (5:15)
Sunday - 9:00 - Noon: There will be a closing session on Strategic Issues, Challenges and Plans for taking advantage of the new climate. This session will split into smaller, "break-out" substantive issue groups and return with reports. Naomi Tutu (Program Director Race Relations Institute at Fisk University)is the closing keynote speaker (12 - 1).
 
Registration will be on a sliding scale basis as follows:
Regular: $30
Fixed Income: $15
Hardship: Full Scholarship
 
To register and for more information including details on panellists and facilitators, contact:
Amnesty International USA Southern Regional Office
RJ Thompson 404-876-5661 ext. 17
rthompson@aiusa.org

 

Aug 24-27, 2001 WA
 
List of Events Marking the Scheduled Execution of James Elledge on August 28, 2001, 12:01 a.m.
 
Friday, August 24 - Seattle - Press Conference
The Archdiocese of Seattle will be holding a press conference to talk about its reasons for opposing the execution of James Elledge.
10:00 a.m. at the Chancery Contact:
Kevin Glackin-Coley, Director of Detention Ministry,
Archdiocese of Seattle, 910 Marion Street, Seattle, WA 98104 E-mail: keving@seattlearch.org
 
Sunday, August 26 - Spokane - Worship Service
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 33rd and Perry, 7:30pm.
This is planned by the church and by the social justice ministry of Catholic Charities.
 
Protests and Vigils
 
Monday August 27 - Longview/Kelso - Vigil
Vigil at the new bridge on the Longview side at 11:00 a.m
Everyone is invited to come and participate in all or part of the vigil, sponsored by Cowlitz County Fellowship of Reconciliation.
Cowlitz FOR will provide signs or bring your own.
Contact Janey Austin 360-431-3094
or Dan Austin-Smith at dsmith98632@yahoo.com
 
Monday August 27 - Spokane - Vigil
7:30pm at the local office of the WA Attorney General, 1116 W. Riverside.
After that brief vigil, there will be a walk to the Community Building at 35 W. Main. The building will remain open until midnight with a video at 9:00, music and readings at 10, and comments on legal elements of the execution from Mary Pat Treuthart at 11:00.
A brief service and lighting of candles just before midnight.
Contact: Rusty Nelson, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane
Community Building, 35 W. Main #120M
Spokane, WA 99201-0107
Tel: 509-838-7870
E-mail: pjals@icehouse.net
 
Monday August 27 - Seattle - Vigil/protest/leafleting
Across from Westlake Mall, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Public welcome.
Sponsor; Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Contact: Mary Robinson (206) 622- 8952
E-mail: mrobinson140@home.com
 
Monday August 27 - Olympia - Vigil
Execution-eve vigil on the steps of the State Capitol Building from 7:00 p.m. Monday evening August 27 to a few minutes past midnight Tuesday morning August 28.
Co-sponsored by WCADP and FOR. Contact: Glen Anderson, Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation
5015 15th Ave SE, Lacey WA 98503
Tel: (360) 664-6252 work, (360) 491-9093 home
or Alice Curtis, (360) 943-4076, E-mail aliscurtis@aol.com
Web Site: www.scn.org/wwfor/DeathPenalty.html

 
Monday August 27 - Walla Walla - Vigil
Death Penalty Forum at Whitman College beginning at 4 p.m.
Vigil at Washington State Penitentiary, site of the execution, approx. 9 PM to midnight.
Contact Kevin Glackin-Coley at 206-382-4236 for more information
 
Monday August 27 - Tacoma - Vigil
the University of Puget Sound will host a vigil for James Elledge on Monday, August 27th at 8:30 p.m. at the Kilworth Memorial Chapel (on N. 18th St. east of N. Union Avenue).
It will be student-led. The vigil is free and open to the public
 
Prayer Vigils

 
Monday August 27 - Seattle - Prayer Vigil
Immaculate Conception, 820 18th Ave. 7pm
Contact: Denise Stewart 206-382-4868
 
Monday August 27 - Bellevue - Prayer Vigil
St. Madeline Sophie, 7pm
Contact Colleen Fox 425-747-6770
 
Monday August 27 - Tacoma - Prayer Vigil
St. Leo, 6pm
Contact Erica Cohen 253-627-2720 or
E-mail ericac@seattlearch.org
 
Monday August 27 - Friday Harbor - Prayer Vigil
St. Francis, 7:30pm
Contact St. Francis Church 360-378-2910 or
E-mail stfrancis@interisland.net
 
Monday August 27 - Lynnwood - Prayer Vigil
St. Thomas More, TBA
Kevin Glackin-Coley at 206-382-4236
 

September 07 - October 07 San Francisco, CA
 
Capital (Culture / Media) Punishment - Witness Room - An Installation by Victor Cartegena
Ampersand International Arts, 1001 Tennesee St.
This is a parallel exibition to the September 12 - October 20, exhibition at the Intersection for the Arts Gallery.
"In Victor Cartagena's mixed-media works, the effect is piercing and poignant." - Sarah Coleman, SF Bay Guardian.
 
Sponsored by Intersection for the Arts
Tel: 415-285-0170
E-mail: andartsf@aol.com
Web Site: www.ampersandintlarts.com
 

September 10-18 Bexley, OH
 
Nightly Vigils to Protest the Execution of John Byrd Jr.
6:00 - 8:00 pm, Governor's Mansion, 358 N. Parkview.
 
Nightly vigils will be held to protest the execution of John Byrd, Jr. (currently scheduled for 10:00 AM on Tuesday, Sept. 18)
 
For status of these vigils given current events, please contact: Michael Manley, Tel: (614) 263-5914
Sponsored by Central Ohioans to Stop Executions
For execution day vigils Click Here
 

September 12 - October 20 San Francisco, CA
 
Capital (Culture / Media) Punishment - An Installation by Victor Cartagena
Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia Street,
Wednesday, September 12th, 6:00 pm - Opening Reception
Saturday, September 22, 2:00 pm - Truthkeepers and Newsmakers:
A Roundtable Discussion of the role the media plays in the most important debates of our times,
Gallery hours: Wed - Sat, 12 - 5 PM; Tues by appointment
 
Cartagena - utilizing sculpture, video, audio collage, and mixed media amassed over 18 months - vividly demonstrates how media-saturated our culture has become and asks where the “truth” can be found in the context of one of our most important human debates – capital punishment.
Adopting the role of a media glutton, Cartegena asks if we, in fact, approach the six o'clock news and the next issue of Time Magazine with the same expectations we have of entertainment media.
A parallel exhibition of Cartagena’s mixed media works will also be on view at Ampersand International Arts.
 
Sponsored by Intersection for the Arts
Phone 415-626-2787
Fax 415-626-1636
Reservations 415-626-3311
Web Site: www.theintersection.org
E-mail: info@theintersection.org
 

September 17, 2001 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, (617) 864-5342
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

September 20, 2001 Dallas, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Dallas Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, Paperback Plus Bookstore, 6115 La Vista Dr., Live Oak at La Vista, 2nd FLOOR (between Skillman and Abrams in Lakewood)
Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

September 23, 2001 Arlington Area, VA
 
Bud Welch to Speak at Bishop Ireton High School
7:00 pm, Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria
The program is free and open to the public.
 
Bud Welch, whose daughter Julie Marie Welch was killed in the Oklahoma City Bombing, will speak about his experiences in dealing with the aftermath of terrorism.
Interrupted Tuesday (9/11/01) in his journey to D.C. for an anti-death penalty rally which was scheduled for that afternoon, Bud Welch watched yet another story of terror unfold on TV screens and relived his worst nightmare, but he remains unshaken in his quest to remove revenge from the equation of responses to the horrific events.
The September 23rd engagement was scheduled prior to September 11, but the events of that day have rendered the topic significantly more urgent.
 
For further information, please contact:
Anne V. Hamilton, Tel: 703-522-7757, E-mail: annet@erols.com
or, Eileen or Dick Melia, Tel: 703-892-6891, E-mail: richard_melia@prodigy.net
 
The program at Bishop Ireton is sponsored by Bishop Ireton High School, Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Arlington; the Arlington Unitarian Church; Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; and MVFR.
 

September 23, 2001 Lexington, KY
 
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Central Chapter Picnic
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Shelter #3 in Shillito Park, Lexington.
 
Please bring a dish to share: baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, potato chips, salad, etc.
The Chapter will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, and soft drinks. A reminder: alcohol is not permitted at Shillito Park.
If you plan to attend, please let Roberta Harding know by e-mailing her at: E-mail: rharding@pop.uky.edu.
Hope to see you there!
 
Web Site: www.kcadp.org/events.htm
For further information and directions, E-mail: Will Warner: tortilla@iglou.com
 

September 23 - 30 NJ
 
Journey of Hope
Churches, colleges and community centers at 25 locations throughout New Jersey.
 
In this period of profound grief for victims of violence at New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium has postponed "Journey of Hope, from Violence to Healing," a statewide speaking tour featuring loved ones of murder victims, originally scheduled for September 23 -30
Call 1-800-257-6204 or visit the web site below for further information.
 
This event was sponsored by: New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium
Contact: Lorry Post, 23 Crane Fly Circle, Cape May, NJ 08204
Tel: 1-800-257-6204
E-mail: Lorry_Post@njmoratorium.org
Web Site: www.journeyofhope.org
or www.njmoratorium.org
E-mail: njdpm@bellatlantic.net
 

September 24, 2001 New York, NY
 
Forum on Capital Punishment: What Are the Political and Ethical Issues
Reception at 5:30pm; Program at 6pm ($15 fee).
Empire State Bldg, 350 Fifth Ave., Room 2925 (between 33 & 34 Sts.)
 
Whatever your views on this critical issue, come join us to learn more about how the death penalty system currently operates: What are the politics of the process? What are the fairness issues? What are the costs to society?
Moderator: Ronald J. Tabak, Special Counsel, Skadden, Arps; Co-Chair, Death Penalty Committee, American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities.
Panelists: Vivian Berger, Nash Professor of Law Emerita, Columbia Law School; General Counsel and Advisory Committee Member, ACLU Capital Punishment Project
Julia Tarver, Litigation Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison; past Secretary, New York City Bar Association Committee on Capital Punishment
Introductions by Eleanor Jackson Piel
Sponsored by The Women's City Club of New York
Space is limited. Preregistration & prepayment are required.
Call (212) 353-8070 or email info@wccny.org to register, & mail checks made out to Women's City Club to 33 West 60th Street, 5th Fl., New York, NY 10023.
 

September 25, 2001 Worcester, MA
 
Sister Helen Prejean at The College of the Holy Cross (Students for Life)
 
1 College St. Box 16A, Worcester, MA 01610
Contact: Peter Ghiloni
E-mail: pghiloni@holycross.edu
 

September 25, 2001 New York City, NY
 
Ethics of Death: the Impact of Ethical Rules in Death Penalty Cases
6:00 - 9:00 pm, at The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street, Tel: (212) 382-6663
CLE Credit: 3 credit hours in ethics. This program provides transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys.
 
Death is different, but does that apply to ethical rules as well? What are the most important ethical rules in death penalty cases? How should they conform to the special practice of death penalty litigation and to care given capital defendants by the medical profession? Are ethical rules to be more or less strictly observed? What are the moral implications for the jurist and physician in the face of growing calls for abolition or moratorium, including judicial distancing, judging against conscience, and judicial compliance or resistance?
 
To register: Call (212) 382-6663; FAX (212) 869-4451;
MAIL to the CityBar Center for CLE, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
or register ONLINE at www.abcny.org
 

September 26 - November 05, 2001 Sante Fe, NM
 
Time for Reflection - a 41-day Vigil in Opposition to the Death penalty
 
A press conference on Wednesday, September 26 at noon at the State Capitol, will kick off a constant peaceful presence at the Capitol until the state's first execution in 41 years.
Forty one (41) New Mexicans will stand vigil, in front of the New Mexico State Capitol, from Wednesday Sept. 26th through Monday November 5th to nurture the service of life, instead of enhancing a culture of violence. Each day from 7am to 7pm, a different New Mexican will sit in a circle of candles to meditate, pray, contemplate, reflect and fast.
The community at large is invited to participate, and support the person fasting, or write comments on the wall of grief and hope that will be present at the site.
 
For more information on this vigil call Dr. V. LaCerva at 505-476-8904
You can also stop at the front of the east side of the Capitol during the vigil to obtain more information, or participate directly
 

September 30, 2001 Birmingham, AL
 
"Corrections" - a film by Ashley Hunt
Critically acclaimed documentary on for-profit private prisons comes to the Sidewalk Film Festival
3:30 p.m. Carver Theater, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, 1631 4th Ave. North
 
Not since 1928 with the end of the convict lease system has Alabama housed prisoners in the "for-profit" sector. This movie uncovers the danger behind mixing corrections with a for profit motive. Come to learn more about the private prison industry and the impact it could have on the State of Alabama today.
The Southern Center for Human Rights will sponsor a reception immediately following the film.
 
Contact Lisa Zahren
Tel: (404) 688-1202
Web Site: www.schr.org

 

October 01, 2001 Los Angeles, CA
 
Moratorium Now! Los Angeles - Next Meeting
 
The next Moratorium Now! Los Angeles meeting will take place on Monday at 7:30pm at the Crescent Heights United Methodist Church in West Hollywood.
The address is 1296 North Fairfax Avenue (Fountain x Fairfax).
(Tel: 323-656 5336)
We will be meeting in the auditorium located upstairs.
Shari Silberstein, an organizer for Moratorium Now! at the Quixote Center, will be present and we can look forward to a very productive meeting.
 
Contact: Elisabeth Tel: 310-393 5969
E-mail: Elisabeth1036@aol.com
 

October 01, 2001 Jacksonville, NC
 
Rally for Robert Bacon
 
A group of prominent Jacksonville citizens will call for clemency for Robert Bacon at a rally on Monday at noon at First Baptist Church (153 Broadhurst Rd. across from the Onslow County Board of Education and near the county fairgrounds.)
Community leaders from throughout the area expect a large crowd to join the call for clemency.
A van to the rally will leave People of Faith Against the Death Penalty's Carrboro office at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning. It will pass through Raleigh.
Anyone wanting a ride to the rally in Jacksonville should call PFADP at 919-933-7567 or E-mail: sdear@pfadp.org.
Web Site: www.pfadp.org

 

October 02, 2001 Raleigh, NC
 
Prayer Vigil for Robert Bacon
 
A prayer vigil for clemency will be held on Tuesday at noon at the State Capitol (Morgan St. side) in downtown Raleigh.
Robert Bacon's case has attracted international attention to the racism that weaved throughout the trial and sentencing and the disproportionate nature of the sentencing between the two defendants. A federal judge says Bacon got ineffective legal representation
 
For additional information, call PFADP at 919-933-7567
or E-mail: sdear@pfadp.org
Web Site: www.pfadp.org
 

October 5, 2001 Worcester, MA
 
Good Thief Gala
The College of the Holy Cross - Hogan Center Ballroom from 6:30-10:00pm
 
Dismas House is hosting our Second Annual Good Thief Gala featuring former Governor Michael Dukakis. Bishop Daniel Reilly will present the Father Jack Hickey Award to the Worcester Legislative Delegation, represented by Senator Guy Glodis and Representative John Binienda. The emcee will be Michael Hussey, Esq., head of the Worcester Public Defenders. Joe O'Brien will be the live auctioneer. The Susan Curtis Spirit Award will be presented to Brother John Doyle of St. John's High School. Also honored with a special lifetime acheivement award are Margaret Guzman, Stephen Meltzer, and Ray Raboin for board stewardship.
Tickets are $50, and $500 for a table of ten.
There will be an open cocktail hour with free drinks/silent auction from 6:30-8:00pm. From 8:00-10:00pm, dinner will be served with during evening's program.
 
Dismas House is a project to reconcile former prisoners to society and society to former prisoners, through the development of a supportive community which sees students and former prisoners living together in a family setting.
 
Contact: David M. McMahon
Dismas House Massachusetts
Post Office Box 30125
Worcester, Massachusetts 01603
Tel: (508)799-9389
Fax: (508)767-9930
Email: dmcmahon32@hotmail.com 

October 05, 2001 NC
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Robert Bacon is now scheduled to be killed by the State of North Carolina at 02:00 am local time.
Click Here for vigil information
 

October 05 - 06, 2001 Charlottesville, VA
 
Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP) - 10th Anniversary Events
 
Virginians Against State Killing (later to be changed to Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty) was formed in the Charlottesville Quaker Friends Meeting House on September 29, 1991,
We have accomplished much through these 10 years, and a decades worth of activism is cause for celebration.
 
On Friday evening (Oct 05) there will be a presentation of the nationally renowned play, "The Exonerated". The Culture Project theater group in NY has agreed to allow us to present this production of actors telling the stories, in narrative, of 10 of the 98 (and growing) people who have been exonerated from Death Rows across the country.
This powerful production first presented in NY was presented at the UN in the spring, and will be presented on Capitol Hill in Washington this October. Among those participating as Readers are poet Rita Dove, writers John Casey and Ann Beattie, film-director Hugh Wilson, Vice-Mayor Maurice Cox, and dean of African-American Studies at UVA Rick Turner. Sonia Jacobs one of the exonorees who spent 15 years in prison- 5 on Death Row in Florida will be in attendance along with John Artis, who was the co-defendant in the Hurricane Carter case, and was released after 15 years in prison, after his innocence was proven.
 
On Saturday we will have our annual conference from 9-4.
Our main focus will be how to keep the pressure up on our legislators and keep our issue in the news. We will hear from professional organizers on how to best get our message across and keep the momentum going in your locale and statewide.
We will also hear from Abraham Bonowitz, Executive Director of Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, who will speak about the national and other states embracing the movement for alternatives to the death penalty. And we will also hear from John Artis, the co-defendant in the Hurricane Carter case, who now works in Portsmouth as a youth counselor.
In the evening we will have our Awards Banquet when we will present Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond and Charlottesville attorney J Lloyd Snook who represented a number of the men on Death Row in the late 70's and early 80's, including Joe Giarratano, with the Joseph M. Giarratano Award for Truth in Action.
Both of these events will take place at the Omni Hotel.
 
For more information, go to our web site www.vadp.org/ or call us at 263-8148 (Charlottesville area) or toll-free at 1-888-567-8237(VADP).
If you or your organization would like to support VADP and the honorees, please consider taking out an ad in the Awards Banquet program booklet. Contact us for information.
 

October 06, 2001 San Antonio, TX
 
Making Your Case: A Message Developement and Media Training Seminar for Anti-Death Penalty Activists
10:00am-4:30pm at the Tried Stone Baptist Church, 2434 East Houston Street
 
Free Media Training for Anti-Death Penalty Activists by the Death Penalty Information Center (Washington, DC)
For attorneys, moratorium coalitions, family members of death row inmates, death penalty abolitionists and anyone else who wants to learn more about using media to strengthen the movement and better publicize local events, cases, and campaigns
Learn how to:
Craft a message that all factions in the death penalty debate can hear
Make your message media friendly without compromising your position
Develop materials that explain your goal, the reasoning behind it, and the reasons it should be adopted
Organize media events
Compose and place opinion or editorial pieces
Formulate and deliver a sound bite and develop relationships with print, TV, and radio journalists
…and more!
Sponsored by the Texas Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Lunch provided.
Rides being organized for folks coming from Austin
 
Please register locally with Lawrence Foster 210-684-4279
or contact Eva Owens at 512-441-8123, E-mail evaowens@swbell.net
 

October 06-07, 2001 Hampton, FL
 
Honoring Stetson Kennedy Event
2:00-8:00pm at the Peace Education Center of the FCPJ Teaching Farm
10665 SW 89th Ave. (C.R. 18)
Tel: (352) 468-3295
 
The Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice proudly presents to author, activist, and folk hero Stetson Kennedy the Dr. Benjamin Spock Peacemaker of the Year Award on the occasion of his 85th birthday.
In light of the recent tragedies and the threat of war being what it is, the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice debated whether to go forth with the celebration to honor the lifetime of fighting racism of author, activist, and folk hero, Stetson Kennedy.
After all, who feels like celebrating with so much potential for even greater destruction and injustice looming over us?
However, celebration feeds us the strength and impetus to keep stepping. We who work for peace and justice need both right now. FCPJ has decided it is important that this celebration go on.
So, we will extend the Honoring Stetson Kennedy event through the weekend until Sunday afternoon, to include an EXPRESSION OF PEACE POTLUCK LUNCH, MUSIC FEST, AND TEACH-IN from 11am - 3pm. on Sunday.
 
For additional information, schedule of events or to register, contact:
E-mail: fcpj@juno.com
Web Site: www.fcpj.org
 

October 07, 2001 Houston, TX
 
Making Your Case: A Message Developement and Media Training Seminar for Anti-Death Penalty Activists
2:00pm-7:00pm SHAPE Center (main building) 3815 Live Oak in the Meeting hall
 
Free Media Training for Anti-Death Penalty Activists by the Death Penalty Information Center (Washington, DC)
For attorneys, moratorium coalitions, family members of death row inmates, death penalty abolitionists and anyone else who wants to learn more about using media to strengthen the movement and better publicize local events, cases, and campaigns
Learn how to:
Craft a message that all factions in the death penalty debate can hear
Make your message media friendly without compromising your position
Develop materials that explain your goal, the reasoning behind it, and the reasons it should be adopted
Organize media events
Compose and place opinion or editorial pieces
Formulate and deliver a sound bite and develop relationships with print, TV, and radio journalists
…and more!
Sponsored by the Texas Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Dinner catered by "NINA".

 
Please register locally with Gloria Rubac at 713-861-5965
or contact Eva Owens at 512-441-8123, E-mail evaowens@swbell.net
 

October 08, 2001 Mesa, AZ
 
Sister Helen Prejean
 
7:00pm, St. Timothy's Catholic Church.
1730 W. Guadalupe Rd. Mesa, Arizona
 
Tel: Ann at 520-884-5507, x12 or Claudia at 520-792-9867
Web Site: www.caadp.org/
E-mail: Ann.Nichols@asu.edu
 

October 08, 2001 OH
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
John Byrd Jr. Execution has been stayed until October the 8th.
Whenever the stay is listed, the state Attorney General will ask the Supreme Court of Ohio to set a new execution date.
Click Here for further information.
 

October 09, 2001 Tucson, AZ
 
"Childhood's End: Juveniles and the Death Penalty" - Talk by Sister Helen Prejean (author of Dead Man Walking)
 
7:00pm, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 1800 S. Kolb Rd. There will be refreshments and music.
A free showing of the movie "Dead Man Walking" will take place Fri., Oct. 5, 7 pm at St. Phillips in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. River Rd. Sponsors still needed to help underwrite the cost of this event. Donors of cookies & punch, too.
 
for more information: call Kathy 520-325-6240
Web Site: www.caadp.org/
E-mail: Ann.Nichols@asu.edu
 

October 10, 2001 Nashville, TN
 
Benefit Concert with Tom Kimmel
8:00 pm, Dark Horse Theatre, 4610 Charlotte Ave.
 
Nashville singer-songwriter Tom Kimmel will perform at a benefit concert to help fund an information campaign on Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman. Abdur'Rahman may become the first African-American to be put to death in Tennessee since 1960. An execution date could be set early this week.
 
Anyone wishing to help can visit www.abu-ali.org, or donations can be sent to:
The Abu-Ali Fund, P.O. Box 121754, Nashville, TN 37212

 

October 12, 2001 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
 
Demonstration for the Abolition of the Death Penalty
 
A peaceful and orderly demonstration for the Abolition of the Death Penalty will be held from 4:30PM to 6:00PM in front of The Federal Couthouse on Broward Blvd.
please let us know if you will participate so we can assure enough signs.
Homemade signs are always welcome! Express yourself.
Please come and help save a life. Bring a friend.
 
Contact: Henri Breitenkam, Tel: (954) 979-6992
 

October 12, 2001 NC
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
David Ward is scheduled to be killed by the State of North Carolina at 2:00 am local time.
Protest Events in 10 Cities Thursday Oct. 11, 2001. Click Here for vigil information
PLEASE CALL Gov. Mike Easley and urge clemency for David Ward. Call 919-733-4240 or 800-662-7952 or Email clemency@ncmail.net.
 

October 12, 2001 Rapid City, SD
 
Bud Welch Speaking Engagement
7:00 pm, at Calvary Lutheran Church, 3402 Cottonwood St.
 
Bud Welch's only daughter, Julie Marie, was murdered in the April 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The retired small business owner will share the story of his own personal journey in the wake of that event.
Mr. Welch will be introduced by Mike R. McNulty of Sioux Falls, who will also facilitate informal discussion with the speaker after the formal presentation. McNulty is a member of a South Dakota group that opposes judicial killing, Interfaith Task Force Against the Death Penalty.
A coffee social will follow the program. Notaries and witnesses will be present to serve any who would like to sign the Declaration of Life. The declaration is a formal, witnessed affidavit by which signatories abjure the death penalty for the killer in the event of their own murder.
A donation is suggested to help defray the cost of Mr. Welch's appearance, but none will be turned away for inability to donate.
 
For more information, contact the Peace & Justice Center at:
(605)882-2822 or sdpjc@dailypost.com
 

October 14,2001 Orange County, CA
 
Orange County Witness Against the Death Penalty
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at the Circle in downtown Orange (Glassell and Chapman)
 
The weekend of October 12-14 is National Weekend of Faith in Action sponsored by Amnesty International USA. Across the nation on this weekend, congregations of all different faiths will publicly declare and celebrate their unconditional opposition to the death penalty. Our local Coalition wants to stand in solidarity by hosting a local event:
Come join us on and the Orange County Coalition Against the Death Penalty on Sunday 14th as we return to the Circle of Orange to raise our voices in non-violent witness against the death penalty.
 
Contact: Jan Urban E-mail: jan.urban@home.com
If you wish to be added to our mailing list, E-mail us at OCDPW@hotmail.com
 

October 14, 2001 New York City, NY
 
"Race, Prisons, and Politics" and "The Death Penalty: A Question of Justice"
 
October 12-14 is Amnesty International USA's ("AI's") National Weekend of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty. The New York Society for Ethical Culture has been observing that weekend annually. The October 14 program at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York, NY will be as follows:
 
At 11:30 am, the Society's Sunday Morning Meeting will feature Robert Gangi, Executive Director of the Corrrectional Association of New York, who will speak on "Race, Prisons, and Politics." Bob will discuss policies and practices of the criminal justice system in New York - how they affect racial issues and how they are affected by political considerations. At 12:45, be a cafeteria lunch, a time for making and renewing acquaintances and socializing.
 
At 1:30, David Kaczynski, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty, will speak about "The Death Penalty: A Question of Justice." David will tell his personal story and will give an ethical analysis of the death penalty.
 
Admission to the morning and afternoon events is free and the public is invited.
Further information is available at the Society's Website, www.nysec.org or by e-mail at office@nysec.org, or by telephone at (212) 874-5210.

October 14 - 21, 2001 PA
 
Death Penalty Moratorium Week in Pennsylvania
 
Sunday Oct 14 Bells will toll to open Moratorium Week between the hours of noon and 1PM. Houses of Worship that do not have bells will dim lights and/or hold a brief service.
Monday Oct 15 White Dog Cafe, Table Talk: Sleeping Giant: Death Penalty in PA, 3420 Sansom St. Information & Reservations: www.whitedog.com/10152001.html Contact: (215) 386-9224
Tuesday Oct 16 District Attorney Candidates Forum,Temple University School of Law, Broad Street & Cecil B. Moore Avenue (All of the candidates for District Attorney of Philadelphia have made known their positions on the death penalty ranging from full support for its use to calls for complete abolition. The issue has become central to the current campaign, and will be discussed at the forum.) Contact: (215) 746-7370 or scotti_r@trc.upenn.edu.
Wednesday Oct 17 Public Forum with William Nieves, former Pa. Death Row Prisoner, at University of Pennsylvania (Amnesty International) Contact: Brian Kelly at(215) 898-4831; briankel@wharton.upenn.edu
Thursday Oct 18 Death Penalty Teach-In at Community College of Philadelphia (Various speakers and panels throughout the day). Contact: Carolyn Birden at (215) 751 8335; cmcb007@earthlink.net
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm ACLU of Pennsylvania 20th Annual Dinner at the Academy of Natural Sciences: "Defending Freedom" - Honoring the Defender Association of Philadelphia for outstanding work in representing individuals facing the death penalty. Reservations accepted through October 10th. Contact: (215) 592-1513 extension 3.
Saturday Oct 20 Rally at Death Row, SCI Graterford, Montgomery County (Southeast Pa.) See separate listing for October 20th
Sunday, Oct 21 Toll bells! Bells will ring to close Moratorium Week between the hours of noon and 1PM. Houses of Worship that do not have bells can dim lights and/or hold a brief service.
 
Contact: PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS
United Against the Death Penalty
P.O. Box 58128, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-724-6120
Fax: 215-729-6189
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org
E-mail: PAUADP@aol.com
 

October 15, 2001 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, (617) 864-5342
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

October 16 - November 10, 2001 London, England
 
"This is a True Story" a theatrical monologue from Death Row, USA
Man in the Moon Theatre, Chelsea
Tickets cost eleven pounds and nine pounds concessionary rate and can be reserved by calling 020 7351 2876
Early booking is advisable due to a substantial amount of interest in the play.
 
The monologue was devised using the narrative of Howard Neal. Howard is mentally retarded man, who has been facing execution in Mississippi for almost 20 years. The only evidence linking him to the murders was a confession, allegedly made to a policeman after more than 15 hours of interrogation. The "confession" was neither written, signed nor recorded.
 
The London season will focus on other issues surrounding the responsibility of the British Government in helping to ensure respect for human rights particularly in these difficult times.
 
Timetable of Confirmed Events: Tues 16th Oct - Opening/Press night - with Jon Snow, Clive Stafford Smith, Jim Craig (Howard's lawyer) and other guests.
Weds 17th Oct - Krishna Maharaj night - hosted by Freshfields with guest speakers
Thurs 18th Oct - Mental Competency - hosted by Amnesty International with guest speakers
Sat 20th Oct - Tracy Housel night - hosted by Amicus with Tracy's UK and US lawyers
Sun 21st Oct - Intern evening - talk given by an ex Reprieve intern on her experiences in a capital defence office in Louisiana and the importance of the work an intern does.
Tues 23rd Oct - Evening hosted by the Howard League for Penal Reform
Thurs 25th Oct Children and the death penalty hosted by Amnesty International with guest speakers including Clive Stafford Smith
Fri 26th Oct Jackie Elliot night - with guest speakers including Jackie's US lawyers and Clive Stafford Smith
Sat 27th Oct - Evening hosted by Human Writes
Sun 28th Oct - Kenny Richey night - with guest speakers
Tues 30th Oct - Evening hosted by Amicus
Weds 7th Nov - Evening hosted by LifeLines
Fri 9th Nov - Evening hosted by Caribbean Justice with Piers Bannister (AI), and Saul Lehrfreund (Commonwealth Caribbean Death Penalty Project)
 
E-mail: Andie Lambecontactreprieve@hotmail.com
 

October 18, 2001 OK
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Alvie Hale Jr. is scheduled to be killed by the State of Oklahoma at 9:00 pm local time. Click Here for vigil information
 

October 18, 2001 VA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Christopher Beck is scheduled to be killed by the State of Virginia at 9:00 pm local time.
Click Here for full vigil information
The 18th of October is the first day of the NCADP Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. The execution site is only about two hours away from Raleigh. A special web site has been set up for conferenece participants interested in supporting the vigil. Please visit: www.uuadp.org/october18.
 

October 18-21, 2001 Raleigh, NC
 
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Annual Conference
 
It has been 25 years since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty and 25 years since the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and its member affiliates have been working to build the constituencies necessary to reverse that awful decision. Come celebrate our accomplishments and learn how you can create more at the NCADP's 25th anniversary conference in Raleigh from October 18-21, 2001.
The theme of the conference is Building Communities of Justice and Hope. More and more, Americans are taking personal responsibility to act to stop our society from killing our own. Communities across the nation are re-evaluating their involvement in the administration of the death penalty and are calling for a moratorium on executions. Now is the time to build on this momentum, to come together, to learn, dialogue, celebrate, plan, and take action.
The conference will start on Thursday, October 18, 2001 with a special plenary session on the movement for a moratorium on executions, a clergy roundtable for African-American community leaders, and time for NCADP affiliates to hold their own meetings.
 
Please note that the State of Virginia is scheduled to execute Christopher Beck at 9:00pm local time on Thurday, October 18th.
The execution site is barely 2 1/2 hrs from Raleigh. A special web site has been set up for those Conference attendees (and others) interested in attending the vigil.
Please visit www.uuadp.org/october18 for informatiom

 
Actor Danny Glover will be the keynote speaker at a march and rally against the death penalty Friday, Oct. 19 at 1:45 p.m. in downtown Raleigh, NC. The march will proceed from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty conference site at the Brownstone Hotel (1707 Hillsborough St.) to Central Prison. It will also make stops at the N.C. Supreme Court, State Capitol, General Assembly, and Executive Mansion. Return transportation will be available.
There is also a rumor that Danny Glover will join the poetry slam and read his own poetry later Friday evening after the march and rally!

The awards dinner Saturday night will feature special guests who you will not want to miss.
Included in the conference will be keynote speeches by Nation journalist Bruce Shapiro; Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking"; and Robert Meeropol, son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children.
The conference will also include a clergy breakfast Friday morning and an interfaith service Sunday morning. "Dead Man Walking" author Sr. Helen Prejean will be on hand.
The conference is cosponsored by People of Faith Against the Death Penalty and North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty.
For complete information, including schedule, registration, travel discounts, hotel accommodation, etc. visit our Web Site: http://www.ncadp.org/html/conference.html
 
If you or your organization would like to be a financial sponsor please contact Steve Dear:
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
919-933-7567
E-mail: sjdear1@aol.com
 
The conference will be preceded by a state-wide speaking tour of North Carolina by the Journey of Hope... from Violence to Healing (see separate Journey of Hope listing in "Upcoming Events").
 

October 19, 2001 Tucson, AZ
6:30-9:00 p.m., 4831 E. 22nd St. Tucson (Unitarian Church hall).
 
CAADP Banquet to Honor Andy Silverman, Abolitionist of the Year
 
Not only plan to attend to honor Andy, but have the opportunity to hear Marietta Jaeger, one of the founders of Murder Victims' Families for Reconiciliation, as she shares her inspiring story about how she has dealt with her 7 year old daughter's murder by reaching out to other victims' families and working for abolition of the death penalty.
The cost of the banquet including a catered Guatealan meal is $35.
Reservations to SOLPAE, c/o CAADP, P. O. Box 42465, Tucson 85733-2465
 
Tel: Claudia at 520-792-9867 or Kathy 20-325-6240
Web Site: www.caadp.org/

 

October 19, 2001 Newark, DE
 
The Mercy Concert - Musicians Encouraging Repeal of Capital Punishment
7:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall, University of Delaware
 
Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty will be putting on "The Mercy Concert" with:
Tom Chapin Mary Arden Collins John Flynn Kim & Reggie Harris The Kennedys Jennifer Kimball Charlie King & Karen Brandow John McCutcheon Tao Rodriguez-Seeger Greg Simon Sonia (of disappear fear) And Special Guest Sister Helen Prejean
Tickets $12 adv./$15 door
Note: 100% of ticket sales go to Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty & Survivors/Families of Murder Victims.
 
Ticket Information: David Broida, Tel: (610) 296-7588
E-mail: dbroida@voicenet.com or
Kevin O'Connell, Tel: (302) -984-3355 E-mail: kjoc@delanet.com
 

October 19, 2001 Raleigh, NC
 
Death Penalty Abolition Rally and March
 
Join the Largest Death Penalty Abolition Rally in NC History
Actor Danny Glover will be the keynote speaker at a march and rally against the death penalty Friday, Oct. 19 at 1:45 p.m. in downtown Raleigh, NC. The march will proceed from the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty conference site at the Brownstone Hotel (1707 Hillsborough St.) to Central Prison. It will also make stops at the N.C. Supreme Court, State Capitol, General Assembly, and Executive Mansion. Return transportation will be available.
In addition to master of ceremonies Danny Glover, speakers will include representatives of state and national death penalty organizations, legislators, religious leaders, students, attorneys, and members of the Journey of Hope... from Violence to Healing, a group of murder victim family members who will be nearing the end of a 17-day speaking tour of North Carolina.
Organizers hope that this will be the largest march and rally for abolition of the death penalty in the history of North Carolina. The powers that be will hear a strong message that the death penalty's time has come - and gone.
The march is part of a four-day 25th anniversary conference of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. This is the first time the conference is being held in North Carolina. Conference cosponsors include North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty and People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.
 
For more information on the conference visit: www.ncadp.org

 

October 20, 2001 Tucson, AZ
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 4831 #. 22nd St. Registration $15 ($10 for CAADP members).
 
CAADP State Conference - "Victims of Execution: A Look in the Mirror."
 
Features include a workshop by Marietta Jaeger, a nationally known victim-advocate and abolitionist; Dr. Brackette Williams, McArthur Foundation Genius Grant recipient/victim family member; Leslie Delk, Oklahoma capital case defense lawyer whose executed client was among those exonerated later by forensic testimony; Jan Christian, leader in the Restorative Justice Project; Andy Silverman, John Salmon.
A pizza lunch contributed by Bob Hirsch, and many surprises
Come and learn about the death penalty. Bring a friend and meet new ones.
For more information, Tel: 520-327-7544
Web Site: www.caadp.org/

 

October 20, 2001 Baltimore, MD
 
Conference: "Murder or Life: Dialogue on The Death Penalty"
Diocesan Center, 4 East University Parkway, Baltimore MD 21218
 
Keynote speaker is Kitty Irwin who prays for the sparing of the life of her daughter's killer, now on death row in Virginia. A panel discussion and fair of prison ministries are included.
The conference is from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., with registration at 8:30 a.m. The cost: $20 includes a box lunch
To print out a registration form, visit www.ang-md.org or www.sudley.com/prismin
Val Hymes, Coordinator, Prison Ministry Task Force, Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
 

October 20, 2001 Montgomery County, PA
 
Rally For A Death Penalty Moratorium
Death Row, SCI-Graterford, 12 Noon - 1:00 PM
 
The Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty is sponsoring a rally for a death penalty moratorium outside Graterford Prison in Montgomery County. This rally is part of the actions and events of Death Penalty Moratorium Week in Pennsylvania. Thousands of people will be demanding an immediate halt to executions in Pennsylvania.
Driving Directions from Philadelphia: Take I-76 West to I-476 North; Follow I-476 North to Germantown Pike West; Take Germantown Pike west to Collegeville; Turn Right onto Route 29 North; Go approximately 2 miles on Route 29; Parking and gathering point will be on the right at the Graterford Ball Field (Montgomery Co. Park), directly across from the Fire Hall.
We will assemble at 11:45 a.m. and march 4/10ths of a mile to the entrance of the prison - Shuttle service will be available.
Bus Departs from Friends Center, 15th and Cherry Street, Philadelphia 11AM Sharp $10 Donation Requested (Pay what you can afford - no one turned away)
To RSVP for the Bus or for information on other local events during Moratorium Week, call 215-724-6120
 
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org
E-mail: PAUADP@aol.com
 

October 20, 2001 Cedar Bluff/Tazewell, VA
 
The First Annual Truth in Action Day -- Benefit & Rally
From 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. For exact directions, please E-mail Tamela@truthinaction.net
 
You are invited to the First Annual Truth in Action Day -- Benefit & Rally.
Expected guests who have already confirmed include John Artis and Father Nolte. Currently, we have invitations out and are waiting for confirmation from Mark Warner and others. A number of high powered people are expected as well as representatives from various activist organizations such as Justice: Denied Magazine. Tamela Carey, who has worked very hard to bring this entire event together, will be there to answer questions about wrongful convictions, and Miranda Barker will be answering questions about the goals and actions of Truth in Action. Other guests include Warden Braxton from Red Onion State Prison and the Sheriff of Tazewell County. Food will be available and there will be music provided by The Messengers.
 
For additional information, E-mail: Barbara Jean Sidg@aol.com, Tamela@truthinaction.net or Miranda@truthinaction.net
 

October 21, 2001 Hollywood, CA
 
Let your voice be heard! Death or Life: Capital Punishment Examined
5:00 pm, Hollywood American Legion Hall, 2135 N Highland Ave.
 
Provocative Performance
Panel Discussion
Open Discussion
Followed by a Reception
Express your opinion. Examine the other side of the issue.
Be informed on the Death Penalty and how it affects our world.
 
E-mail: HellerupS@cs.com
 

October 22-26, 2001 Washington DC
 
Death Penalty Awareness Week
Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets,
 
Keynote Event: Live From Death Row, Wed Oct 24, 8pm Georgetown University ICC 115
(The InterCultural Center (ICC) is located on the northwest corner of the main lawn - head towards the right after entering the main gates. It is a redbrick building with a large redbrick patio in front.)
Speak with Death Row Inmate Live via Speakerphone
Also Speaking: David Bates, Victim of Police Torture and Marlene Martin, Campaign to End the Death Penalty.
 
Other Events:
 
Live Visual Representation of Innocence on Death Row
Monday, Oct 22 11:45-1:15pm in Red Square
 
Interfaith Discussion on Life and Death with University Chaplains
Thursday, Oct 25 7:30 pm Healy 103
 
In addition, displays on the following Pressing Issues can be seen all week long in Red Square:
Innocence, Inequalities, Cruel & Unusual Punishment, Religious Perspectives, and Alternatives to the Death Penalty
 
Sponsored by Georgetown University Campaign to End the Death Penalty, together with Georgetown Solidarity Committe, Amnesty International, Oakhill Tutors, Progressive Coalition & Right to Life
 
Contact: Katie at hydrokates@aol.com
 

October 24, 2001 MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Stephen Johns is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time.
Click Here for vigil information
 

October 24, 2001 Manhattanville, NY
 
Henry Schwarzschild Lecture - featuring Professor Hugo Adam Bedau and David Kaczyinski
 
The Westchester chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union is holding its third annual Henry Schwarzschild Lecture.
The lecturer will be Professor Hugo Adam Bedau (perhaps the leading chronicler and philosopher regarding the death penalty's application in the U.S.). David Kaczyinski, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty will also speak.
The program is at 7:30 and is free and open to the public (including students). There is a reception and food available an hour earlier, with a video of Henry for background, for those who donate $100. or more to support the event (Checks to Westchester Civil Liberties Union).
You can bring your donation on the evening of the event.
 
For exact details on the site, and how to get there, contact Arlene Popkin, at ARPopkin@SoftHome.net
 

October 25, 2001 GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Terry Mincey is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7.00pm local time in revenge for the killing of Paulette Riggs.
Vigil/protest information will be provided as soon as it becomes available
 

October 28, 2001 Des Moines, IA
 
Iowans Against the Death Penalty Annual Meeting
1 p.m. in the lower level of the St. Augustin parish hall (545-42nd Street).
 
Agenda items for the meeting include election of officers, financial report of the organization, and discussing the mission and future activities of the organization
 
E-Mail: iadp_iadp@hotmail.com
Web Site:www.iadp.org
 

October 30, 2001 Concord, MA
 
Amnesty International - Group 15 - Meeting (open to the public)
First Parish, Lexington Road
Contact:
Nancy Lyons
63 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742
Tel: 978-369-6109
E-mail: nancy.lyons@inc.com
 

November 3, 2001 Bothell, WA
 
Building Bridges Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (WCADP) Statewide Conference
9:45 am - 4:00 pm
Cedar Park Assembly of God Church, 16300 112th Avenue NE, Bothell
 
The Steering Committee of the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty warmly invites members and their friends to spend a day learning, teaching, networking and thinking about how to abolish the death penalty in Washington.
 
Featured Speakers
Don Cabana, retired warden of Mississippi's Parchman State Penitentiary, and author of, Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner, in which he describes his rise to warden of the nation's largest prison, and his final turning away from that institution when he could no longer execute the inmates he had gotten to know and befriend.
Kate Lowenstein, National Organizer for Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, whose father, United States Congressman Allard Lowenstein, was murdered when she was nine years old.
 
Workshops
Participatory workshops include:
How to Answer the Hard Questions. Participants will be coached to respond effectively to those questions that abolitionists often have the most trouble handling.
Conditions on Death Row in Walla Walla. Hear from counselors and family members of the condemned what it means to live on death row in Washington State, and what abolitionists can do to improve conditions.
Speaking with Prosecutors and Members of the Media. Attendees will role-play the most effective methods of communicating with those in Washington State who decide whether or not to seek the death penalty and/or have the power to sway public opinion.
Fundamentalist Christians and the Fight Against the Death Penalty in Washington State. Fundamentalist Christians will speak about why they support the stateąs right to take life and what can be done to move them towards an abolitionist position.
Representing Clients who Face Death. Defense attorneys will describe how their clients altered their personal and professional lives, and tell abolitionists what they can do to help ensure that prosecutors do not ask for death.
 
Box Lunch and Conversation with WCADP Committee Leaders.
Light Lunch Provided, $15 Donation Requested
 
DIRECTIONS
Traveling on Interstate 405 north or southbound, use Exit #22, 160th Street. Go west towards Bothell. Turn right onto 112th Avenue, and travel approximately 1/2 mile. The church is located on the right-hand side of the road. www.cedarpark.org/map.htm
Planning to attend, please e-mail mrobinson140@home.com or wcadp@scn.org

WCADP will be commemorating its 15th year and looks forward to this meeting to build bridges with those who have historically supported capital punishment while clarifying strategies with longtime opponents.
 
For more information call: 206-622-8952
 

November 03-04, 2001 Chicago, IL
 
First National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 
You are all invited to the First National Convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. There will be workshops both days and a rally on Saturday night. This convention is for everyone in the abolitionist movement. Please consider joining us!
Convention Highlights
--The questions facing our movement
--What does it mean to be grassroots?
--Making a connection to death row
--The human face of the death penalty: Who is on death row?
--Chapter building: Strategies that work
--"Justice for the Death Row 10" national tour
--The courtroom: A place for justice?
Plus a Saturday night INDOOR RALLY with exonerated inmates, family members of Death row inmates, and activists from across the US.
Housing: A list of accommodations in the area will be mailed to you when you register (see Web Site below for Registration form). Housing with local Campaign members will also be provided.
 
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

 

November 04, 2001 Los Angeles, CA
 
Death or Life: Capital Punishment Examined
5:00 pm, Sportivo, 8471 Beverly Boulevard, Second Floor
 
Provocative Performance
Panel Discussion
Open Discussion
Followed by a Reception
Express your opinion. Examine the other side of the issue.
Be informed on the Death Penalty and how it affects our world.
There is ample free parking. A donation of $10.00 will help defray expenses and will facilitate future programs
 
Contact: Soren Hellerup 323-469-2975
E-mail: HellerupS@cs.com
 

November 05, 2001 Cambridge, MA
1:00-2:00 pm, Institute of Politics Conference Room, First Floor of Littauer at the John F. Kennedy School. 79 John F. Kennedy Street.
 
Life on the Line: Case of an Innocent Death Row Inmate
 
Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Bernard E. Harcourt, formerly an attorney with the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, will talk about his work on the case of Walter McMillian, an innocent man who spent six years of his life on Alabama's death row. Mr. McMillian was wrongly convicted of capital murder in Monroeville, Alabama---the small town where To Kill a Mockingbird was written---and, despite a jury recommendation for life imprisonment without parole, he was sentenced to death on a judicial override by Judge Robert E. Lee Key, Jr.
A portion of the news documentary produced by 60 Minutes on the case will be shown and discussed. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.
Refreshments will be provided.
 
Co-sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights, the Kennedy School's Criminal Justice Professional Interest Council, the Institute of Politics, and the Kennedy School's Criminal Justice Policy and Management Program.
 
For additional information Contact Jennifer Adger, 617-256-435, E-mail JenAdger@aol.com
Web Site: www.nodp.org/madpen
 

November 05, 2001 Boston, MA
 
An evening with an exonerated death row inmate
7:00pm at the Paulist Center, 5 Park Street
 
Paris Carriger was convicted in July 1978 for a crime he did not commit, or even have knowledge of. With his conviction came a death sentence that put him on Arizona's death row for nearly 21 years. After facing six execution dates, Paris was freed January 15th, 1999, and he now dedicates his free years to actively speaking out against the death penalty as well as offering his views on U.S. prison practices and reform, and the judicial system in general
Come hear his thoughts on the criminal justice system and the death penalty.
 
The Paulist Center is located near the Park St. T stop and is handicapped accessible. The event is sponsored by the Paulist Center, the Jesuit Urban Center and Pax Christi, Boston.
For additional information contact: Mairead Nolan at 617 524 4976
E-mail: mnolan@hernandez.boston.k12.ma.us
 

November 06, 2001 Jackson, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Jose Martinez High is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7.00pm local time.
Vigil/protest information will be provided as soon as it becomes available
 

November 06, 2001 Somerville, MA
 
An evening with an exonerated death row inmate and Amnesty International
8:00 to 9:30pm, 58 Day Street, 4th Floor, Davis Square, Somerville
 
Paris Carriger was convicted in July 1978 for a crime he did not commit, or even have knowledge of. With his conviction came a death sentence that put him on Arizona's death row for nearly 21 years. After facing six execution dates, Paris was freed January 15th, 1999, and he now dedicates his free years to actively speaking out against the death penalty as well as offering his views on U.S. prison practices and reform, and the judicial system in general
Come to the Amnesty International Regional Office at 8:00pm to hear Paris's story and to participate in a discussion with him about his experience with the death penalty.
 
Sponsored by Amnesty International Death Penalty Action Team of Somerville and the AIUSA Northeast Regional Office.
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org
Directions to the location are available at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
For additional information contact: Scott Langley, 617-864-5342
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
 

November 06, 2001 Santa Fe, NM
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Terry Clark is scheduled to be killed by the State of New Mexico at 7:00 pm local time, for the 1986 killing of Dena Lynn Gore
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere as it becomes available
 

November 06, 2001 London, England
 
The Death Penalty: From Rage to Reconciliation
5:30 pm, British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace.
 
The Centre for the Study of Global Ethics presents Human Rights Lecture Number One.
Main speaker will be Bud Welch, of Victims Families for Reconciliation.
Bud lost his daughter in the Oklahoma city bombing but campaigns against the Death Penalty.
This is the first of six lectures and is timed to coincide with the execution of Terry Clark in New Mexico.
Mr. Clark's execution will be the first in that state in 41 years and represents a step backwards for a state where the support for the death penalty has generally been on the low side.
 
For additional information, contact Helen Harris
Tel: 0121 414 4986 Fax: 0121 414 4989
Web Site: www.bham.ac.uk/globalethics
E-mail: globalethics@spp5.bham.ac.uk
 

November 07, 2001 Gainsville, FL
 
Moratorium March - Organizing Meeting
4:00pm Catholic Student Center at St. Augustine's Church, across from UF
 
We ask that every organized Floridian abolitionist group try to send two people to this meeting.
In addition, anyone interested in helping to organize this event, including solidarity actions throughout the state, are invited to attend the meeting, and also to join the Walk Organizers discussion group (join even if you cannot make the meeting) by sending an e-mail to: fmwalk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Following the meeting at 6:30 Dale Recinella will give some theological perspectives on the death penalty.
 
For additional information, E-mail abe@fadp.org

 

November 07, 2001 Cambridge, MA
6:00 pm, ARCO Forum, First Floor of Littauer at the John F. Kennedy School. 79 John F. Kennedy Street.
 
The Death Penalty: Come Hear the Verdict
 
Moderator: Carol Steiker, Associate Dean and Professor, Harvard Law School
Presenting the arguments against the death penalty:
Hugo A. Bedeau, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University; Recent Chair, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Stephen B. Bright, Director for the Southern Center for Human Rights; Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Law School
Presenting the arguments in support of the death penalty:
Jeff Jacoby, Columnist, The Boston Globe
David Schaefer, Professor of Political Science, Holy Cross College

Co-sponsored with the Institute of Politics, the Kennedy School's Malcolm Weiner Center for Social Policy, Kennedy School's Criminal Justice Professional Interest Council, the Institute of Politics Student Advisory Committee, Harvard College's Republican Club, and Harvard Students for Prison Reform
 
For additional information contact Jennifer Adger, 617-256-435, E-mail JenAdger@aol.com
Web Site: www.iop.harvard.edu/calendar-forum.html
 

November 07, 2001 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Clemency Hearing - Lois Nadean Smith
 
The clemency hearing for Lois Nadean Smith will be Wednesday, November 7, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. at the main headquarters for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in Oklahoma City.
Ms. Smith will not make an appearance at the hearing.
If you are able to attend, the Department of Corrections is located on Martin Luther King, Jr. adjacent to Mabel Bassett Correctional Center.
 
E-mail: jlstamps@EARTHLINK.NET
 

November 07-09, 2001 Boulder, CO
 
Death Penalty Conference
University of Colorado in Boulder
 
Wednesday Nov 7th
7pm Math 100 Opening Keynote Address Richard Dieter, Executive Director Death Penalty Information Center. Reception to follow in UMC 305 (Dennis Small Cultural Center)
 
Thursday Nov 8th
11am: UMC Forum Room Social Sciences and Trends Towards Abolition Richard Dieter, Michael Radelet
12:15-1:15: UMC Fountain Area (Will relocate to UMC dining area in event of poor weather) Rally: A Moratorium on the Death Penalty Ann Aber, Barry Satlow, Jim Sunderland (There will probably be more speakers)
2pm UMC Forum Room Race, Class and the Death Penalty Richard Dieter, Michael Radelet, Douglas Wilson
7pm UMC Forum Room Death Penalty Debate Bob Grant & Douglas Wilson. Reception to follow in UMC 305
 
Friday, Nov 9th
10am UMC Forum Room Other Perspectives on the Death Penalty Jim Sunderland, Gary Jackson, Dianne Tramutola-Lawson
12pm UMC Forum Room Ethics of the Death Penalty Ira Chernus, David Boonin, Mary Malatesta
2pm UMC Forum Room Mechanics of the Death Penalty Sharlene Reynolds, Steve Bernard, Jim Castle
7pm Math 100 Closing Key Note Address Elisabeth Semel; American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project, Boalt Hall Death Penalty Clinic. Reception to follow in the UMC Aspen Rooms on the second floor of the UMC.
 
For biographies of the speakers, see www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/ACLU
For questions contact Jess Sucherman at sucherma@colorado.edu or aclu_student@hotmail.com
 
For more information or maps, visit the Coloradans Against the Death Penalty Web site at www.coadp.org

 

November 11, 2001 New York City, NY
 
Capital Punishment in Biblical & Modern Times: Moral, Religous, Historical & Legal Perspectives on the State's Power to Destroy Life
1:45 p.m. - Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue (at 80th St.)
 
A panel discussion re capital punishment from moral, religious, historical & legal perspectives in an era of heightened security concerns, the exoneration of death row inmates, the decline in the belief of an afterlife, & the rise of maximum security prisons.
Free and open to the public
Participants: Rabbi David Adelson, spiritual leader of East End Temple, a Reform Jewish congregation in Manhattan. He was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in New York, and has also trained and worked as a hospital chaplain. The Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull, Assistant Minister at the Unitarian Church of All Souls and pastoral advisor to the church's Task Force to End the Death Penalty. Norman L. Greenej, Chair of the Committee on Capital Punishment at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a member of the law firm Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP, and a member of East End Temple. Moderator: Alex Lesman, Chair of the All Souls Task Force to End the Death Penalty
 
For additional information contact: alexlesman@earthlink.net
 

November 13, 2001 Somerville, MA
 
Hugo Bedau, Ph.D., international expert on the death penalty, will be speaking at Amnesty International Group 133's November monthly meeting
7:00 to 9:30pm, 58 Day Street, 4th Floor, Davis Square, Somerville
 
Hugo Bedau is author of many well known and influential books, including The Death Penalty in America (4th ed. 1997). Dr. Bedau is currently Professor Emeritus at Tufts University. He was recently the chairman of the board for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and member of the board for ACLU-Massachusetts. Dr. Bedau offers an intellectual dialogue with concentration on issues in political and legal philosophy as related to capital punishment.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear a renowned scholar and leading voice in the anti-death penalty movement.
 
Sponsored by Amnesty International Death Penalty Action Team of Somerville and the AIUSA Northeast Regional Office.
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org
Directions to the location are available at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
For additional information contact: Scott Langley, 617-864-5342
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
 

November 14, 2001 Broward County, FL
 
Broward County Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty - Monthly Meeting
7:00 pm at Henri Breitenkam's home.
 
Kathy Young will speak on "Forgiveness". Kathy was the victim of a brutal attack.
Baked Ziti, Salad and Refreshments will be provided by The Breitenkams
RSVP to Henri at (954) 979-6992 for directions.
 

November 14, 2001 Jackson, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Fred Marion Gilreath is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7:00 pm local time.
Vigil/protest information will be provided as soon as it becomes available
 

November 14, 2001 Dallas, TX
 
Protest the Killing of Jeffrey Tucker and Emerson Rudd
5:30 - 6:30 pm Wednesday, Northwest corner of Coit & LBJ.
This is a heavy traffic intersection where we hope to make a highly visible demonstration.
A moment of silence will be observed at the end.
Sponsored by TCADP - Dallas (214) 768-3284
Web Site www.tcadp.org
E-mail rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
For information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere in Texas, Click Here.
 

November 14, 2001 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Jeffery Tucker is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1998 killing of Wilton Humphries.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

November 15, 2001 Jackson, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Fred Marion Gilreath originally scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia on November 14th was granted a temporary stay. His killing is now set for 7:00 pm local time Thursday.
 

November 15, 2001 Princeton, NJ
 
Danny Glover at Princeton University
8:00pm, at McCosh 50
 
Danny Glover will be speaking on the death penalty at Princeton University in an Amnesty International event. Mark your calendars. Let's help pack the hall
 
Web Site: http://njmoratorium.org
E-mail: JSMann814@aol.com
 

November 15, 2001 Philadelphia, PA
 
Bin Laden, Bombs, and Bio Attacks... How Does 911 and The War Impact the Anti-Death Penalty Movement?
7:00 pm at The PA Aboltionists Office, 4708 Baltimore Avenue
 
An Informal Discussion
Pizza, beer, and bull session
All anti-death penalty activists invited
 
For more info contact: Terry Rumsey 610-891-6614
E-mail: greenseed2@aol.com
 

November 15, 2001 Memphis, TN
 
Mental Illness and the Death Penalty
7:00 p.m - Room 123, Fogelman Executive Center, University of Memphis
 
Panel discussion on mental illness and the death penalty, with a focus on the case of Abu-Ali Abdur Rahman.
Sponsored by Memphis chapter of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Memphis Affiliate, the American Criminal Justice Association, Univ. of Memphis chapter, and the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center.
 
For additional information contact:
Margaret Vandiver (901) 324-8499
E-mail: vandiver@memphis.edu
 

November 15, 2001 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Emerson Rudd is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time, for the 1988 killing of Steve Morgan.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

November 16, 2001 Kettering, OH
 
"The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Sheppard Case" - book signing
Meet author James Neff, 7:00 pm at Books and Company
 
For more information on the Sam Sheppard case and the book, go to:
www.samreesesheppard.org

 

November 16-17, 2001 Portland/Salem/Eugene, OR
 
Sister Helen Prejean visits Oregon on behalf of Life for a Life 2002
Best known as author of the award-winning book Dead Man Walking, SR. Helen will share stories and relate some of her insight gained whiled traveling the world as an advocate against the death penalty.
The following is a listing of events during her visit.
For tickets or information call 503-249-1556.
 
Friday - November 16
7:30 am - Breakfast at the Heathman Hotel. Join us for breakfast with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Sister Helen Prejean. Tickets are limited to 75 guests.
5:30 pm - Dinner at the Heathman Hotel. This event, hosted by Chancellor Mary Jo Tully, is limited to 50 guests.
8:00 pm - Public Speaking Engagement at First Unitarian Church, downtown Portland. Tickets $12, $8 students.
 
Saturday - November 17
9:00 am - Breakfast, Salem, Goudy Commons.
11:00 am - Public Speaking Engagement, Willamette University. Tickets $5.
5:00 pm - Dinner at the Downtown Athletic Club, Eugene. Join us for dinner to benefit Life for a Life 2002. Tickets are limited to 50 guests.
7:30 pm - Public Speaking Engagement at McDonald Theater, downtown Eugene. Tickets available at the door, suggested donation of $5 to benefit Life for a Life 2002.
 
Web Site: www.lifeforalife.org
E-mail: angela@lifeforalife.org
 

November 17, 2001 Worcester, MA
 
MCADP Chapter Development Conference The Death Penalty in Massachusetts and in the United States: How can you be involved?
Holy Cross - Worcester, Hogan Campus Center, Room 401
 
Program:
10:30 AM Coffee and danish
11:00 AM Introduction: Martina Jackson, Executive director, MCADP
11:15 AM Different ways to form Chapters- Presentation and Questions
11:30 AM Speaker- Robert Meeropol
11:45 AM Invited guests, State representatives: David bunker, James leary, Harold Naughton, Robert "Bob" Spellane
12:15 PM Lunch
1:00 PM The relationship between MCADP and the Chapters... and more
 
Registration by November 12th, Cost $20 (covers registration, refreshments and lunch)
For further information including registration, contact:
Ron Madnick at 1-508-752-5363
E-mail: wcaclum@earthlink.net
Visit the MADPEN Calendar at: www.nodp.org/madpen/
 

November 19,2001 Amarillo, TX
 
Distinguished Lecture series featuring Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and John Artis
7:30 pm Amarillo Civic Center (a reception will be held before the lecture at 6:00 pm at the Bank of America downtown lobby)
 
Rubin Carter, a former professional boxer, and John Artis were arrested in 1966 for the murder of three white men in a New Jersey bar.
The pair were convicted while steadfastly maintaining their innocence.
Rubin Carter, the subject of "The Hurricane," a movie staring Denzel Washington, was released from prison in 1985 and the indictment against him was dismissed. The court ruled Carter's conviction was based on racism rather than reason.
John Artis was offered less jail time if he linked Carter to the murders, but wouldn't lie about Carter's involvement. He was paroled in 1981.
Carter now works the lecture circuit, speaking about literacy, education, wrongful convictions and the death penalty.
Artis is the executive director of Creating Youth Awareness, a group dedicated to counseling and guiding at-risk youth.
 
Tickets are still available at the student service centers on the Washington Street, Amarillo Technical Center, West, and Moore County campuses.
Tickets are $50 for the reception and lecture, $15 for the lecture only, and $7 for AC students.
sponsored by Amarillo College Student Government Association.
The Student Government Association uses the series as a fundraiser for scholarships given each semester.
For more information, call 806-371-5322.
 

November 19, 2001 Seattle, WA
 
"The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Sheppard Case" - talk and book signing
Meet author James Neff, 7:00 pm at University Books, near the Univ. of Washington Campus
 
For more information on the Sam Sheppard case and the book, go to:
www.samreesesheppard.org

 

November 24, 2001 Tucson, AZ
 
Yardsale to Benefit CAADP
 
Donations and buyers are needed for a yard sale in the parking lot of First Christian, corner Speedway and First Avenue.
There will also be items from the church and WILPF, so please mark your items CAADP and the price. Items may be delivered to the parking lot at 7 am.
If you need to leave them somewhere Friday afternoon or evening, Claudia's yard is available at 1240 N. 3rd Avenue or contact gretchenn@mymailstation.com.
 

November 26, 2001 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, (617) 864-5342
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

November 26, 2001 Asheville, NC
 
PFADP-WNC Chapter meeting
 
7:00 - 8:30 pm, at the First Congregational UCC
 
For more information call Scott Barber 828-253-6287,
E-mail: ncvp@bellsouth.net
 

November 26, 2001 Austin, TX
 
Sen. Feingold to speak at UT-Austin
7:30 pm, Hogg Auditorium UT-Austin Campus
 
Senator Russell Feingold, an opponent of the death penalty, will be speaking.
Admission is free. However, they are distributing tickets around campus that guarantee admission if you are there by 7:15 PM.
For more info call UT at 512-475-6630.
 

November 26-30, 2001 Chapel Hill, NC
 
Raising Awareness for the Scheduled Killing of John Rose Hardy
 
Tabling in the Pit at UNC-CH to raise awareness about the scheduled execution of John Rose and collect signatures for clemency and a moratorium on executions in N.C.
Sponsored by UNC Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 
For more information call John Johnson and Brock Towler, 919-914-7102
E-mail: jhj@email.unc.edu or towler@email.unc.edu
 

November 30, 2001 NC
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
John Hardy Rose is scheduled to be killed by the State of North Carolina at 2:00 am local time for the killing of Patricia Stewart.
Click Here for vigil information
 

December 01, 2001 College Station, TX
 
Annual Conference and Meeting of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
College Station - St. Mary's Catholic Center
 
The day will feature Dianne Rust-Tierney of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project in Washington D.C. as keynote speaker. Efia Nwangaza, Amnesty International Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for South Carolina, an expert in community organizing and grassroots activist training, will lead one of the workshops
Workshops will be held on the following subjects: Women on Death Row; The Faith Community Confronts the Death Penalty; Working with Your Local Media, Activist Protests and Civil Disobedience; Innocents on Death Row; Reaching Across Boundries - Building Coalitions and Partnerships; Does Clemency Exist in Texas - Reforming the Texas Parole Board; and The Other Victims - Families and Death Row.
 
Registration fee for the day is $25 ($10 student/low income) if you register before November 1 and $35 ($15 student/low income) if you register after November 1. Make checks payable to the TCADP and mail to Sherry Coombes, TCADP Treasurer, 1604 Garnaas Dr., Austin, Texas 78758.
If you plan to spend an overnight, accomodations are available at conference rates ($48 + tax) at the Aggieland Kiva Inn. Call 979-846-7333
 
For additional information, call Marj Loehlin at 512-327-2159
E-mail mloehlin@jump.net
Web Site: www.tcadp.org/

 

December 04, 2001 Gainesville, FL
 
Annual December Potluck and Holiday Card Signing
5:30 pm Hurley House (pink building in St. Augustine's parking lot)
Sponsored by Gainesville Citizens for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GCADP)
 
You are invited to join us for our annual December potluck and holiday card signing for people on death row! Please bring a friend, a good writing pen, a dish to share and also any moratorium petitions on which you have collected signatures.
This is a good time to learn more about GCADP and how you can get involved in local work to abolish the death penalty and to bring a note of holiday cheer to those on death row
Hope to see you there!
 
E-mail: gcadp@hotmail.com

 

December 04, 2001 McAlester, OK
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Lois Nadean Smith is scheduled to be killed by the State of Oklahoma at 9:00 pm local time for the 1982 killing of Cindy Baillee.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

December 04-06, 2001 Oklahoma City, OK
 
A Lethal Year Please mark your calendars and help get the word out
In protest of the scheduled executions of Nadean Smith and Sahib Al-Mosawi, and in recognition of the end of Oklahoma's most lethal year of executions since statehood, the following activities are being planned.
 
FASTING FOR JUSTICE: Tuesday, Dec. 4 - Thursday, Dec. 6 People are invited to participate in fasting during the time period between December 4 and December 6. Some people may choose to fast for the entire duration of this time period, breaking their fast after the planned execution on Dec. 6. Some may choose to fast for only one day during that time period, while others may choose to fast for one meal per day during all 3 days. This is a personal decision and a personal action.
 
WOMEN CROSSING THE LINE: Tuesday, Dec. 4 outside Mabel Bassett Prison in Oklahoma City
Nadean Smith will be the third woman executed by Oklahoma this year, killing the entire female death row population of our state within the same 12 month period.
There will be a direct action of peaceful civil disobedience outside the prison where female death row inmates are housed; gather there around 4:30 p.m.; the action will take place at 5 p.m.
To emphasize Oklahoma's treatment of women in the criminal justice system (the nation's highest incarceration rate and, presumably, the highest execution rate of women) we hope to have a turnout of women who are willing to be arrested on misdemeanor trespassing charges. They will be bonded out immediately following arrest. In addition to the women being arrested, a large turn out of supporters of either gender is urged.
 
DON'T KILL FOR US RALLY (1): protest outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, 5-6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4. This will be followed by a vigil later in the evening, gathering back at the Governor's Mansion at 8:30 p.m. until the execution has taken place.
 
CROSSING THE LINE FOR AL-MOSAWI: Thursday, Dec. 6 outside the state Attorney General's office, 4545 N. Lincoln, Oklahoma City.
In protest of the last execution of the year--number 18, the highest number of executions in our state in history--people are urged to gather outside the Attorney General's office at 4:30 for a direct action of peaceful civil disobedience to take place at 5 p.m. The year's first action of civil disobedience, with 28 arrests, was the largest. We would like to see this mirrored with an equally large turn out for the year's last action of civil disobedience. 91 total arrests have been made during 2001.
 
DON'T KILL FOR US RALLY (2): protest outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, 5-6 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6. From there, participants are urged to go to the next event (below).
 
GATHERING FOR RECONCILIATION--IN REFLECTION OF THE STATE'S DEADLIEST YEAR (and the most active year for abolitionists).
Voice of Praise Baptist Church on the northwest corner of NE 21 & Kelley (around the corner from the Governor's Mansion--within walking distance for those who will be coming from the Governor's Mansion protest)
State Representative Opio Toure will be the main speaker; everyone is invited to join in public reflection of what this year of unprecedented numbers of executions--and unprecedented shifts in public thinking on the death penalty. There will be recognition of some of the progress that has been made, and of the work still to be done. There will be mournful reflection on all those whose lives have been lost to violence and to executions in this past year. There will be soup available for those who are not fasting, and communal support for those who are fasting until the final execution of the year has been carried out later in the evening. Approximate time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Those gathered will march or caravan back to the Governor's Mansion for the final vigil of the year..
 
FINAL VIGIL OF 2001: outside the Governor's Mansion, 8:30 p.m. until the death has been announced.
 
PLEASE NOTE: All of these plans are subject to change in the event that there are some wonderful developments that would delay or cancel the scheduled executions, which would be our greatest hope. Unfortunately, at this point that does not seem likely.
 
Contact: Mary hulinst@worldnet.att.net
 

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).
 

December 06, 2001 Greensboro, NC
 
North Carolinians Against the Death Penalty meeting
 
10:30 am, Location TBA
 
For more information call Chris Fitzsimon, 919-821-9270
 

December 06, 2001 New York City, NY
 
New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty - Cocktail Reception
To be held at 530 West 25 St. #5 - Third Floor. 6:00 - 8:00 pm,
 
Please join us to honor New York State Senator Tom Duane for his courageous stand on September 17, when he was the only NY State Senator to vote against the hasty and misguided expansion of the NY State Death Penalty.
David Kaczynski, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty (NYADP), will introduce Senator Duane and share his insights on the urgency of renewing our commitment against the death penalty in these uncertain times.
This is a fund-raising event. 100% of your tax-deductible donation will go to NYADP, a state-wide organization dedicated to abolishing capital punishment in New York.
Suggested contributions: $10 for non-members, $20 for members Less is fine, but more is welcome.
Please RSVP by email antidp@aol.com or phone (212) 971-5863.
We can accommodate the first 100 guests, so RSVP as soon as you can.
 
For more information visit: www.nyadp.org

 

December 06, 2001 McAlester, OK
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Sahib Al- Mosawi is scheduled to be killed by the State of Oklahoma at 9:00 pm local time for the 1992 killings of Inaam Al-Nashi and Mohammad Al-Nashi.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

December 06, 2001 Huntsville, TX
 
"Have A Seat Please" - book reading
7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Walker Education Center on 19th Street.
 
Don Reid, an employee of The Huntsville Item for more than 40 years, witnessed and reported on Texas executions for the newspaper and the Associated Press from the mid-1930s to the 1960s. The account of his experiences, originally published in 1973 as a book entitled "Eyewitness," recently was re-released by the Texas Review Press as "Have A Seat Please."
Segments of Reid's book will be read by Dennis Longmire, professor in the College of Criminal Justice at SHSU, and Bill Bridges, chairman of the Department of English.
The book chronicles Reid's experiences as he witnesses 189 executions in Texas' infamous electric chair. It also tells of his evolution from a passive condoner of the death penalty to his militant objection to it.
Books will be on sale in the atrium.
There is no charge for this event, and the public is invited to attend. Donations will be appreciated.
All profits from book sales and all donations will go into the operating-capital fund of the Texas Review Press. Refreshments will be served.
 

December 06, 2001 Lake Forest Park, WA
 
"The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Sheppard Case" - talk and book signing
Meet author James Neff, 7:30 pm at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park Towne Center, 17171 Bothell Way NE (Tel: 206-366-3333).
 
For more information on the Sam Sheppard case and the book, go to:
www.samreesesheppard.org

 

December 08, 2001 Louisville, KY
 
Annual Unity Dinner sponsored by the Ky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Ky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville.
Social hour: 6 PM; Dinner 7 PM
 
This year Cornel West is the Keynote Speaker and the Honorees are J. Blaine Hudson, a U.L professor and activist and George and Jean Edwards, long time members of KCADP and strong death penalty abolitionists.
Please note, Wednesday, November 28, is the deadline for purchasing tickets
Cost $35. Call 502-778-8130 for more information
 

December 09, 2001 Albany, NY
 
Talk and Book Signing with Kathleen O'Shea
 
Kathleen O'Shea, author of Women and the Death Penalty in the United States: 1900-1998 and Women of the Row: Revelations from Both Sides of the Bars will speak at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, 405 Washington Ave. (near Robin ). 10:30 am.
Book signing to follow.
Co-sponsored by the UUS and NYADP.
Call 518-463-7135 for information.
 

décembre 10-14, 2001 Strasbourg, France
 
"Une Semaine contre la Peine de Mort"
organisée ŕ la faculté de droit de l'université Robert Schuman de Strasbourg en partenariat avec ECPM.
English version
 
PROGRAMME (sous réserve de confirmation / non désistement des intervenants):
 
Lundi 10 décembre
De 19H30 ŕ 22H, Amphitheatre # 3:
Ouverture officielle de la "Semaine contre la peine de mort" par la doyenne de la Faculté de droit.
"3 situations différentes dans 3 pays différents: Etats-Unis, Chine, Liban".
Orateurs: Marie Holzman, Sandrine Ageorges.
 
Mardi 11 décembre
De 20H ŕ 22H, Amphitheatre # 3:
Débat autour de la peine de mort avec:
- Michel Taube, président d'ECPM, "Vers l'abolition universelle"
- André Huet, Amnesty International ­ section Strasbourg
- Jean Wiesel, Bâtonnier de Strasbourg, "Justice et Peine de mort"
(Sous réserve : Josiane Bigot-Bloess, présidente de la Cour d'Assise du Bas-Rhin).
 
Mercredi 12 décembre
De 20H ŕ 23H, amphi de 200 personnes
Projection d'un film sur la peine de mort (entrée 20F)
 
Jeudi 13 décembre
De 19H ŕ 20H: présentation d'un documentaire sur la peine de mort
De 20H ŕ 21H30: présentation de la pičce de Théâtre "12 hommes en colčre", interprétée par les étudiants du bureau des arts de l'IEP (entrée 20F)
De 22H ŕ 23H: Concert de Nicolas Galisteo au café "La Salamandre" (entrée 30F)
 
Vendredi 14 décembre
Débat sur les longues peines et l'ouverture vers les peines alternatives avec:
- Jacques Lerouge, ancien condamné ŕ mort et fondateur de l'association APERI
- Carole Saint-Guilain, sociologue
Clôture par le Président de l'université
 
Ensemble contre la peine de mort
Tél. : 01.43.43.90.01
Fax : 01.43.43.91.50
Web Site: www.abolition-ecpm.org
E-mail: mailing@abolition-ecpm.org
 
December 10-14 Strasbourg, France
 
Please note: the following is not a "professional" translation, but a courtesy to English speaking death penalty opponents who may be interested in what is taking place internationally.
version française
 
"Une Semaine contre la Peine de Mort" (A week against the Death Penalty)
organized by the Faculté de droit de l'université Robert Schuman of Strasbourg in collaboration with the ECPM.
 
PROGRAM OF ACTIVITES (subject to confirmation and/or cancellation of some speakers)
 
Monday, December 10th
From 7:30PM to 10:00PM at the Amphitheatre No 3
Official opening of the "Semaine contre la peine de mort" by the Dean of the Faculté de droit.
Subject: "3 different situations in 3 different countries: United States, China, Lebanon".
Speakers: Marie Holzman, Sandrine Ageorges
 
Tuesday, December 11th
From 8:00PM to 10:00PM at the Amphitheatre No 3
Debate about the Death Penalty with:
Michel Taube, president of ECPM: "Towards the universal abolition"
André Huet, Amnesty International section Strasbourg
Jean Wiesel, president of Strasbourg's Bar:"Justice and the Death Penalty"
(Subject to confirmation: Josiane Bigot-Bloess, president of "La Cour d'Assise du Bas-Rhin")
 
Wednesday, December 12th
From 8:00PM to 11:00PM at the Amphitheatre (capacity of 200 persons)
Projection of a film on the Death Penalty (entry fee: 20F)
 
Thursday, December 13th
From 7:00PM to 8:00PM: presentation of a documentary on the Death Penalty
From 8:00PM to 9:30PM: presentation of the play "12 Angry Men", performed by the students of the "bureau des arts de l'IEP" (entry fee:20F)
From 10:00PM to 11:00PM: Nicolas Galisteo in concert at the "café" " La Salamandre " (entry fee:30F)
 
Friday December 14th
Debate on "Long Sentences" and a look on alternative sentencing with:
Jacques Lerouge, who was on death row and founder of the association APERI
Carole Saint-Guilain, sociologist.
Closing by the President of the university.
 
Ensemble contre la peine de mort
Tél. : 01.43.43.90.01
Fax : 01.43.43.91.50
Web Site: www.abolition-ecpm.org
E-mail: mailing@abolition-ecpm.org
 

December 11, 2001 Jackson, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Byron Parker is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7:00 pm local time for the 1984 murder of Christy Ann Griffith.
Vigil/protest information will be provided as soon as it becomes available
 

December 11, 2001 Raleigh, NC
 
Wake County Coalition for a Moratorium Now meeting
 
7:00 pm at NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1300 Annapolis Dr.
 
For more information call Margaret Toman, 919-832-5489
 

December 12, 2001 Oakland Park, FL
 
"Wrongfully Convicted"
7:30 PM, Unitarian Universalist Church, 3970 NW 21st Avenue
 
"Wrongfully Convicted" is a video from the Oprah Winfrey Show. It profiles former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogen who tells of his conversion to abolitionist, Kirk Bloodsworth, Dennis Williams, Gary Gauger, lawyer Bryan Stevenson and Larry Marshall of Northwestern Law School who details his efforts towards exoneration.
Discussion and refreshments.
 
Contact Steve: SERochow@aol.com

 

December 12, 2001 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Vincent Cooks is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1988 killing of Gary D. McCarthy.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

December 17, 2001 Des Moines, IA
 
Iowans Against the Death Penalty (Des Moines metro area) - Organizational Meeting
7:00 pm Visitation Catholic Church
 
All persons interested in working with IADP in fighting any proposed bills to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa are encouraged to join us.
There has been some discussion among some legislators about presenting death penalty bills again this year. One bill may be related to terrorism, the other bill may be related to the murders in Sioux City in August.
Please also pass this message along to others in the Des Moines metro area who may be interested in participating.
 
E-mail: iadp@iadp.org
Web Site:http://www.iadp.org

 

December 17, 2001 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, (617) 864-5342
E-mail: slangley2@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

Jan 03, 2002 Terre Haute, IN
Terre Haute Abolition Network Regular Meeting and Vigil
(first Thursday of each month)
4:30-5:30 p.m. Terre Haute Abolition Network hosts a monthly vigil against the death penalty at the Federal Bldg. at 7th & Cherry.
This is followed (5:45 p.m.) by a Network meeting at United Campus Ministries on the corner of 7th and Chestnut.
Contact: Suzanne Carter
E-mail: matreshka@aol.com
Web Site: www.abolitionnetwork.org
 

January 05, 2002 Ithaca, NY
 
Silent Vigil to end the Death Penalty Sponsored by Ithaca Friends Meeting - Regular Event
(first Saturday of each month)
12:30-1:30 pm, in front of post office corner of Tioga and Buffalo Streets
Every one is encouraged to join in. Posters and flyers on the Death Penalty available.
Contact Barbara Barry Tel: (607) 533-7563
E-mail: fb12@cornell.edu
 

January 06, 2002 Schenectady, NY
 
Death Penalty Talk by David Kaczynski
 
David Kaczynski will speak on the death penalty as a social justice issue at St. John the Evangelist Church, 816 Union Street, Schenectady. 6:00 - 7:15 pm.
Call 518-372-3381 for information.
 

January 06, 2002 El Paso, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - El Paso - Regular Silent Vigil
(first Sunday of each month)
6-6:30 p.m. on the southside of San Jacinto Plaza
Vigils are held in memory of victims, offenders, and the families of both.
 

January 07, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

January 07, 2002 Cincinnati, OH
 
Rally For John Byrd Jr. - Help stop the execution of an innocent man
12:00 noon - Fountain Square, 5th & Vine St. (Next to the Federal Building where the 6th Circuit Federal Court is preparing to make a final decision on John Byrd's appeal.)
 
John Byrd, Jr. needs all the support he can get now. Help us spread the word and bring all the people you can. Together, we can show the Federal Court in Cincinnati and the entire state of Ohio just how much support John has.
Anyone needing a ride down to Cincinnati, please contact:
Dan Cahill, Director
Prisoners Advocacy Network - Ohio
PO Box 218453, Columbus, Ohio 43221
Phone: (614) 261-7140
Email: PanOhio3@aol.com
For more info on John Byrd, visit ACLU-Ohio's death penalty page:
www.acluohio.org/issues/death_penalty/death_penalty.htm
PAN-Ohio and CURE-Ohio (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants-Ohio are organizing this rally with the help of John Byrd's family and local activists in Cincinnati.
 

January 08, 2002 San Diego, CA
Death Penalty Focus San Diego - Regular Meeting
(Normally the first Tuesday of each month)
7:00 PM, California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar St.
Ask lobby receptionist for meeting room number
For information call (619) 255-3873
 

January 08, 2002 Greensboro, NC
 
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) - Regular vigil against the death penalty
(second Tuesday of each month)
4.30-5.30 at Euguene & Market Sts, downtown.
Call Nell at the New Creation Community Presbyterian Church Mission Group at 336-288-8917
 

January 08, 2002 Knoxville, TN
 
Knoxville Chapter of Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK) - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
6:15 p.m. at the Catholic Chancery on Northshore Drive, next to Sacred Heart Cathedral
The group is an interfaith mix of ministers, lawyers and young people, U.T. students, and community members committed to educating Knoxvillians and folks throughout East Tennessee about the death penalty, supporting those on death row, and working towards an eventual total elimination of the state sanctioned killing in Tennessee and around the United States. All are welcome.
For more information contact (865) 540-8348
E-mail: etcask@hotmail.com
 

January 08, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Houston Chapter - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, Suite 312, 3400 Montrose
Contact dpatwood@igc.org or call 713-520-0300, Fax: 713-942-8146 for details
 

January 08, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Action Committee - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian (13th & N Streets).
Contact:
Chris Hartmire (916) 446-0874 or Tommy Clinkenbeard (916) 874-6411
 

January 09, 2002 MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
James Johnson is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time for the 1991 killings of Deputy Les Roark, Pam Jones, Sheriff Charles Smith and Deputy Sandra Wilson.
Click Here for vigil information
 

January 09, 2009 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Michael Moore is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1994 killing of Christa Bentley.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 10, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
 
Monthly Meeting of Santa Barbara - Death Penalty Focus
 
7:00 pm, In the library of Trinty Episcopal Church at 1500 State Street
 
James B. Robertson 805-967-7283
E-mail: robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

January 10, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Amnesty International - Regular Meeting
(second Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:30 pm, Southern Methodist University, room 138, Dallas Hall
Contact Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

January 11, 2002 Raleigh, NC
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - COMMUTED TO LWOP BY THE GOVERNOR EASLEY
Charlie Alston is scheduled to be killed by the State of North Carolina at 2:00 am local time for the killing of Pamela Renee Perry.
Click Here for vigil information
 

January 12 - March 3, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) - Prison Terms
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, 1030 North Olive Road,
(in the Fine Arts Complex, at SE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Boulevard)
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) will present three exhibitions that explore incarceration, the death penalty, and the idea of institutionalized punishment:
Lucinda Devlin's The Omega Suites, Morrie Camhi's The Prison Experience, and Looking into the Collection: Punishment."
 
"The Omega Suites" provides a stark, color portrait of execution chambers across the United States. Lucinda Devlin visited penitentiaries in twenty states during the 1990s, photographing these chilling interiors that bare the reality of capital punishment in thirty indelible, formally exquisite compositions.
 
Morrie Camhi's "The Prison Experience" records the eighteen months he spent with inmates and staff at California's Vacaville Prison from 1987 to 1988. The series approaches the daily life of prisoners and the character of their own humanity that survives in the face of both their sentence and their crimes. It was acquired by CCP in 1999, shortly before Camhi's death.
 
The third exhibition in "Prison Terms" presents a broader survey of how fifteen photographers have documented and interpreted the idea and practice of punishment in the 20th century. "Looking into the Collection: Punishment" is part of an ongoing thematic series designed to complement concurrent exhibitions and showcase known and unknown work by archive photographers and the many artists represented in the CCP print collection.
 
The gallery is open Mon.- Fri., 9 am to 5 pm; Sat.- Sun., 12 noon to 5 pm (CCP is closed for major holidays).
Exhibitions and events are always FREE and open to the public.
Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you direct access to CCP.
 
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)

January 13, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(second Sunday of the month)
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church 1901 N. Douglas
E-mail: hulinst@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: www.ocadp.org
 

January 14, 2002 Greensboro, NC
 
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) - Regular Meeting
(second Monday of the month)
7:00 pm, Presbyterian Church of the Covenant 501 S Mendenhall St. (corner with Walker)
Call Nell at the New Creation Community Presbyterian Church Mission Group at 336-288-8917
 

January 15, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) - Prison Life: A Documentary Film Series - THE FARM: ANGOLA
5:30 pm, Center for Creative Photography, Auditorium, The University of Arizona, 1030 North Olive Road,
 
THE FARM is an exploration of Angola Prison in Louisiana, the biggest maximum-security prison in the country, with the majority of inmates sentenced to life. Directed by Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack. 1998, 93 minutes.
Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you direct access to CCP.
 
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)

January 16, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Jermarr Arnold is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1983 killing of Marie Sanchez.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 17, 2002 St. Louis, MO
 
Eastern Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, 4557 Laclede
Tel: 314-241-8062
E-mail: emcadp@mindspring.com
Web Site: www.mindspring.com/~emcadp
 

January 17, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Dallas Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, Paperback Plus Bookstore, 6115 La Vista Dr., Live Oak at La Vista, 2nd FLOOR (between Skillman and Abrams in Lakewood)
Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

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

 

January 19, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
 
Workshop - Public Speaking on the Death penalty
9:00 am to 3:00 pm, 312 East Sola Street
 
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara Chapter is planning a workshop with Jeff Ghelardi, on public speaking about the Death Penalty.
Jeff, from San Diego, has been involved in death penalty work for a long time and donates his time for these workshops.
 
If you would be interested in participating in this workshop, please confirm your participation by e-mail or phone.
James B. Robertson (DPF SB Chapter) 805-967-7283 E-mail: robertso@math.ucsb.edu

 

January 19, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Saturday of each month)
9:30 am, 180 N. Michigan, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601.
Please call or e-mail for more information
Doug Dobmeyer or Jane Bohman Tel: (312) 849-2279
E-mail: Jane_Bohman@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.illinoismoratorium.org
 

January 21, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Vigil
(third Monday of each month - except February)
12 Noon to 1pm at the State Capitol, North Steps, 11th & L Streets
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty is a Chapter of Death Penalty Focus.
Contact: Georgia Lyga, Vigil Committee Volunteer Coordinator
Voice Mail: (916) 457-7640 E-mail: georgiannl@earthlink.net
 

January 21 - 31, 2002 FL
 
Florida Moratorium Walk for a "Time-Out" on Executions
 
WHO:Anyone who wants a fair and accurate legal system
WHAT:A 143 mile, ten day linear walk
WHEN:Start:Martin Luther King Day (January 21st)
 End:January 31st (Led by Florida death row survivors!)
WHERE:Start:Death Row, at Union Correctional in Raiford, Florida
 End:Office of Governor Jeb! Bush
WHY:To deliver thousands of petitions calling for a moratorium on executions.
HOW:WITH YOUR HELP!
Everyone is welcome!
Anyone can help in ANY of the following ways:
Plan to attend - the entire walk... or just a day or two.
The most important single time to be with us will be January 31st in Tallahassee.
For walk registration information, please visit www.fadp.org/thewalk.htmlor send a message to walkreg@fadp.org.
* Gather Signatures on the NEW moratorium petition: www.fadp.org/moratoriumpetitions.html
* Help spread the word with our flier: www.fadp.org/docs/Flierdraft3.pdf
* Become a sponsor: www.fadp.org/thecall.html
* Help recruit sponsoring and endorsing organizations: www.fadp.org/thecall.html
For additional information, E-mail abe@fadp.org
Web Site: www.fadp.org
 

January 22, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) - Prison Life: A Documentary Film Series - 900 WOMEN
5:30 pm, Center for Creative Photography, Auditorium, The University of Arizona, 1030 North Olive Road,
 
900 WOMEN is a documentary about the Louisiana Correctional Institute which houses the state's most dangerous female prisoners, 75% of whom are mothers and 25% of whom are serving sentences of fifteen years or more. Directed by Laleh Khadivi. 2000, 72 minutes.
Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you direct access to CCP.
 
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)

January 22, 2002 Louisville, KY
 
KCADP Louisville/Jefferson County Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1011 Cherokee Road
New members always welcome
Contact: Ray Schweri
E-mail: joywolf45@aol.com
 

January 22, 2001 Endicott, NY
 
Death Penalty Talk by David Kaczynski
 
David Kaczynski will speak at St. Anthony Church in Endicott, NY. 7:00 pm.
 
Contact: Mcurry@binghamton.edu for information
 

January 24, 2002 Mobile, AL
 
Talk by Gary Drinkard
7:00 pm St. Dominic Church, Murphy Center, 4156 Burma Road
 
You are invited to come and join us to listen to a talk by Gary Drinkard who was released from Alabama's death row.
 
Sponsored by Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty Web Site: www.phadp.org
Contact: Esther Brown 334-499-0003 E-mail: BeEsther@earthlink.net
 

January 24, 2002 Denver, CO
 
Annual CADP Dinner
7 p.m. at Montview Presbyterian Church
 
CADP will present the Abolitionist of the Year award to Bud Welch, whose daughter Julie Marie died in the Oklahoma City bombing. The award honors his courageous opposition to the execution of Timothy McVeigh and his work to end the death penalty.
Michael Radelet, noted sociologist, author and faculty member at CU-Boulder, will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $40.00 per person. Add $20.00 for a private reception with Mr. Welch prior to the dinner. Mail your check today. Send to: CADP, c/o Randy Canney, 1733 High Street, Denver, CO 80218.
 
Web Site: www.coadp.org

January 24, 2002 Starke, FL
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Amos King is scheduled to be killed by the State of Florida at 6:00 pm local time for the 1977 killing of Natalie Brady.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 24, 2002 Jackson, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Ronald Spivey is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7:00 pm local time for the 1976 killing of Billy Watson.

 

January 24, 2002 Lexington, KY
 
KCADP Central Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:00pm, Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane
New members always welcome
Contact: Will Warner
E-mail: tortilla@iglou.com
 

January 24, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
An Evening of Story Telling
7 p.m. in the chapel at Belmont United Methodist Church, Hillsboro Village at Acklen and 21st Ave. South (doors on Acklen across from the post office)
 
Abu-Ali has never had his story told and the people who know him best will share the story of the very real human being that he is.
Linda Manning, Abu's spiritual advisor, and Bill Redick and Brad MacLean, his attorneys, want you to know more about this man's warmth, compassion and generosity.
There is also a great deal of information about his case that has never been considered. We may be on our way to the execution of a person who is very likely innocent, who is mentally ill, and whose case is riddled with prosecutorial misconduct and questionable lawyering.
 
Contact: Susan McBride 615-579-5392
 

January 25, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty,
9:00 am - 5:00 pm. The University of Chicago Divinity School, Swift Hall 1025 East 58th Street
 
Death Penalty to be Debated by National Leaders; Politicians, Religious Leaders, Scholars Offer Diverse Perspectives.
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life is holding a conference that will bring together diverse panels of scholars and practitioners, including Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating and Avery Cardinal Dulles. Panelists will discuss the broad range of views on the death penalty offered by representative faiths and traditions in the United States.
 
For more information or to attend, visit
Web Site: www.pewforum.org/deathpenalty
or call 773-702-6943.

January 25, 2002 Austin, TX
 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bi-Monthly Board Meeting open to the public
09:00 am - 12:00 noon, Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs, Tel: (512) 477-1234
 
Those who are geographically able (anywhere in Texas), are encouraged to attend the quarterly Texas Department of Criminal Justice Board Meetings.
It is important that we have a presence and that they know that we are there, and that we do indeed care about how our prisons are run.
We can change things but it will take organization, teamwork, and determination.
 
Contact: Nancy Bailey
E-mail: nlbailey@EARTHLINK.NET
 

January 25, 2002 Amarillo TX
 
Talk by Sister Helen Prejean
7 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 4100 Coulter St
 
Sister Helen Prejean, a well-known opponent of the death penalty and a powerful speaker will talk about her experiences.
A reception at St. Thomas Parish Hall will follow the talk.
The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the social concerns committee of St. Thomas.
 

January 25 - 27, 2002 Washington, DC
 
The 5th National Conference on Organized Resistence
 
Last year over 1000 people converged on the American University campus in Washington, DC to discuss, share and learn some of the many faces of resistance
Speakers from as far away as Chile and as near as our own DC community will discuss topics ranging from, 'State of the Left; Post September 11th' to 'Hip Hop Activism', 'Feminist Direct Action' to the EcoVillage in Southern California.
Mark your calendars for an inspiring and full weekend of teach-ins, lectures, workshops, sharing, panels, food, community and so much more.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged and table space is going fast ­ so book now. Childcare and lunch will be provided and an on-site IMC workspace and video screening room will be open for all to use.
 
Check the website www.organizedresistance.org for housing and transportation options and a full schedule of events.
E-mail info@organizedresistance.org
 

January 26,2002 Los Angeles, CA
 
Californians for a Moratorium on Executions Community Activist Training.
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ACLU of Southern California/1616 Beverly Blvd
 
California's Death Penalty System Isn't Working - issues:
 * discrimination
 * inadequate representation
 * fatal errors
 
Join us to discuss:
 * more about the problems with the death penalty in California
 * how you can join an exciting new statewide campaign to call for an immediate suspension of executions
 * things you can do in your local community to build support for a how to create an organizing plan
 * tips on conducting direct outreach
 
Lunch will be provided; parking is available in lot behind building.
 
For more information and to RSVP, call Christopher Calhoun at 213-977-5219 or E-mail ccalhoun@aclu-sc.org
 

January 26, 2002 New York, NY
 
RIGHTS ON THE LINE: Consequences and Implications of the USA Patriot Act and Other Anti-Terrorism Laws
A full-day Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program for Attorneys
New York Law School 47 Worth Street, New York, NY
 
Program
9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks - Dana Biberman, Program Chair; President, NYC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
9:15-9:30 Welcoming Remarks - Ron Daniels, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights
9:30-10:30 Overview of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and other Anti-Terrorism Measures
10:30-11:15 Grand Jury Procedure and Ethical Issues in Grand Jury Practice
11:30-12:15 Substantive Rights Of Grand Jury Witnesses and Possible Legal Challenges to Subpoenas
12:15-1:00 The New Government Surveillance Powers
2:00-3:30 Special Considerations for Representing Non-Citizens
3:45-5:00 Panel Discussion: The Changed Legal Landscape Since September 11
 
Registration information is available on line at www.nlg.org/post911
For additional information about the program or about joining the National Lawyers Guild, NYC Chapter, please email nyc@nlg.org.
Financial hardship applications are available (Scholarships and fee waivers awarded by advance application only).
 
NYLS (47 Worth Street) is between Church St. and West Broadway. Take subways 1&9 to Franklin Street; 1, 2, 3 to Chambers Street; A,C,E to Chambers Street; R, N to City Hall.
Presented by The National Lawyers Guild-NYC Chapter, Center for Constitutional Rights, Legal Aid Society of New York, NLG Post 9-11 Project and NY Law School Justice Action Center
 

January 27, 2002 South End/Boston, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team - Team Dinner and Meeting
6:30 pm, Haley House, 23 Dartmouth Street
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882 for directions
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

January 28, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting - CANCELLED
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

January 28, 2002 Williamsburg, VA
 
Virginia Death Penalty Awareness Day - Planning Meeting
9:00 p.m. Ecohouse on William and Mary's campus (Unit L in the Fraternity Complex)
 
We will be meeting to plan for the Awareness Day (Feb 4th) and to brainstorm other ideas for the upcoming semester worth of action.
We'd love to have friends from the Williamsburg community and surrounding areas.
If you need more information or directions, feel free to contact Amy Smith, 757-221-4278
E-mail: aksmit@wm.edu
 
Sponsored by: Students Against the Death Penalty (a student VADP chapter)
 

January 29, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) - Prison Life: A Documentary Film Series - SECURITY, CUSTODY and CONTROL
5:30 pm, Center for Creative Photography, Auditorium, The University of Arizona, 1030 North Olive Road,
 
A Film and Panel Discussion
 
Following four recruits through the Arizona Department of Corrections training academy, and then over their first eight months within the state prison system, this film explores the complex relationship between correctional officer and prison inmate. Directed by Michael Mulcahy. Work-in-progress, 56 minutes.
 
Following the film screening, ANDY SILVERMAN (professor and Director of Clinical Studies at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, where he directs the Criminal Defense Clinic and coordinates the Justice Project) will moderate a panel discussion about prison issues with: ROBIN JOHNSON (former inmate wit the Arizona Department of Corrections), MICHAEL MULCAHY (director of SECURITY, CUSTODY and CONTROL), Pat MANNING (a volunteer with the Alternatives to Violence program), KATHY NORGARD (a practicing psychologist, she is among the founders of the statewide Arizona groups Sanctity of Life: People Against Executions, and Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty) and GLEN PARIN (former warden at Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson).
 
Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you direct access to CCP.
 
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)

January 29, 2002 San Quentin, CA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Stephen Wayne Anderson is scheduled to be killed by the State of California at 12:01 am local time for the 1980 killing of Elizabeth Lyman.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 29, 2002 McAlester, OK
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
John Joseph Romano is scheduled to be killed by the State of Oklahoma at 9:00 pm local time for his role in the 1985 killing of Roger Joel Sarfaty.
Romano's accomplice is scheduled to be executed on January 31st.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 29, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Rally for a Moratorium on Capital Punishment in Oklahoma
South Steps of State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 29 (first execution of the year)
4:30 to 6:00 p.m. (Adjourn at 6:00 p.m.)
 
Preliminary Schedule:
4:00 p.m. Organizers arrive to set up Plaza, P.A. System
4:30 p.m. Welcoming Music Begins
5:00 p.m. Rally begins
Possible Elements
Opio Toure's bill(s) described
VIPs speak for Moratorium
  -Legislative cosponsors of Moratorium Bill
  -ministers/priests/rabbis
  -prominent citizens (reps of co-sponsors)
  -released former death row inmates
  -info Moratoriums other states
FAST FOR MORATORIUM announced, described
ANNOUNCEMENTS Coming Events:
events Jan 31 (2nd execution)
events Feb 5 (3rd execution)
ACTIONS Invited OF Rally Participants:
  -inform your group (leaflets/fliers)
  -generate communications to Reps and Sens
  -write letters to your newspaper(s)
Closing Song 6:00 p.m.
 
Organizing Contact: Nathaniel Batchelder, the Peace House - 405-524-5577
Co-Sponsored by multiple Oklahoma organizations
 

January 30, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Windell Broussard is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1992 killing of Dianna Fay Harris Broussard and her son Corey Harris.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 31, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
The Illinois Death Penalty: Too Flawed to Fix!
Click here to read report.
7:00 PM, The United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St. (53rd and Blackstone)
 
Indoor Rally to mark the 2nd Anniversary of the Illinois Moratorium on Executions!
Keynote speaker: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Other Featured speakers and guests:
Exonerated Illinois death row inmates Darby Tillis, Perry Cobb, Gary Gauger, Steve Smith and Ronald Jones
Exonerated Florida death row inmate Delbert Tibbs
Gricelda Ceja, mother of Raul Ceja - the first person to be sentenced to death after the moratorium was imposed
Family members of the Death Row 10, victims of Chicago police torture
Tim Lohraff, attorney at the People's Law Office
Alice Kim, Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 
Also featuring art by death row inmates in a multimedia presentation, a poetry reading by Delbert Tibbs, Death Row Blues on the harmonica by Darby Tillis, and inspirational song by the Rainbow/PUSH choir!
 
Sponsored by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty.
For more information call call 773 955 4841 visit the Campaign's website at nodeathpenalty.org
 

January 31, 2002 McAlester, OK
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
David Wayne Woodruff is scheduled to be killed by the State of Oklahoma at 9:00 pm local time for his role in the 1985 killing of Roger Joel Sarfaty.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 31, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Randal Wayne Hafdahl is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1985 killing of James Mitchell.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

January 31, 2002 Brazos Valley, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Brazos Valley Chapter - Regular Meeting
(last Thursday of each month)
Friends Congregational Church at 2200 Southwood Drive
Please contact us to confirm the meeting date, location and time
E-mail: tcadpbv@yahoo.com
 

March 01, 2002 Chattanooga, TN
 
Local Activists to Mark International Abolition Day
The event will begin at Miller Park at 5 p.m. and finish with a march to the Hamilton County courthouse
 
The Chattanooga chapter of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK), joined by local activists and members of faith-based communities, will gather on Friday, March 1st to recognize International Death Penalty Abolition Day, and to call public attention to the flaws in the capital punishment system.
 
Contacts:
Larry Ingle (423) 629-5914
Marisa Gwaltney (423) 821-1618
 

February 03, 2002 El Paso, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - El Paso - Regular Silent Vigil
(first Sunday of each month)
6-6:30 p.m. on the southside of San Jacinto Plaza
Vigils are held in memory of victims, offenders, and the families of both.
Contact Johntures@aol.com
 

February 04, 2002 Richmond, VA
 
Virginia Death Penalty Awareness Day - Rally
11:30 outside the General Assembly Building on 9th St. between Grace and Broad Streets.
 
As we have seen lately, the press is eager to cover Death Penalty related events.
Please plan on attending the rally and visiting with your legislator in the afternoon.
At this point the focus is on the Moratorium bill.
Contact 888-567-8237 (VADP) for details.
Web Site: www.vadp.org/events.htm

 

February 04, 2002 Williamsburg, VA
 
Demonstration
12 noon to 1:00 pm, Confusion Corner crosswalk near Merchant's Square
 
In conjunction with VADP's Death Penalty Awareness Day, we will be holding a demonstration.
We will be holding signs and wearing tee-shirts that demonstrate our opposition to the death penalty while engaging people passing by in conversations about the death penalty and the need for a Moratorium in Virginia.
This event is designed to raise awareness, as this location during the lunch hour is a high traffic area for students and tourists.
If you need more information or directions, feel free to contact Amy Smith, 757-221-4278
E-mail: aksmit@wm.edu
 
Sponsored by: Students Against the Death Penalty (a student VADP chapter)
 

February 05, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Green Party of Pima County monthly meeting - Death Penalty Related
7:00 PM at the Northwest Center (2160 N. 6th Avenue)
 
Dr. Braclette Williams, MacArthur Genius Award recipient, will speak about her research related to prisons and the death penalty. She is currently studying the connection between capital punishment and conceptions of safety, violence, vengeance, danger, retribution, and punishment.
Everyone is welcome
 
For more information, call Kathy Norgard 520-325-6240
 

February 05, 2002 San Diego, CA
Death Penalty Focus San Diego - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
7:00 PM, California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar St.
Ask lobby receptionist for meeting room number
For information call (619) 255-3873
 

February 05, 2002 Starke, FL
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Linroy Bottoson is scheduled to be killed by the State of Florida at 6:00 pm local time for the 1979 killing of Catherine Alexander.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

February 05, 2002 McAlester, OK
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAY CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
David Jay Brown is scheduled to be killed by the State of Oklahoma at 9:00 pm local time for the 1988 killing of Eldon Lee McGuire.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

February 06, 2002 Champaign, IL
 
Crime, Compassion & Citizenship: A Critical Look at Capital Punishment
9:30 am, University YMCA, 1001 South Wright St.
 
Workshops, speakers to offer insight on the state of capital punishment
In less than one year, a new Illinois governor will decide the future of George Ryan's 2000 moratorium on the death penalty. On Saturday, Feb. 9, several Champaign-Urbana community groups, led by the University of Illinois chapters of the ACLU and Amnesty International, will hold a conference to address the problems with the death penalty and examine potential solutions and avenues for change.
The conference, entitled "Crime, Compassion & Citizenship: A Critical Look at Capital Punishment," will feature keynote addresses by former U.S. Senator Paul Simon and by Rob Warden, executive director of the Northwester University Law School's Center on Wrongful Convictions.
Drawing together a respected and diverse group of educators, advocates and exonerated death-row inmates, the conference's workshops and panels will examine such topics as race and class bias in capital punishment, the execution of the mentally ill, and the relationship among religion, reconciliation, and the families of victims.
The conference is free and open to the public.
Registration may be done in advance at www.uiuc.edu/ro/aclu/deathpenalty or at the door.

 

February 06, 2002 MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Michael Owsley is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time for the 1993 killing of Elvin Iverson.
Click Here for vigil information
 

February 06-23, 2002 Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD
 
Maryland Moratorium Tour
 
Things are beginning to come together in our efforts to win a moratorium in MD.
We have already scheduled dates for our "Maryland Moratorium Tour," featuring live discussions via speaker-phone with death row inmates.
The schedule is as follows:
Feb 6th George Washington University, Washington DC
Feb 9th Mount Hope Baptist Church, Baltimore
Feb 12th Georgetown University, Washington
Feb 15th 7:00 PM, University of Maryland, College Park
ALL OUT!!! Saturday, Feb. 16th March to Governor Glendening's house at 2 PM (gather at Stamp Student Union at UMD, College Park.)
Feb 17th Johns Hopkins Baltimore
Feb 19th 7:00 PM, Goucher College, Baltimore
Feb 20th 7:00 PM, Loyola, Baltimore
 
Feb. 23rd - ALL OUT MARCH FOR A STOP TO EXECUTIONS IN MARYLAND!!!
1:00 PM, March to SuperMax - gather at Cain field (aka Dunbar HS Field), located between E. Madison and Monument Streets.
Please join family members of death row inmates and activists from across the DC-Maryland area as we march to Maryland's death row to protest the State's plans to resume executions.
After a near 4-year halt to executions, and one year after the Maryland House of Delegates called for a moratorium on executions, Maryland is preparing to resume executions.
We must not allow this to happen. All out to shut down Maryland's death machine.
Moratorium Now, Abolition Next!
 
Sponsored by: Campaign to End the Death Penalty
For more information, contact: 202-726-1151
E-mail: cedp_dc@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.nodeathpenalty.org
 

February 07, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) - Artist's Talk: Lucinda Devlin
5:30 pm, Center for Creative Photography, Auditorium, The University of Arizona, 1030 North Olive Road,
 
Lucinda Devlin will discuss her work in "The Omega Suites": a chilling series that describes execution chambers across the United States. Devlin's photographs have been exhibited widely in the Americas and Europe since the 1970s, including the 2001 Venice Biennale and the 2002 Săo Paulo Bienal. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Aaron Siskind Foundation. "The Omega Suites" was published as a book in 2000 by Steidl Publishers, and is available for book signing and purchase ($29.95 in the CCP Museum Store). Talk sponsored by Tucson Visiting Artists Consortium (TVAC), with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Tucson-Pima Arts Council.
 
Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you direct access to CCP.
 
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)

February 07, 2002 Starke, FL
 
Execution Vigils and Protests -STAYED
Robert Trease is scheduled to be killed by the State of Florida at 6:00 pm local time for the 1995 killing of Paul Edenson.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

February 08, 2002 Angola, LA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Leslie Dale Martin is scheduled to be killed by the State of Louisiana at 6:30 pm local time for the 1991 killing of Christina Burgin.
Vigil Information:
February 6th, 7:00 pm - Gathering outside of Angola
February 7th, 7:00 pm - Prayer vigil outside the Governor's Mansion
February 8th, 5:00 pm - Gatherings outside of Angola and the Governor's Mansion
 

February 8 - 10, 2002 Winter Park, FL
 
Common Ground VIII presented by The Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice
NOW MORE THAN EVER: Building the 21st Century's Peace Movement
February 8th thru 10th, Rollins College, Winter Park
 
Common Ground VIII invites experienced organizers and interested citizens to gather on Friday night to tell their stories of commitment, experience, and hope. On Saturday and Sunday, we will explore and examine our organizing strategies with a critical eye and a creative spirit. We will network, support, and encourage each other in our organizing efforts. We will energize our movements for social and political change.
 
Saturday workshop topics include: Acting Locally in Global Struggles; Political Economy of the War; Social Anarchism and Revolutionary Organizing; Taking on State Government; Local Organizing for a Living Wage; Faith-Based Organizing; Student Organizing; Lessons from Environmental Struggles.
 
For detailed information on the program, including schedule, speakers, sponsors, directions to the college and registration form, visist the FCPJ Web Site at: www.fcpj.org
E-mail: fcpj@juno.com
Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice
P.O. Box 336, Graham, Florida 32042
Tel: (352) 468-3295
 

February 10, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(second Sunday of the month)
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church 1901 N. Douglas
E-mail: hulinst@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: www.ocadp.org
 

February 11, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Panel Discussion: "Executing the Mentally Ill"
7:00pm - Belmont United Methodist Church, 2007 Acklen Ave.
 
Speakers will address issues relevant to the imposition of the death penalty on mentally ill defendants. Two speakers will focus on the case of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, a mentally ill man on Tennessee's death row whose execution date has been set for April 10, 2002.
 
Panelists:
Linda G. Manning, Ph.D., Counseling Psychologist and Director of Women's Center, Vanderbilt University
Mary Ann Hea, Clinical social worker, Metro Public Defender's Office
Edna Tooman, Family member of death row inmate; mother of mentally ill adult son
Brad MacLean, J.D., Co-counsel for Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, a mentally ill individual on death row and the next execution target
Lee Norton, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Expert on mental illness and mitigation in capital cases
Moderator:
Dwight Lewis, Columnist and Editorial Board member, The Tennessean
 
For more information, call (615) 320-7142 or (615) 329-0048
Co-sponsored by a strong contingent of Tennessee organizations and made possible through the Generosity of The Tides Foundation
 

February 12, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Action Committee - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian (13th & N Streets).
Contact:
Chris Hartmire (916) 446-0874 or Tommy Clinkenbeard (916) 874-6411
 

February 12, 2002 Knoxville, TN
 
Knoxville Chapter of Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK) - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
Confirm location via email. etcask@hotmail.com
 

February 12, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Houston Chapter - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, Suite 312, 3400 Montrose
Contact dpatwood@igc.org or call 713-520-0300, Fax: 713-942-8146 for details
 

February 13, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) - Gallery Talk: "The Death Penalty: Unresolved Issues"
5:30 pm, Center for Creative Photography, Auditorium, The University of Arizona, 1030 North Olive Road,
 
Kathy Norgard and Andy Silverman will lead a discussion about how more than ever people are raising concerns about the death penalty--from questions of innocence of death row inmates to the execution of the mentally disabled and juveniles to the lack of legal representation. Kathy Norgard, a practicing psychologist, is among the founders of the statewide Arizona groups Sanctity of Life: People Against Executions, and Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty. ANDY SILVERMAN is a professor and Director of Clinical Studies at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, where he directs the Criminal Defense Clinic and coordinates the Justice Project; he is also board president of the Arizona Capital Representation Project.
 
Convenient parking is available at the Park Ave. Garage at the NE corner of Park Ave. & Speedway Blvd. A pedestrian underpass gives you direct access to CCP.
 
Contact: Sarah Koenig
520-621-7970 (press inquiries)
520-621-7968 (public information)

February 13, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty - Demonstration on University of Arizona Complex
11:30 A.M. to 1 P.M. In front of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP)
 
The CCP currently has an exhibit (Jan. 12 to March 3) entitled "Prison Terms." The photographs in the exhibit stimulate thought on prisons, punishment and the death penalty. Therefore, this seems like is a good opportunity to demonstrate against the death penalty and inform students about the Coalition and its campaign to abolish the death penalty for juveniles.
Help is needed at the demonstration and to make posters. If you can help, call Candy D'Addario at (520) 885-8240.
The CCP is in the University of Arizona arts complex on the SE corner of Park and Speedway. There is parking in the Park Avenue Garage just north of Speedway and there is an underground walkway to the south side. As you come out of the walkway on the south side, the CCP is the second building on the left.
Individuals from Phoenix and other parts of the state are welcome at the demonstration and to come to the exhibit and hear the speakers.
 
Web Site: www.caadp.org/
 

February 14, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Amnesty International - Regular Meeting
(second Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:30 pm, Southern Methodist University, room 138, Dallas Hall
Contact Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

February 15, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

February 15, 2002 Burlington, VT
 
Reception and Book Signing followed by Videos and Discussion
5:00 pm, Peace and Justice Center, 21 Church St.
 
Sasha Abramsky will discuss and sign copies of his just-released book, Hard Time Blues: How Politics Built a Prison Nation.
A reception will be followed by the showing of videos on prison issues and responses. Videos are "Corrections", an innovative documentary on privatization, and "We Are Not Who You Think We Are", on women in prison.
 
Free and open to the public
For further information, contact the Alliance at 802-657-3733
E-mail: info@towardfreedom.com
 

February 16, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Saturday of each month)
9:30 am, 180 N. Michigan, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601.
Please call or e-mail for more information
Jane Bohman Tel: (312) 849-2279
E-mail: jbohman@icadp.org
Web Site: www.icadp.org
 

February 16, 2002 Purchase, NY
 
Death Penalty Symposium
Manhattanville College
 
The day will include an opening address by David Kaczynski, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty; "Capital Punishment and the Poor: A Case Study" from Harry Moses, Producer of '60 Minutes 2' CBS News; A Workshop on New York and the Death Penalty from Nancy Hammond, New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty; A Closing Discussion moderated by the National Council for Community & Justice.
 
There will also be a special student lunch with members of the Manhattanville College chapter of Amnesty International to discuss student involvement in progressive social movements, exhibits and hand-outs prepared by Manhattanville College students, musical guest David Bernz, and a performance of "Not in My Name" by the Living Theater.
 
Registration and Continental Breakfast begin at 8:30, the Opening Address begins at 9:00, and the symposium will close at 4:15 pm.
 
The suggested donation is $20, $10 for students or seniors.
 
More information can be found at our website: www.DuchesneCenter.org/death.htm
Or Kevin Allan, Symposium Coordinator (914)323-5447 allankj@mville.edu
Or Jackie Matuza, Student Coordinator (914)323-5204 matuzaj@mville.edu

 
Sponsored by The Duchesne Center for Religion and Social Justice at Manhattanville College with The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action at Manhattanville College

 

February 16, 2002 Burlington, VT
 
It’s About ‘Time’: Bringing Justice to Vermont Prisons
9 am-5:30 p.m. H.O. Wheeler School, 6 Archibald Street,
 
This one-day event will bring together prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families, students, professionals, and activists from around the state. Conference highlights include a panel discussion on citizen oversight and a frank dialogue with Vermont legislators.
Sasha Abramsky, author of the just-released book, Hard Time Blues: How Politics Built a Prison Nation, will deliver a keynote talk at 9:15 a.m., followed by a series of workshops from 10:15 to 2:30.
Issues to be discussed include mental health, alternative methods of rehabilitation, immigration and detention, custodial sexual misconduct, privatization trends, positive models of incarceration, solitary confinement and control units, and the difficulties faced by prisoners when reintegrating into society.
In addition, a panel on prisons, civil liberties and the terrorism war will feature ACLU Director Ben Scotch and children’s advocate Robert Meeropol. Others scheduled to speak include Robert Appel, executive director of Vermont’s human rights commission; Jamie Suarez-Potts, coordinator of the New England criminal justice program for the American Friends Services Committee; William DiMasco, director of the Pennsylvania Prison Society; and Michael Mushlin, a board member with the Correctional Association of New York.
Though better than many, Vermont’s criminal justice system does have problems, according to the APJ. Citizen's groups cope with issues like poor health and mental health care, transferring prisoners out of state, problems in the parole and furlough systems, unfair sentences, behavioral treatment, lack of meaningful rehabilitation, high telephone and commissary costs, and other policies that unnecessarily cut prisoners off from relatives, friends, and the outside world. The APJ was formed last year to enhance the efforts of existing groups.
 
Free and open to the public, Lunch will be provided. organized by the Alliance for Prison Justice (APJ), a coalition including representatives from more than a dozen groups For further information, contact the Alliance at 802-657-3733
E-mail: info@towardfreedom.com
 

February 16-17, 2002 Orlando, FL
 
Amnesty International - Florida State-wide Meeting
Marks Street Senior Center, 99 E. Marks St. Downtown Orlando
 
No cost (registration required), open to all Amnesty local groups, student groups, and members.
Registration deadline is Friday, February 8, 2002
Dates and times: 2/16/2002 10am to 4:30pm and 2/17/2002 9:30am to Noon.
Contact:
Ray A. Barber at (407) 841-6282 or (407) 841-3900
Email Registration: Cheryl Ellefson at CLEllefson@aol.com
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Number attending:
 
Hotels:
TraveLodge 409 N. Magnolia (407) 423-1671 - $55 per night.
Alternative Housing Available - Please Contact Ray Barber
 

February 17, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Walk in Support of Bill to End Execution of Juveniles
l:00 p.m. Gather at 4th Avenue Catalina Park, 4th Avenue at 2nd Street
 
A walk to the University of Arizona campus mall to educate the community about ending executions of children in Arizona (Senate Bill 1457 which was just introduced in the Arizona Senate this week).
Sister Helen Prejean (author of Dead Man Walking), Casey Espinosa (whose brother was murdered) and others will be featured speakers at the U of A mall conclusion of the walk.
Bring your sign or banner to carry if you have one.
 
For more information, contact: Israel at 520-323-1351 or Wener 520-731-6489
Sponsored by Students Against the Death Penalty
 

February 17, 2002 London, UK
 
Candlelight Vigil Against The Death Penalty
14.30 pm on the corner of King Charles Street and Whitehall, outside the Foreign & Commonwealth offices. The vigil will last for up to three hours.
 
Join us to protest against the death penalty, and the execution of Thomas Miller El which is set for the 21st of February. The empahsis will be on the death penalty in Texas.
We will be asking the public to sign a petition which will be sent to Texas Governor Rick Perry. There will be some placards at the site, but if you are able to bring one along with you, that would be a big help.
The nearest tube station to the venue is Westminster which is on the district and circle tube line. King Charles Street is on the left hand side if approached from the southern end of Whitehall.
Please try to attend this event - We really do need to raise the level of public awareness about what stands for "justice" in the USA. Wrap up warm and hope to see you there!
 
Contact Hester Patrick
E-mail: hessiepatrick@yahoo.com

 

February 17, 2002 New York City, NY
 
Cinema Against Execution
The Award-winning Spanish film "The Back of the World" will have an encore screening in an effort to save the life of a Texas Death Row prisoner.
6:15PM Pioneer Theater, 155 East Third St. (corner of Ave. A).
 
Director Javier Cocuera will be present to discuss the film.
 
Thomas Miller-El, whose life is portrayed in the film has been on death row since 1986 after being convicted of a robbery-murder in Dallas, Texas. He is scheduled for execution on February 21 but his case is now before the US Supreme Court. He is one of the main protagonists of "The Back of the World," which also focuses on the life of a child worker in Peru and on the situation of a Kurdish prisoner of conscience in Turkey. Miller-El's case (see www.nyadp.org for action alert) has attracted worldwide attention, in part due to the film, which has run in cinemas throughout Europe, and was featured at the United Nations Conference Against Racism last year in Durban, South Africa, as an example of racism in the American justice system. Miller-El s attorneys, as well as his supporters, which include Amnesty International, argue that his right to a fair trial was denied when the trial judge allowed the prosecutor to strike potential jurors based on their race. Several black Dallas residents who were excluded from Miller-El s jury have recently come forward to denounce this practice, which was common in Dallas and which was even encouraged in a manual circulated by the District Attorney's office.
 
The 3 segments of the film tell the story of the right to childhood, the right to freedom of expression and the right to life. The film crew traveled to Texas in 2000 to interview death row prisoners and their family members, and they filmed during a month when the state had programmed five executions. The result is the story of an execution told by the condemned's best friend and cell mate (Miller-El), family members of death row prisoners and prison authorities.
 
SPONSORED BY: New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty (NYADP), NYU Law Students Against the Death Penalty (LSADP) and Skylight Pictures
Admission $8.50, Students/Seniors $6
 

February 17, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Evening with Sister Helen Prejean hosted by Helen Rondstadt
7 p.m. St Phillips In The Foothills Espiscopal Church, River at Campbell,
 
A knock-out musical program by social-activist musicians Charlie King and Karen Brandow and the celebrated St. Phillips Youth and Canterbury Choir under the direction of Dr. William Roberts.
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and world-famous anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean (author of Dead Man Walking) will speak on "Why Arizona Must Stop Executing Children." This unprecedented evening of thought, social action and music is co-sponsored by St. Phillips in the Foothills Episcopal Church and SOLPAE (Sanctity of Life: People Against Execution).
A reception with Linda Ronstadt and Sister Helen will follow in the Murphy Gallery. Seating is limited but admission is free and open to the public. Generous free-will donations to support the on-going work of SOLPAE are encouraged.
 
For more information, call Jana Johnson 520-747-7513
 

February 18, 2002 Chicago, IL We are heating up the race with a protest!
 
Abolitionists v. Gubernatorial Candidates
5pm to 7pm at National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan (across from the Museum of the Art Institute)
 
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty is calling an emergency protest against the fact that NOT ONE of the six remaining candidates for Governor of Illinois has the guts to call for death penalty abolition.
This means that a growing percentage of Illinois electorate has NO REPRESENTATION in this race.
This coming Monday night, four (or five) of the six remaining gubernatorial candidates will meet at National-Louis University for a moderated debate about the education system in Illinois. We plan to give THEM an education in grassroots opposition!
Join us for a picket outside the debate to oppose the lack of abolitionist representation and to support IL House Bill 576 to repeal capital punishment in Illinois!
 
Web Site: www.nodeathpenalty.org

 

February 18, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

February 18, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Dallas Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Monday of each month)
7:00-9:00pm, Paperback Plus Bookstore, 6115 La Vista Dr., Live Oak at La Vista, 2nd FLOOR (between Skillman and Abrams in Lakewood)
Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

February 19, 2002 Lucasville, OH
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
John Byrd is scheduled to be killed by the State of Ohio at 10:00 am local time for the 1983 murder of Monte Tewksburyl.
Click Here for information regarding events and vigils at the prison and elsewhere as it becomes available.
 

February 19, 2002 Cleveland, OH
 
Execution Vigil
8:30 am, Old Stone Church, 91 Public Square
 
A vigil sponsored by the Cleveland Coalition Against the Death Penalty will be held in opposition to the execution of John Byrd
 
For information, call David Westcott: (216) 252-6934
 

February 20, 2002 Jacksonville, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED (to Midnight Feb 25th)
Alexander Williams is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7:00 pm local time for the 1986 killing of Aleta Bunch.
Click Here for vigil information
 

February 20, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Telling Stories in Tennessee
7:00 pm, Dark Horse Theatre, 4610 Charlotte Ave.
 
An evening of storytelling about Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman
Linda Manning (Abu's spiritual advisor), Brad MacLean and Bill Redick (two of Abu's attorneys) will tell the story of a man who is Tennessee's next target for execution. The state of Tennessee is prepared to execute Abu-Ali despite serious questions concerning his trial, conviction and sentence.
 
Contact: Susan McBride, 615-579-5392
 
For more information concerning Abu's case go to his website: www.abu-ali.org
 

February 21, 2002 Riverside, CA
Death Penalty Focus Inland Empire Chapter - Regular Meeting
(Regular Chapter Meeting)
7:00 PM, St. Andrews Newman Center, 105 W. Big Springs Road
Contact: Inland Empire Chapter, Watkins House, University of California at Riverside
Voice: 909-788-4662, Fax: 909-788-455
EMAIL: iedpf@yahoo.com
 

February 21, 2002 St. Louis, MO
 
Eastern Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, 4557 Laclede
Tel: 314-241-8062
E-mail: emcadp@mindspring.com
Web Site: www.mindspring.com/~emcadp
 

February 21, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests -STAYED - SCOTUS grants CERT
Thomas Miller-El is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for 1985 killing of Douglas Walker and wounding of Donald Ray Hall.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

February 22, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

February 23, 2002 Newark, NJ
 
The Death Penalty Up Close
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Rutgers Law School, 123 Washington Street
 
A conference featuring panel discussions on Race & the Death Penalty, The Psychology of the Death Penalty and The Death Penalty and International Norms. The keynote speaker is Ivan Solotaroff, author of The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Private Life of the American Death Penalty.
 
Speakers include Tonya McClary, Esq., Domestic Programs Director, National Council to Abolish the Death Penalty; Ron Tabak, Esq.; Lorry Post, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation; Richard Pompelio, Esq. Chairman, Victims of Crime Compensation Board; David Ruhnke, Esq.; Richard Dieter, Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center; Elizabeth DeFeis, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law.
 
This event is free (lunch included), but seating will be limited, so reservations are required. Please call (973) 642-2086, ext. 10 to make a reservation.
Presented by ACLU-NJ in Honor of Black History Month
 

February 23, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Texas Death Row Conditions - Planning Meeting
2 PM, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University in Room 106
(The Law School is located at 3500 Wheeler on the corner of Wheeler and Sampson Streets.)
 
We are all aware of the intolerable living conditions that now exist for the men on Texas' Death Row. Life at the Polunsky Unit has gone from bad to worse since the men arrived there a few years ago.
The Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement is calling on all who are concerned about the critical situation on Death Row to come together and work through unity and determination to end the cruel and inhumane conditions.
Please join us for the first planning meeting and pass the word to others. ALL ABOLITIONISTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED!
 
. Directions: From downtown Houston take Interstate 45 South to the 1st exit south of downtown, Scott Street, and go right (south) on Scott to Wheeler. At Wheeler turn right, or west, and go about 6-8 blocks to Sampson Street. The Law School will be on your right. The parking lot is in the back, off Sampson Street.
Please contact us to confirm your interest in participating in this important meeting and to place items on the agenda.
 
Sponsored by Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
Contact Gloria Rubac, E-mail: grubac@prodigy.net
 

February 25, 2002 Philadelphia, PA
 
New Evidenciary Hearing for Fred Thomas
09:30 am, Room 608, Criminal Justice Center, 13th Street & Filbert Street
 
During the past few months, the Southeast Chapter and the Family & Friends of Death Row Prisoners Chapter have worked diligently on the "Justice for Fred Thomas" Campaign.
Fred is a terminally Philadelphia man on death row, who was being denied an opportunity to present his claims of innocence in the courtroom (prosecutors in Philadelphia, upon hearing that Fred was terminally ill, made every attempt to delay and stall appeals by requesting frivolous extensions.) We joined his family in calling for proper health care for Fred, an opportunity for him to have "his day in court", an investigation into his claims of innocence, and a moratorium on executions. His legal sucessfully requested an expedited evidenciary hearing which is set for Monday, February 25th, beginning at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Willis Berry.
Help us ensure that Judge Berry and assistant D.A.'s Chris Diviny and Andrew Gibson (the prosecutors currently attempting to kill Fred) know that the eyes of the people of Philadelphia (and beyond) are fixed on what happens in that courtroom.
DON'T bring cell phones, pepper spray, or pen-knife keychains, as these items will not be permitted past CJC metal detectors.
DO arrive 30 to 45 minutes prior to the 9:30 hearing time, as long lines are moving even more slowly due to increased security at the CJC.
For an excellent overview of Fred's case, please go to: http://citypaper.net/articles/011702/cs.cover.shtml
 
For additional information, contact:
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death Penalty
Phone: 215-724-6120
Fax: 215-729-6189
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org

 

February 25, 2002 Philadelphia, PA
 
Formation Meeting
7:00-9:00 pm, Southeast Chapter Meeting - Friends Center, 15th Street & Cherry Street
 
Join us as we build a grassroots movement to challenge the death penalty in the Philadelphia area.
 
For additional information, contact:
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death Penalty
Phone: 215-724-6120
Fax: 215-729-6189
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org

 

February 25 - March 01, 2002 Oakland, CA
 
Incarceration - The Last Plantation
This is a double solo show featuring the incredible art of James Anderson and the mind expanding lyrics of The WordSlanger, Prescott-Joseph Center For Community Enhancement Resident Literary and Dramatic Artist Ayodele Nzinga.
 
Artist James P. Anderson has sat in prison, mostly on death row, for the past 22 years. From the prison cells where men are warehoused to die at San Quentin State Prison, his paintings are a reaffirmation of beauty and humanity.
His art is currently hanging at 920 Peralta, at the Prescott-Joseph and is available for viewing every day this week between 1 and 5 pm.
Do not miss this rare chance to see art that other artist hail as extraordinary. Some work is available for purchase all pieces are exceptional.
 
There will be a reception for this event that features the spokenword artistry of WordSlanger as she explores the subject of incarceration and the development of the Industrial Prison Complex in America.
Reception and spoken word show on February 28, at 7:30.
The reception will feature a sumptuous Jamaican buffet.
The event is free to the public. Donations to the Artists accepted.
 
Contact Steve Argue at (651) 645-5347 or steveorchid@yahoo.com

 

February 26, 2002 Louisville, KY
 
KCADP Louisville/Jefferson County Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1011 Cherokee Road
New members always welcome
Contact: Ray Schweri
E-mail: joywolf45@aol.com
 

February 26, 2002 Williamsburg, VA
 
Controversy and the Death Penalty - Flaws in the Judicial System
7:00 pm, Blair 229 on William and Mary's campus (for those not from the college, feel free to contact the coordinator for directions)
 
Professor Douglas will speak about a variety of current issues and concerns with the death penalty, such as the infamous 21-Day Rule and the issue of the execution of the mentally retarded (with the related VA case). He'll be speaking for about 30 minutes, leaving time for questions and discussion. Representatives from Students for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will be on hand to answer questions and discuss group activities and membership as well.
 
contact Amy Smith 757-221-4278. E-mail: aksmit@wm.edu
Sponsored by Students for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (a student VADP group)
 

February 27, 2002 El Paso, CA
 
"Healing the Wounds of Murder"
 
International Abolition Day Events sponsored by Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) with featured speakers:
Page McKean Zyromski, from Ohio, nationally-published author whose elderly aunt was brutally raped and murdered
Jeanette Popp, from Central Texas, mother of Nancy De Priest, who was murdered.
Chris Ochoa, El Pasoan who was wrongfully convicted of Nancy's murder, was threatened with the death penalty, and spent 12 years in prison. Jeanette has asked Chris to begin a chapter of MVFR in El Paso.
 
Lunch Meeting
12:00 to 1:00 pm, Luby's Cafeteria, 3601 N. Mesa
 
Evening talk and reception
6:30 to 8:30, Pavo Real Recreation Center, 9301 Alameda
 
Both events are FREE and OPEN to the public.
Persons interested in joining or supporting MVFR, a national organization, are encouraged to attend. There are no dues for anyone whose family member was a murder victim.
Other supporters are encouraged to join for $25 a year.
 
Contact 915-872-8422 (Center for Peace and Justice) for more information
 

February 27, 2002 Indianapolis, IN
 
Celebrate Life: Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Capitol Building Rotunda, 200 W. Washington
Sponsored by Amnesty International, Indiana Citizens to Abolish Capital Punishment, the Indianapolis Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, and the North Meadow Circle of Friends
 
Alternatives work. Indiana citizens prefer them, and we will be celebrating their use.
Rob Warden, the Executive Director for the Center on Wrongful Convictions, will discuss his experiences in exposing wrongful convictions and how exonerating the innocent can be a catalyst for reforming the criminal justice system.
Steve Schutte, a deputy to the Public Defender of Indiana, who represents people who have been convicted of murder and sentenced to die, will discuss the case of innocence for Obadyah Ben-Yisrayl, who is currently on death row in Indiana.
Amnesty International USA Indiana members will recognize Suzanne Carter, director of the Terre Haute Abolition Network and a facilator of the demonstrations and vigils at the federal executions this past year, as the Indiana Abolitionist of the Year.
Please plan to arrive early and take some time to meet with your representative and senator and let them know of your support for life alternatives and the end of the death penalty.
Join us to celebrate the anniversary of the day in 1847 on which the state of Michigan officially became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish the death penalty.
 
Contact: Karen Burkhart (317) 839-1618 Web Site: www.icacp.org
E-mail: info@icacp.org
 

February 27, 2002 Seattle, WA
 
Abolition Day Dinner - Annual Benefit for the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
6:00 - 10:00 pm, Town Hall at 8th Ave. and Seneca.
 
This year our keynote address will be given by Stephen Bright. The Abolitionist of the Year Award will be presented to "Speedy" Rice of Gonzaga Law School. The Ruth Evans Volunteer of the Year Award will be presented to Jeanette Howard.
Sponsored by: Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
 
Contact: Megan Davis (206) 622.8952
Web Site: www.abolishdeathpenalty.org
E-mail: info@abolishdeathpenalty.org
 

February 28, 2002 Lexington, KY
 
KCADP Central Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:00pm, Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane
New members always welcome
Contact: Will Warner
E-mail: tortilla@iglou.com
Web Site: www.kcadp.org
 

February 28, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAY LIFTED
Monty Delk is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1986 killing of Gene Olan Allen II.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

February 28, 2002 Brazos Valley, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Brazos Valley Chapter - Regular Meeting
(last Thursday of each month)
Friends Congregational Church at 2200 Southwood Drive
Please contact us to confirm the meeting date, location and time
E-mail: tcadpbv@yahoo.com
 

March 01, 2002 Anchorage, AK
 
International Death Penalty Abolition Day Event
5:00 - 7:00 pm, Town Square
Sponsored by Alaskans Against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International
 
Join your neighbors and special speakers at Town Square in Anchorage to remember the victims of violent crime and their survivors; to remember those killed by state sanctioned violence -- guily or not -- and their survivors; and to join with others throughout our world to work for peace, justice and alternatives to the death penalty.
 
Contact: Mary Grisco 907-258-2296 Web Site: www.aadp.info
E-mail: megrisco@ak.net
 

March 01, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
International Abolition Day - Demonstartion of Solidarity
4:30 - 6:00 pm, Federal Building, 300 W Congress.
 
In Tucson on Friday we will continue our tradition of marking the International Day for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, March 1, by standing in solidarity with efforts wordlwide to END EXECUTION! International Abolition Day celebrates 155 years since the state of Michigan became the first English- speaking government in the world to abolish capital punishment. We will stand in front of the federal building downtown, holding banners and signs and reminding people as they drive home that civilized people all over the world are bewildered and disturbed that many states in the US, including Arizona, still continue this barbaric practice.
Try to arrive early, but join us as you can. RSVP to help us anticipate the number of signs to bring. You can also pick up from us a petition to circulate, or find out about other action to stop executions forever in our state.
See you there.
E-mail: Katherine Norgard

 

March 01, 2002 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
 
Vigil for International Death Penalty Abolition Day
4:45 to 6:00 pm in front of the Federal Courthouse on East Broward Blvd.
 
March 1, International Death Penalty Abolition Day, marks the anniversary of the date in 1847 in which the State of Michigan officially became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish capital punishment.
It is a day to remember the victims of violent crime and their survivors; it is a day to remember those killed by state sanctioned violence - guilty or not- and their survivors; and it is a day for intensified education and action for alternatives to the death penalty.
 
Sponsored by Broward FADP
Contact: Steve, E-mail: serochow@aol.com
 

March 01, 2002 Lincoln, NB
 
International Abolition Day
7:00 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, 16th and A Street.
 
International Death Penalty Abolition Day, March 1, 2002, celebrates the anniversary of the date that the State of Michigan abolished the death penalty. It will be marked by events and actions held by abolition groups worldwide.
The Faith Committee of NADP invites you to attend an Abolition Day prayer service
 
E-mail: mewfelion@juno.com

 

March 01, 2002 Paris, France
 
International Abolition Day
 
An evening is organized tomorrow night in Paris to mark International Abolition Day.
Various artists will be reading some specific literature about DP, others will sing and most will gather to discuss future actions...
 
Contact: Sandrine
E-mail: ageorges.sandrine@WANADOO.FR

 

March 01, 2002 Columbus, OH
 
International Abolition Day - Rally
5-6:30pm, Riffe Tower, 77 South High Street (across from the Statehouse)
 
Let us act in the spirit of the early abolitionists and make a big showing downtown to abolish the death penalty with the message - Death Penalty Moratorium Now! Stop Bob Taft before he kills again! We will not forget John Byrd!
 
For more information, call Gary Witte 614-443-6044 or the Free Press 614-253-2571
 

March 01, 2002 Erie, PA
 
Silent Vigil marking International Abolition Day
Outside the Local Office of the Governor
 
The first friday of each month (tomorrow will mark the 26th consecutive month) we stand in front of the building in which the governor of PA has his local office. We only stay one half hour--in silence--holding banners and the STOP signs with Stop ....
March 1st we will hand out flyers marking the 155th anniversary of abolition.
 
Sister Marlene Bertke, OSB
Benedictines for Peace

 

March 01, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Press Conference and Outdoor Forum - International Abolition Day Highlighting Tennessee's Political History
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. War Memorial Plaza (outside)
 
Confirmed guests include Kristi Smith (Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation) whose father was murdered and who opposes the death penalty, Regina Hockett (Yes MAM) whose daughter was a murder victim in 1995, and local songwriter/performer Michael Kelsh.
 
The theme will focus on Tennessee's rich history of opposition to the death penalty focusing on the work of Governors Henry Horton (1927-33) and Frank Clement (1965) and state Senator J.A. Clement (1915).
 
Co-sponsored by The Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing and Amnesty International.
 
Contact Randy Tatel 615-329-0048
 

March 01, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
National Abolition Day Gathering
7:00 - 9:00 pm, Dallas Peace Center, Peak at Bryan
Sponsored by The Dallas Peace Center
 
We will have a gathering to mark the abolition of the death penalty in Michigan. It will be informal, and everyone is welcome
 
Contact: Ellen Danielson
Web Site: www.dallaspeacecenter.org
E-mail: admin@dallaspeacecenter.org
 

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)
 

March 01, 2002 Anchorage, AK
 
Alaskans Against the Death Penalty - Annual Meeting and Dinner
8:00 pm, Snow City Cafe, 1034 W. 4th
Sponsored by Alaskans Against the Death Penalty
 
Update of activities, election of officers, and special speaker, Speedy Rice, who will talk about "recent developements in the executions of the mentally retarded and of juveniles."
Dinner is $25 per person.
Come early and enjoy First Friday -- gallery openings throughout downtown Anchorage and at Snow City with live music and delicious hors d'oeuvres
 
Contact: Mary Grisco 907-258-2296 Web Site: www.aadp.info
E-mail: megrisco@ak.net
 

March 01, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

March 01, 2002 Omaha, NB
 
International Abolition Day
7:00-7:45 pm, Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 3004 Belvedere Blvd.
 
International Death Penalty Abolition Day, March 1, 2002, celebrates the anniversary of the date that the State of Michigan abolished the death penalty. It will be marked by events and actions held by abolition groups worldwide.
The Faith Committee of NADP invites you to attend an Abolition Day prayer service. Refreshments afterwards.
 
E-mail: mewfelion@juno.com

 

March 01, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Rally for Andrea Yates
8:30 am to 1pm. Harris County Criminal Courthouse
 
A rally to support Andrea Yates will be held in front of the Harris County Criminal Courthouse on Friday, March 1, from 8:30 am to 1pm.
Come when you can and bring signs in support of Andrea. Wear purple. We will have flyers to hand out.
Dave Atwood, Andrea Pia Yates Support Coalition
E-mail: dpatwood@igc.org

 

March 1-2, 2002Eugene, OR
 
The Law and Politics of the Death Penalty: Abolition, Moratorium or Reform?
 
Sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
1221 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1221
 
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, housed at the University of Oregon School of Law, is sponsoring a major conference on the death penalty in America. This conference will present a variety of viewpoints on the future of capital punishment in Oregon and the United States and the possibilities for reform or abolition. The program will include distinguished speakers from universities, politics, and advocacy organizations.
 
The Oregon Law Review will publish a special issue on capital punishment that will include ten papers delivered at this conference. Concurrent sessions will take place at the UO Erb Memorial Union and the Knight Law Center, where the program will be geared toward (defense) lawyers seeking CLE credit.
 
Keynote speakers include Sister Helen Prejean, Stephen Bright, and Senator Mark Hatfield, in addition to Professor Ogletree, and respected figures in the legal, political and religious communities. The conference will include plenary sessions, workshops and roundtables appropriate for students, faculty, practicing lawyers seeking CLE credit and the informed public.

 
For further information on speakers, topics, sessions, registration, accomodation, etc, Contact:
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, 541-346-3700,
Web Site: www.morsechair.uoregon.edu/deathpen.shtml

 

March 01-07, 2002 Baltimore, MD
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Steven Howard Oken is scheduled to be killed by the State of Maryland for the 1987 killing of Dawn Marie Garvin.
In accordance with Maryland DOC procedures, the exact date and time of Oken's execution will not be announced.
Information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere will be posted as it becomes available.
 

March 02, 2002 Raleigh, NC
 
Program on Forgiveness and Reconciliation
09:30 - noon, St. Francis of Assisi (The Gathering Space, Anthony Hall), 11401 Leesville Rd.
 
Please join us for a Sojourn addressing that most challenging of Christian teachings, forgiveness.
We will hear from several inspiring persons who have sought forgiveness from and extended forgiveness to others in the wake of unspeakable hurt and tragedy. There will also be time for quiet reflection, Q&A, and for small group discussion of issues raised.
Speakers
Jennifer Thompson: Her story has been featured on Frontline, on the A&E network, and in numerous other publications. After being brutally raped while a college student, Ms. Thompson's testimony convicted Ronald Cotton of her attack. After serving eleven years in prison, Mr. Cotton was exonerated, and Ms. Thompson's actual attacker identified, through DNA testing. Come hear about Ms. Thompson's journey as she sought forgiveness from Mr. Cotton, and came to forgive her actual attacker. Ronald Cotton, the man who suffered the loss of eleven years of freedom as a result of mistaken testimony, to this day enjoys a remarkable friendship with Ms. Thompson.
Thomas Fewel: Mr. Fewel is a Chapel Hill resident who suffered the tragic loss of his 8-year-old daughter to murder. Tom says, "I am glad that my wife Joy and I chose to speak out against the death penalty, not least because executions distort our perspective on victims of violence. In the case of Jean's murder, she is the one remembered and grieved for, not the murderer. I am grateful that in this case, the state did not produce another victim of violence." Come hear how, rather than seeking vengeance against his daughter's killer, Mr. Fewel has chosen to forgive and work against capital punishment, even speaking to our state"s legislators in support of the recent bill barring execution of the mentally retarded.
 
Childcare: Provided upon request. Please notify the receptionist of the number and ages of children when you call to make reservations.
Contact 919-847-8205

 

March 03, 2002 El Paso, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - El Paso - Regular Silent Vigil
(first Sunday of each month)
6-6:30 p.m. on the southside of San Jacinto Plaza
Vigils are held in memory of victims, offenders, and the families of both.
Contact Johntures@aol.com
 

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
 

March 04, 2002 Atlanta, GA
 
Field Trip to the Fulton County Courthouse!
10 am - noon. The courthouse is on the corner of MLK Drive and Pryor Street, downtown
Sponsored by: Atlanta Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 
Come sit in on the Al-Amin trial. Please join us and get an inside, first-hand view of how this system operates
 
Contact Jon, 404-371-8071
Web Site: www.nodeathpenalty.org
or www.stopmurder.cjb.net
 

March 05, 2002 San Diego, CA
Death Penalty Focus San Diego - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
7:00 PM, California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar St.
Ask lobby receptionist for meeting room number
For information call (619) 255-3873
 

March 05, 2002 Cambridge, MA
 
Harvard Political Union Debate Series - "Death Penalty: Morally Just?"
6:00 pm Ticknor Lounge, INSTITUTE OF POLITICS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St.
 
For information on this and upcoming events:
Tel: (617) 495-1360
E-mail ksgiop@ksg.harvard.edu
Web Site: www.iop.harvard.edu

 

March 05, 2002 New York City, NY
 
Liberate! Celebrate! - Sixth Annual Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Awards
6:30 - 9:30 pm, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, 257 West 88th Street
Cocktail Reception 6:30pm, Program 7:15pm - Hosted by Actor and Activist Ossie Davis
Sponsored by Jews for Racial & Economic Justice(JFREJ)
 
Honoring activists who have taken on injustice on the streets, in the courts and from behind bars:
 
This year's Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk-Taker Awards recognize a range of individuals and organizations who are fighting to make America's criminal justice system live up to the word 'justice'. Some, like Robert Meeropol and Cardozo Law School's Innocence Project, have focused on righting the wrongs endured by young activists or the children of activists and by those falsely convicted, with a focus on the death penalty. Others, like Dr. Alan Berkman, Susan Rosenberg, and Laura Whitehorn, have been forceful agitators from within prisons for humanitarian changes in the treatment of inmates, all three having pioneered AIDS education and counseling and the push for other healthcare improvements while they served sentences for their militant anti-racist actions. And one group, Youth Force, focuses on progressive alternatives to the criminalization of New York's young people. JFREJ is proud to honor these activist who, with shared commitments to fairness, humaneness, and justice, lead a burgeoning movement against America's politics of vengeance.
 
Tickets: $54 (regular), $36-18 (sliding scale for Students/Senior/Low-Income)

 
For further information and to reserve tickets, contact:
phone: 212-647-8966, fax: 212-647-7124,
Web Site: www.jfrej.org
E-mail: jfrej@igc.org

 

March 05, 2003 Houston, TX
 
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
SHAPE Community Center, 3903 Almeda Road, one block south of Alabama Street
The Abolition Movement is working to abolish the death penalty and to stop the illegal and horrific conditions on the Polunsky Unit which houses the 450 men on Texas' death row.
We are a diverse group of activists who believe through active struggle and with the support of the community we will effect change.
Contact: Njeri Shakur 713-521-0629 or 713-861-5965
E-mail: AbolitionMovement@juno.com
 

March 05, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

March 06, 2002 Mineral Point (Potosi), MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Jeffrey Tokar is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time for the 1992 killing of Johnny Douglass.
Click Here for vigil information
 

March 06, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Urgent Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
EVERY Wednesday in March from 11 AM until 1:30 PM
Organized by Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
 
Death Row families, friends, and loved ones and all abolitionists and human rights proponents must rally to demonstrate against the worsening conditions facing death row prisoners in Texas. We will have signs to carry, media packets for any press that shows up, and flyers to give to passing motorists
Legislators will be invited for one of the weeks, religious leaders and clergy will be invited for another. Students have spring break in March, so bring them along whenever they are out of school.
Those of us on the outside must do what ever we can to stop the violence, brutality, isolation and cruel and unusual punishment being meted out by Warden Zeller and his officers.
Wednesday is "Media Day" and reporters visit from 1-3 PM. We want to see them and give them information about the illegal torture. We will be there at 11 AM to speak with Death Row visitors leaving after morning visitation.
 
In Houston, meet at SHAPE Center, 3903 Almeda Road at 9 AM to share rides.
 
Contact the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement at Abolitionmovement@juno.com
or call Lucha at 713-802-1439
 

March 07, 2002 Atlanta, GA
 
Public Meeting on Al-Amin's case: Free Jamil Al-Amin!
7:00 pm, GSU Urban Life Bldg, Room 216. Corner of Decatur St. and Piedmont, downtown
Sponsored by: Atlanta Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 
Join us to find out the latest on a GA case which has already received national attention.
 
Contact Jon, 404-371-8071
Web Site: www.nodeathpenalty.org
or www.stopmurder.cjb.net
 

March 07, 2002 London, England
 
Demonstration for Tracy Housel
11:00 am, Downing Street
Sponsored by Amnesty International
 
The UK national on death row in Georgia, Tracy Housel, has just received an execution date.
He could be executed on March 12. His lawyers think his best chance is if Tony Blair picks up the phone to the USA and asks for clemency. So far he's been quiet. COME JOIN US TO MAKE SOME NOISE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET BLAIR TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT TRACY
 
Contact: Andie Lambe, UK Director, Reprieve
tel/fax: 0207 723 0555
E-mail: contactreprieve@hotmail.com
Web Site: www.reprieve.org.uk
 

March 07, 2002 Philadelphia, PA
 
Vigil Against the Death Penalty
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Philadelphia D.A.'s Office, 1421 Arch Street,
 
Help educate the public and expose the shameful actions of "America's Deadliest D.A." Lynne Abraham.
Flier distribution, petition-signing, and signs & banners.
 
For additional information, contact:
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death Penalty
Phone: 215-724-6120
Fax: 215-729-6189
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org

 

March 07, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests
Gerald Tigner is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1993 killings of James Williams and Michael Watkins.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

March 07-09, 2002 Kansas City, MO
 
Federal Capital Defense Strategy Session
 
The Tenth Annual Federal Capital Defense Strategy Session will be offered in conjunction with (and immediately preceding) the NLADA's Life in the Balance conference. The session draws together most of the lawyers currently handling federal capital cases throughout the country for two full days of death penalty training and discussion of issues specific to federal death penalty litigation. Topics include representing our clients in the DOJ death penalty authorization process; selective prosecution and discovery; government mental health evaluations; mitigation in the 21st century; and resources and case budgeting.
 
Contact: Merle Freedman: 800.788.9908
E-mail: merle_freedman@ao.uscourts.gov
 

March 08, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

March 08, 2002 Sarasota, FL
 
Vigil and Walk in Honor of International Woman's Day
5:00 pm, Selby Five Points Park at the intersection of Main St. & Pineapple Ave. (across the street from the Selby Library)
Organized by Women in Black GC.
 
Women in Black invite you to join with us and our allies in a silent vigil for peace and a walk in memory of all victims of violence. concerns extend to victims of hunger and homelessness, as well as victims of military violence and civil unrest, domestic violence, and victims of discrimination.
 
Gather with usas our speakers bring us news of other Women in Black projects, and inspire us to continue our opposition to violence. Join us in our silence as we resolve to create a more peaceful world for future generations. Following the vigil we will walk to the beat of the drum to the busy intersection of U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Ave. to continue our witness until sunset.
 
Everyone is welcome to join us and we invite you to wear black
For more information, call 941-366-5008 or 727-822-1543

 

March 09, 2002 El Paso, CA
 
Death Penalty Talk
2:30 pm, Diocesan Ministry Conference at the El Paso Civic Center
 
Sr. Camille Arienzo will be coming from Brooklyn to speak about the Death Penalty.
Sr. Camille is the author of the Declaration of Life, a paper that states that, if the signer is murdered, he or she does not want anyone to seek the death penalty for the offender.
It is an advisory paper, but unlike a Living Will, does not have any legal force. These have been signed by hundreds of El Pasoans and the information has been forwarded to Sr. Camille for the record.
 

March 9-10, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Death Sentence 2002
Click here to read a report.
DePaul University, 1 E. Jackson,
 
On March 9-10, 2002, Death Sentence 2002 will present speakers, musical events, offer training and organize a call to action to pass House Bill 576 - the Death Penalty abolition bill.
A coalition of religious communities, civic leaders, students, celebrities, politicians and other allies of the anti-death penalty movement will Participate.
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking will share her story of death row ministry.
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), Mike Farrell from Providence and M*A*S*H, renowned defense attorney and orator Bryan Stevenson, Steve Hawkins of the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty, and Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation members will speak.
Francis Cardinal George will give a special address on Sunday.
We are expecting thousands of Illinoisans committed to stopping the killing to be joined by national figures.
The spotlight will be on Illinois.
It is important to organize now. We are asking you to become a sponsor, to commit as an individual and/or as a member of a group to educate our legislature about the need to stop the death penalty. Sponsors will, in various ways, impact Illinois legislators to ensure that they vote in favor of House Bill 576. We need volunteers, money, publicity and attendance.
Show your support by becoming a sponsor
Death Sentence 2002 is truly a grass roots movement fueled by an interfaith group of individuals who are committed to abolishing the death penalty in Illinois.
Please visit our Web Site at http://deathsentence2002.home.att.net, or contact us by phone: (312) 849-2279 or by mail at DS 2002, 180 North Michigan Ave. Suite 2300, Chicago, Il 60601.
 
REGISTER NOW
If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to register for the conference. This will help us in our planning and make the event better for everyone.
You can register on the web by going to the web site http://deathsentence2002.home.att.net.
First select "Register Now" and then (in the next screen), scroll down until you see "Click here to register on-line right now!".
You will be asked to enter relevant information - it should take about 2 minutes - and then select "Submit".
You will be switched to a screen with information about transportation to DePaul.
 

March 09-12, 2002 Kansas City, MO
 
Life in the Balance - 2002 Conference
 
Life in the Balance is a capital case training conference for mitigation specialists, defense investigators and defense attorneys. It includes a day and a half of specialized mitigation/investigation training, plus two and a half days devoted to instruction for capital defense litigators. It is a training event that provides an opportunity to improve skills and techniques. Participants will increase their knowledge in all areas of capital litigation.
 
Contact: Aimee Gabel: 202.452.0620 ext: 214
E-mail: a.gabel@nlada.org
For additional info on this program, and other training, go to www.nlada.org/Training/Train_Defender/Train_Defender_Balance
 

March 10, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(second Sunday of the month)
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church 1901 N. Douglas
E-mail: hulinst@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: www.ocadp.org
 

March 11, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

March 12, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Action Committee - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian (13th & N Streets).
Contact:
Chris Hartmire (916) 446-0874 or Tommy Clinkenbeard (916) 874-6411
 

March 12, 2002 Jacksonville, GA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Tracy Housel is scheduled to be killed by the State of Georgia at 7:00 pm local time for the 1985 killing of Jean Drew.
Click Here for urgent action and vigil information
 

March 12, 2002 Knoxville, TN
 
Knoxville Chapter of Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK) - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
Confirm location via email. etcask@hotmail.com
 

March 12, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

March 12 , 2002 Houston, TX
 
candlelight vigil for Andrea Pia Yates
7:30 pm in front of the courthouse, 301 San Jacinto
 
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Houston Chapte meeting normally held on the second Tuesday of the month will not be held. Instead we are encouraging members and other anti death penalty activists to attend a candlelight vigil.
Closing arguments will be Tuesday. How long the jury will deliberate is uncertain.
Bring signs if you have them and try to wear something purple if you can.
 

March 13, 2002 Ft Lauderdale, FL
 
Report on the Florida Moratorium Walk
7:30 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ft. Lauderdale 3970 NW 21 Ave., Oakland Park
 
Steve Jens-Rochow, Henri Breitenkam and Mike Hittleman from Broward FADP were part of the group that walked 143 miles from Death Row at Raiford to deliver 20,000 petitions to the Governor in Tallahassee.
Come hear them talk about their journey that took 11 days starting on Martin Luther King Day, January 21.
They will share personal stories and show photographs.
 
Sponsored by Broward FADP
Contact: Steve Jens-Rochow
E-mail: SERochow@aol.com
 

March 13, 2002 Wallingford, PA
 
Symposium on the Death Penalty
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - St. John Chrysostom Parish, Stevenson Center (Church Rectory, Lower Level) 617 South Providence Road.
 
Exonerated Pa. death row prisoner William Nieves will be the featured speaker.
 
For additional information, contact:
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death Penalty
Phone: 215-724-6120
Fax: 215-729-6189
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org

 

March 13, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Urgent Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Click here to read a report.
EVERY Wednesday in March from 11 AM until 1:30 PM
Organized by Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
 
Death Row families, friends, and loved ones and all abolitionists and human rights proponents must rally to demonstrate against the worsening conditions facing death row prisoners in Texas. We will have signs to carry, media packets for any press that shows up, and flyers to give to passing motorists
Legislators will be invited for one of the weeks, religious leaders and clergy will be invited for another. Students have spring break in March, so bring them along whenever they are out of school.
Those of us on the outside must do what ever we can to stop the violence, brutality, isolation and cruel and unusual punishment being meted out by Warden Zeller and his officers.
Wednesday is "Media Day" and reporters visit from 1-3 PM. We want to see them and give them information about the illegal torture. We will be there at 11 AM to speak with Death Row visitors leaving after morning visitation.
 
In Houston, meet at SHAPE Center, 3903 Almeda Road at 9 AM to share rides.
 
Contact the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement at Abolitionmovement@juno.com
or call Lucha at 713-802-1439
 

March 14, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Amnesty International - Regular Meeting
(second Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:30 pm, Southern Methodist University, room 138, Dallas Hall
Contact Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

March 14, 2002 Greensville , VA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
click here to read a report.
James Earl Patterson is scheduled to be killed by the State of Virginia at 9:00 pm local time for the 1987 killing of Joyce Sneed Aldridge.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

March 15, 2002 Santa Clara, CA
 
Symposium on the Death Penalty from an International and Human Rights Law Perspective
8:00am to 3:30pm Santa Clara University School of Law
 
The issue of the death penalty and human rights has always been inherently controversial. International developments in the past decades have demonstrated a clear and emphatic trend away from capital punishment.
The United States continued practice of capital punishment is in direct tension with international treaties and human rights norms. We need to examine what impact this position has had on the ability of the United States to maintain credibility and leadership in the International human rights community.
The Santa Clara University School of Law and Law Review explores this issue with an impressive array of speakers from Europe and the United States.
Panel Topics include:
1. International implications of the US practice of capital punishment.
2. Integrating international human rights norms into US capital case practice.
3. Compelling strategies and barriers to the abolition and moratorium movement.
 
Admission is free to faculty and students. (Lunch is $15 for students and faculty.). Public admission is $25 and includes lunch. Attorney admission is $75 and includes 5 MCLE (3 Ethics and 2 General Law) and lunch.
For further information on the Symposium or to regsiter on line, visit:
www.scu.edu/lawreview

 

March 15, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

March 15 - 17, 2002 KS
 
Walk for Justice
Please join us on our Journey for Justice. Sponsored by an ecumenical coalition devoted to the abolition of the death penalty
 
Start - Thursday March 15, 7:00 a.m.
Sedgwick County Courthouse (site of Sedgwick County Jail)
with overnight stops at Andover and Augusta Our final destination?
El Dorado Prison (just east of El Dorado on Highway 54) sometime in the late afternoon on St.Patrick's Day! (The Old Fellow will lead with our banners!)
We are in the final planning stages: route has been planned, transportation accounted for, media contacts made.
If you would like to donate a few dollars - we could certainly use them.
 
Contact Charles Carney, 316-263-5886; Mary Harren, 316-942-6630

 

March 16, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Saturday of each month)
9:30 am, 180 N. Michigan, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601.
Please call or e-mail for more information
Jane Bohman Tel: (312) 849-2279
E-mail: jbohman@icadp.org
Web Site: www.icadp.org
 

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.
 

March 18, 2001 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Vigil
(third Monday of each month - except February)
12 Noon to 1pm at the State Capitol, North Steps, 11th & L Streets
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty is a Chapter of Death Penalty Focus.
Contact: Georgia Lyga, Vigil Committee Volunteer Coordinator
Voice Mail: (916) 457-7640 E-mail: georgiannl@earthlink.net
 

March 18, 2002 Harrisburg, PA
 
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on SB 26
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Room 8-E, Lower Level, East Rotunda, State Capitol Building
 
SB 26 would abolish the death penalty for the developmentally disabled.
Expert testimony will be presented, and the Moratorium Committee of Pa. Abolitionists is encouraging people who care about defending human rights ofthe most vulnerable Pennsylvanians to attend these hearings. Immediately following the hearings, Pa. Abolitionists will hold a press conference in the Main Rotunda of the Capitol to call for a halt to execution of the developmentally disabled and to make absolutely clear that nothing short of a halt to all executions is acceptable.
Plans are in the works to arrange buses from Philadelphia to transport people to the State Capitol and back. The buses will likely leave around 7:30 a.m. and return sometime near 4:30 p.m. although details are still being arranged. Mark your calendar now, and make plans to join us in demanding a halt to the death penalty.
Copies of SB-26 can be found by going to our website at www.pa-abolitionists.org/bills.html and clicking on "SB-26."
Pa. Abolitionists has also prepared a fact sheet with talking points which can be sent as an attached file (Word format) to anyone requesting one. More details will be forthcoming.
 
For additional information, contact:
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death Penalty
Phone: 215-724-6120
Fax: 215-729-6189
Web Site: www.pa-abolitionists.org

 

March 18, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Dallas Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Monday of each month)
7:00-9:00pm, Paperback Plus Bookstore, 6115 La Vista Dr., Live Oak at La Vista, 2nd FLOOR (between Skillman and Abrams in Lakewood)
Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

March 19, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
"The Executioner's Last Songs"
 
On March 19, 2002, Bloodshot Records will release a CD from the Pine Valley Cosmonauts called "The Executioner's Last Songs."
The disc is a collection of 18 songs, some traditional, some new, performed by artists you may know and some you may not, and all of the songs touch on the topic of death.
The proceeds from this record will benefit The Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
 
E-mail: sixpack@bloodshotrecords.com
 

March 19, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

March 19-20, 2002 Charlotte/Gastonia NC
 
The Death Penalty in North Carolina: Broken Justice
Three forums presented by Charlotte Coalition for a Moratorium Now
 
Featuring:
 
Prof. James Coleman Duke University School of Law, Chair of the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Moratorium Committee
Dorothy Alston: mother of Charles Mason Alston, Jr., former North Carolina death row inmate whose sentence was commuted hours before scheduled Jan. 2002 execution
Terence Garner sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime law enforcement investigators, the district attorney and the sentencing judge had pervasive reason to believe he did not commit; subject of January 2002 PBS Frontline documentary
Mark Montgomery Terence Garner's attorney
Gretchen Engel Center for Death Penalty Litigation, represented Harvey Lee Green (executed) and Robert Bacon (sentence commuted)
Prof. Richard Rosen University of North Carolina School of Law, Director of the Innocence Project
 
Forum Times and Locations
 
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
New Technology Center Auditorium, Johnson C. Smith University
100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte
(co-sponsored by the John S. Leary Bar Association)
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Unity Place, 201 West Franklin Boulevard, Gastonia
Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Accenture Auditorium, Sykes Academic Building, Queens College
1900 Selwyn Avenue, Charlotte
 
For more information please call Ted Frazer (704) 532-6854 or Faith Bushnaq (704) 331-7489
www.pfadp.org

 

March 20, 2002 Boulder, CO
 
Questioning the Death Penalty
7:00 pm, Courtroom, Fleming Law Building, CU School of Law
For directions, visit www.colorado.edu/Directories/WebMap/
 
The CU School of Law ACLU will host a panel discussion entitled "Questioning the Death Penalty: An open discussion and analysis of the death penalty in a social, religious, and legal context." The purpose of the event is to create a dialogue discussing anti-death penalty arguments in a legal, social, and religious/civic activist context, and how these arenas are (or can be) interacting.
 
Panelists for the event are CU Associate Chair of Sociology Michael Radelet, Father Jim Sunderland, and Colorado Chief Public Defender David Wymore. Professor Radelet is renowned for his studies of capital punishment and societal reaction to crime, and is author of the book Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row. Fr. Sunderland has testified on behalf of a half dozen men facing the death penalty, and sits on the Advisory Council of Coloradans Against the Death Penalty. Attorney David Wymore is responsible for the defense of Colorado convicts facing the death penalty.
 
After a short address by each speaker, the majority of time will be reserved for panelist discussion and audience discussion and questions.
 
The event is free and is co-sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild, the CU ACLU, and CU Amnesty International.
 
Contact: Taylor Pendergrass, 303-554-0076
President, CU School of Law ACLU
E-mail: pendergt@colorado.edu
Web Site (Coloradans Against the Death Penalty ): www.coadp.org
 

March 20, 2002 Jefferson City, MO
 
Missourians to Rally and Lobby for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. First floor of the State Capitol
 
Speakers include:
Ellen Reasonover, freed in 1999 after being wrongfully convicted of murder and imprisoned for 16 years;
Dennis Shireff, Midwest representative, National Black Police Association;
Ryan Amundson, whose brother Craig was killed in the Sept. 11 Pentagon attack, but opposes the death penalty;
John Galliher, University of Missouri sociology professor on racism and capital punishment;
Doris Macha, founder of Kansas City chapter of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation and widow of Glenn who was murdered in 1997;
Kevin Green, wrongfully convicted of assaulting his wife, murdering his unborn daughter and was imprisoned for 16 years before being freed in 1996.
 
Also speaking will be some of the sponsors of legislation to abolish or limit the death penalty.
Current legislation includes:
SB 819 (Lead sponsor, Sen. Roseann Bentley, R-Springfield) and HB 1836 (Rep. Craig Hosmer, D-Springfield) which would end the death sentencing of juveniles. (Special note: both Indiana houses have passed a similar bill this session awaiting the governor's signature; the Florida Senate unanimously, recently voted to raise the legal age for execution to 18 years.)
SB 1022 (Sen. Larry Rohrbach, R-California) & HB 1766 (Rep. Ralph Monaco, D-Kansas City) would direct the court to impose "life" when jurors deadlock on sentencing (voted "Do Pass" out of committee last week);
SB 731 (Sen. Mary Bland, D-Kansas City) would impose a moratorium on executions while a commission studies various aspects of death sentencing;
HB 1542 (Rep. Chris Liese, D-Maryland Heights) would create commission to study death sentencing;
HB 1394 (Rep. Vicky Riback-Wilson, D-Columbia) would abolish the death penalty.
 
Sponsored by Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty
For additional information, contact:
Rita Linhardt 573-635-7239, Email: linhardtr@mocatholic.org
Jeff Stack 573-449-4585 or 573-268-6151, Email jstack@coin.org

 

March 20, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Urgent Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Click here to read report including a letter of thanks from a death row inmate.
EVERY Wednesday in March from 11 AM until 1:30 PM
Organized by Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
 
Death Row families, friends, and loved ones and all abolitionists and human rights proponents must rally to demonstrate against the worsening conditions facing death row prisoners in Texas. We will have signs to carry, media packets for any press that shows up, and flyers to give to passing motorists
Legislators will be invited for one of the weeks, religious leaders and clergy will be invited for another. Students have spring break in March, so bring them along whenever they are out of school.
Those of us on the outside must do what ever we can to stop the violence, brutality, isolation and cruel and unusual punishment being meted out by Warden Zeller and his officers.
Wednesday is "Media Day" and reporters visit from 1-3 PM. We want to see them and give them information about the illegal torture. We will be there at 11 AM to speak with Death Row visitors leaving after morning visitation.
 
In Houston, meet at SHAPE Center, 3903 Almeda Road at 9 AM to share rides.
 
Contact the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement at Abolitionmovement@juno.com
or call Lucha at 713-802-1439
 

March 21, 2002 St. Louis, MO
 
Eastern Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, 4557 Laclede
Tel: 314-241-8062
E-mail: emcadp@mindspring.com
Web Site: www.mindspring.com/~emcadp
 

March 21, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - 30 DAY REPRIEVE GRANTED BY GOVERNOR PERRY
Click here to read report.
Rodolfo Hernandez is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1985 killing of Victor Cerran.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

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.
 

March 22, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

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

 

March 26, 2002 Washington, DC
 
Homophobia in the Halls of Justice: Sexual Orientation Bias and Its Implications Within the Legal System
Symposium at American University's Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
 
Throughout the day, panels will explore the institutionalization of homophobia in the court system and the use of sexual orientation bias as a tool for prosecutorial misconduct in criminal cases.
In addition, the discussion will examine previous cases of racial, gender, and ethnic bias in the US judiciary.
 
For Registration Information Contact MShortnacy@aol.com
or visit: www.wcl.american.edu/events
 

March 26, 2002 Louisville, KY
 
KCADP Louisville/Jefferson County Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1011 Cherokee Road
New members always welcome
Contact: Ray Schweri
E-mail: joywolf45@aol.com
 

March 26, 2002 Fredericksburg, VA
 
"The Executioners"
Click here to read report.
7:00 pm at Massaponax High School
 
"The Executioners" a play, written by Penny Showell of Arlington, is being performed by members of the Massaponax High School Drama program.
It is directed by VADP and Courtland High School and The Commonwealth Governor's School member Elizabeth Simpson.
This performance presents both sides of the death penalty issue with the objective of raising community awareness of the use of capital punishment in our society.
The Massaponax High School drama department has been generous to commit the time and talent of their students to this endeavor. It's free and open to the public.
 
For more information contact Debbie Simpson at simpsons@infi.net

 

March 26, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

March 27, 2002 Washington, DC
 
CEDP Planning Meeting
8pm, George Washington University, at the fourth floor lounge of the Marvin Center.
 
Items on the agenda will include:
The case of Wesley Baker
Upcoming events
May/June "Stop Executions in Maryland" billboard in Baltimore.
Outreach
Fundraising
 
For further information on this, and other activities, contact CEDP at: noreen@nodeathpenalty.org.
 

March 27, 2002 Washington, DC
 
CEDP Planning Meeting
8pm, George Washington University, at the fourth floor lounge of the Marvin Center.
 
Items on the agenda will include:
The case of Wesley Baker
Upcoming events
May/June "Stop Executions in Maryland" billboard in Baltimore.
Outreach
Fundraising
 
For further information on this, and other activities, contact CEDP at: noreen@nodeathpenalty.org.
 

March 27, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Urgent Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Click here to read report.
EVERY Wednesday in March from 11 AM until 1:30 PM
Organized by Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
 
Death Row families, friends, and loved ones and all abolitionists and human rights proponents must rally to demonstrate against the worsening conditions facing death row prisoners in Texas. We will have signs to carry, media packets for any press that shows up, and flyers to give to passing motorists
Legislators will be invited for one of the weeks, religious leaders and clergy will be invited for another. Students have spring break in March, so bring them along whenever they are out of school.
Those of us on the outside must do what ever we can to stop the violence, brutality, isolation and cruel and unusual punishment being meted out by Warden Zeller and his officers.
Wednesday is "Media Day" and reporters visit from 1-3 PM. We want to see them and give them information about the illegal torture. We will be there at 11 AM to speak with Death Row visitors leaving after morning visitation.
 
In Houston, meet at SHAPE Center, 3903 Almeda Road at 9 AM to share rides.
 
Contact the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement at Abolitionmovement@juno.com
or call Lucha at 713-802-1439
 

March 27, 2002 Montpelier, VT
 
A CALL TO ACTION! - Demonstration in Support of the "Custodial Sexual Misconduct" Bill
Meet at the corner of State and Elm, near Capital Grounds coffee shop Between 11:45 am & 12:00 noon.
 
Vermont remains one of only 3 states without a law making it a felony for prison guards to have sexual contact with inmates.
And the Legislature has refused to pass it FOR FOUR YEARS!
Exercise your fundamental First Amendment freedoms of assembly and speech on behalf of those who cannot advocate for themselves.
This issue is about human rights, not politics.
 
Contact Rebecca Boucher at rebslr@innevi.com or (802) 234-9863 for posters or more information.
Sponsored by: Amnesty International, Vermont; National Lawyer’s Guild, Vermont Law School; Toward Freedom Foundation
 

March 28, 2002 Lexington, KY
 
KCADP Central Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:00pm, Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane
New members always welcome
Contact: Will Warner
E-mail: tortilla@iglou.com
Web Site: www.kcadp.org
 

March 28, 2002 Baltimore, MD
 
Upcoming Execution - Press Conference - TO BE RESCHEDULED
Supermax Prison, 401 E. Madison.
 
With the press reporting that Wesley Baker's execution is planned for the week of May 5th -- it is imperative that we spring into action.
This press conference will be part of an offensive against Maryland's death row.
Invited participants will include:
Wesley's mother, SCLC, IMA, ACLU, AI, NAACP, and family members of other death row inmates.
 
For information contact John Gilliam-Price at Johngilpri@aol.com.
 

March 28, 2002 New York City, NY
 
The Future of the Anti-Death Penalty Movement
An all-day conference presented by NYU Law School's Law Students Against the Death Penalty
40 Washington Square S. (West 4th Street), Greenberg Lounge
 
Panel discussions on the following topics:
Institutional competence (9:15-10:45am)
The moratorium movement (10:45-12:30pm)
International implications (2:00-3:45pm)
DNA testing & actual innocence (3:45-5:30pm)
 
Panelists include:
Frederick Cohn, defense counsel in US v. bin Laden
Miriam Gohara, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Tanya Greene, Capital Defender Office
Aundre Herron, California Appellate Project
David Kaczynski, Exec. Dir., NYADP
Joe Margulies, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Cornell University Law School
Edwin Matthews, defense counsel for Donald Paradis
Peter Neufeld, Innocence Project
Russell Neufeld, Legal Aid, Capital Defender Unit
Donald Paradis, former Idaho death row inmate
Brian Powers, defense counsel for Terry Williams
Bill Ryan, Dir., Illinois Death Penalty Moratorium Project
Ron Tabak, co-chair, ABA Individual Rights & Responsibilities' Death Penalty Committee (speaking on moratorium panel)
Rick Wilson, Director, Intl Human Rights Clinic, American University Law School
 
For additional information, contact Melinda at mac346@nyu.edu
 

March 28, 2002 Brazos Valley, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Brazos Valley Chapter - Regular Meeting
(last Thursday of each month)
Friends Congregational Church at 2200 Southwood Drive
Please contact us to confirm the meeting date, location and time
E-mail: tcadpbv@yahoo.com
 

March 28-29, 2002 Austin, TX
 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bi-Monthly Board Meeting open to the public
Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton Springs, Tel: (512) 477-1234
 
Those who are geographically able (anywhere in Texas), are encouraged to attend Texas Department of Criminal Justice Board Meetings.
Remember that it is only by our attendence and participation that we can make a difference in how prisoners of the state including death row are treated
We can change things but it will take organization, teamwork, and determination.
 
Contact: Nancy Bailey
E-mail: nlbailey@EARTHLINK.NET
 

March 29, 2002 Montgomery, AL
 
Good Friday Prayer Service
Click here to read report.
Noon, Capitol Steps
 
Please join is in a prayer service and vigil against the Death Penalty.
 
Contact Esther Brown
E-mail: BeEsther@earthlink.net
Web Site: www.phadp.org/

 

March 29, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

March 29, 2002 Sioux Falls, SD
 
Fifth Annual Good Friday Vigil Against the Death Penalty
11:30 AM, SD Penitentiary, at the East parking lot flagpole
 
The Forenoon prayer service will be followed by an opportunity over the noon hour to sign the Declaration of Life and the Moratorium petition. Come for all or part of the vigil, as your schedule permits. Come and bring your friends.
This peaceful and prayerful assembly is held with permission from the South Dakota Department of Corrections.
 
If you are unable to attend in person, due to distance or any other reason, you can be present by offering your endorsement. Names of endorsers are printed on the prayer service program, to encourage the group personally attending the vigil.
A copy of the program will be mailed to all who endorse
To offer an endorsement, simply send an email to sdpjc@dailypost.com, indicating how you wish your name to be listed.
 
The weather is predicted to be dry, with temperature in the 40s.

 

March 29-30, 2002 Irvine, CA
 
"Performance, Policy and Culture: 'Dead Man Walking' and the Death Penalty in America"
All-day symposium addressing the societal implications and issues surrounding the death penalty in America
Saturday March 30, 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Dr.
 
A collaboration between the University of California Bren Fellows Program and the Opera Pacific Company of Orange County, the event combines live performance scenes from Opera Pacific's production of "Dead Man Walking" with a scholarly forum.
Speakers include a U.S. Circuit Court Judge, an L.A. County Chief Deputy District Attorney and internationally renowned professors of law, criminology, philosophy, psychology, drama and performance studies, and the news media.
 
Contact: (949) 824-8294
Tickets are $25 (includes box lunch) and must be purchased in advance.
For $30, attend a kick-off film screening of "Dead Man Walking" and question-and-answer session with symposium panel at 7:30p.m. on Friday, March 29th in the Crystal Cove Auditorium.
 

March 30, 2002 Columbus, OH
 
"Judaism and the Death Penalty"
Approx. 12:15pm - Congregation Tefereth Israel
 
Abe Bonowitz of Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will be speaking on "Judaism and the Death Penalty" at Congregation Tefereth Israel, in the Chapel, after regular Shabat services on Saturday.
Everyone is welcome.
E-mail abe@cuadp.org
 

April 01, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

April 01, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
"Save a Life" at The Belcourt! - Featuring Rodney Crowelland Beth Nielson Chapman
Click here to read report.
7:00 p.m. Belcourt Theatre 2102 Belcourt Avenue
 
Musical legend RODNEY CROWELL is joined by BETH NEILSEN CHAPMAN to perform at the historic Belcourt Theatre in an evening focused on stopping the execution of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman scheduled for April 10.
 
NAOMI TUTU, lecturer and program director of the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University (and daughter of ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU of South Africa) will share her international perspective on state killing in an informal keynote address.
 
The CLEMENCY VIDEO made on behalf of Abu-Ali by videographer COKE SAMS and hosted by actor MIKE FARRELL will be aired before the musicians take the stage.
 
Joining Crowell and Nielson Chapman will be JOHN JORGENSON and TOM KIMMEL.
 
ANNOUNCING ADDITIONAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY EMMY LOU HARRIS!
there will be a screening of an urgently produced documentary work by noted Nashville filmmaker Coke Sams regarding the circumstances surrounding the case of Abu-Ali, scheduled to be executed on April 10.
 
Conact:
Dixie Gamble 615 -792-3022 or 615 -975-2955
Randy Tatel 615-650-2938r 615-329-0048
ADMISSION IS FREE! Donations benefiting the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing will be accepted throughout the evening
 

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)
 

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
 

April 02, 2002 San Diego, CA
Death Penalty Focus San Diego - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
7:00 PM, California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar St.
Ask lobby receptionist for meeting room number
For information call (619) 255-3873
 

April 02, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
TCASK Chapter Meeting
5:30 p.m. Nashville Peace & Justice Center, 1016 18th Ave South
 
Agenda Items include Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) organizing, the "12 stations of Abu-Ali's life", execution eve vigil, the clemency video.
 
Call Paige La Grone for more info: 615-292-6599
Sponsored by TCASK
 

April 02, 2003 Houston, TX
 
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
SHAPE Community Center, 3903 Almeda Road, one block south of Alabama Street
The Abolition Movement is working to abolish the death penalty and to stop the illegal and horrific conditions on the Polunsky Unit which houses the 450 men on Texas' death row.
We are a diverse group of activists who believe through active struggle and with the support of the community we will effect change.
Contact: Njeri Shakur 713-521-0629 or 713-861-5965
E-mail: AbolitionMovement@juno.com
 

April 02, 2002 Greensville , VA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Daniel Lee Zirkle was killed by the State of Virginia at 9:00 pm local time for the 1999 killings of Christina Zirkle and Jessica Shifflett.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

April 02, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

April 03, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Demonstration/Display
 
Amnesty International will host a demonstration/display in the mall area, section - D, of UA campus.
This event will run from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
 
Contact abatters@u.arizona.edu for more details
 

April 03, 2002 New York City, NY
 
On Judicial Killing: The Death Penalty and the American Conscience
7pm: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street.
Sponsored by Committee on Capital Punishment (Norman L. Greene, Chair)
 
Exploration of moral, psychological & cultural issues raised by the death penalty in America. Why do we adhere to the death penalty? How does court-sanctioned killing affect all those involved? What does it reveal about us as a country and as a people?
Speakers:
Hugo Adam Bedau, Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University; Editor, Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies
Robert J. Lifton, Psychiatrist; Author, Who Owns Death? Capital Punishment, The America Conscience, and The End of Executions (as well as studies on Hiroshima, Nazi Doctors and cults)
Ivan Solotaroff, Author, The Last Face You'll Ever See: The Private Life of the American Death Penalty
 
Open to the public; No charge. Reservations NOT required
For more information, please call (212) 382-6600 Ext. 6614.

 

April 03, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Weekly Witness and Demonstration for Alternatives to Capital Punishment
4:30 -6:00 p.m. 21st Ave. S & Wedgewood
 
Come hold signs and promote alternatives to state killing following the principles of non-violence promoted by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Weekly until otherwise noted.
 
Sponsored by TCASK
E-mail: tcask@earthlink.net
Web Site: www.tcask.org
 

April 04, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Candlelight Vigil
 
CAADP hosts a Candlelight Vigil at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM on 4th Ave on the Winsit Stage (between 7th and 9th).
Dr. Kathy Norgard, Psychologist, will speak about her personal experience with the death penalty".
We hope to also host a guest speaker from Texas.
This vigil, NOT IN MY NAME, is to show that there are many, worldwide, emotionally effected on many levels by this terrible unjust practice.
 
Contact Israel for more details: 520-323-1351 israelcarpenter@aol.com
 

April 04, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Delivery of Clemency Postcards and Letters to Governor Sundquist
1:00 pm, Governor's Office
 
On the 34th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the accumulated orange clemency postcards and letters writen to Governor Sundquist will be delivered to his office as a media event.
The "deliverers" will be Naomi Tutu (Race Relations Institute), Hedy Weinberg (ACLU-TN), Reverend Victor Singletary (Interdenominational Ministerial Fellowship) and Randy Tatel (TCASK).
We, the presenters, would like for as many people as possible to accompany us on this delivery. We will probably meet about 12:45 pm. in War Memorial Plaza in front of the the Legislature, have a moment of silence and then walk across Charlotte to the Governor's office.
We will make a formal presentation and have a few words for the media.
We will have oversized laminated copies of letters supporting clemency from NAMI-Nashville, ACLU national office, and TACDL as props for the delivery.
 
Please reply by E-mail to: tcask@earthlink.net
or call 615-329-0048 if you would like to come.
 

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
 

April 05, 2002 Atmore (Holman) AL
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Click here to read report.
Gary Leon Brown is scheduled to be killed by the State of Alabama at 12:01 am local time for the 1987 Killing of Jack McGraw
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

April 05, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

April 5-6, 2002 Milledgeville, GA
 
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: A Death Penalty Symposium
This symposium will provide some insight into the issue of the death penalty in Georgia and its impact on the rest of the nation.
The symposium is meant to educate Georgians to give them a better understanding about the issue, its history, and its impact on the Georgia legal system.
 
Day 1 Friday
9:00 a.m. Pillory to Penitentiary: The Transformation of Georgia's Bloody Code, 1733-1833
11:00 a.m. The Death Penalty in Georgia: A Twentieth Century Overview
12:30 to 2:00 Lunch
2:00 p.m. Gregg v. Georgia
4:00 p.m. Furman v. Georgia
5:30 p.m. Film Presentation: Dead Man Walking
7:30 p.m. Dinner (Tickets for the dinner can be purchased by calling Dr. Craig S. Pascoe at (478) 445-7382. the deadline for reserving tickets is March 29)
 
Day 2 Saturday
9:00 a.m. Coker v. Georgia
11:00 a.m. On Death Row: A View from the Inside
12:30 to 2:00 Lunch
2:00 p.m. Challenges to the Death Penalty: Race, Mental Capacity, and 'Cruel and Unusual'
4:00 p.m. Film Presentation: Dead Woman Walking
7:30 p.m. The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: A Forum on the Death Penalty in Georgia
Moderator: L. Lynn Hogue, Professor of Law, Georgia State University
 
For further information, contact Dr. Craig S. Pascoe:
Phone: (478) 445-7382. E-mail: cpascoe@mail.gcsu.edu
Web Site: www.gcsu.edu/acad_affairs/coll_artsci/hist_geo/Center/center.html
 
Sponsored by:
The Center for Georgia Studies
The College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia College & State University
(supported in part by a grant from the Georgia Humanities Council)
 

April 05-07, 2002 Charlotte, NC
 
Social Justice/Death Penalty Conference
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, 234 N. Sharon Amity Rd,
 
There will be 50 speakers addressing five sessions:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender;
Peace & Justice;
Economic Justice;
Death Penalty;
and a Final Panel Session.
In addition, there will be six conference awards that will be given for outstanding dedication to various aspects of social justice.
 
There will be food and refreshments.
 
If you are interested in home hospitality or more information on The Social Justice Conference, call Wally Kleucker at 704-364-3835 or 704-683-1336,
E-mail uuforpeace@cs.com
or visit the web site http://uusac.tripod.com for detailed session and registration information.
 

April 06, 2002 San Quentin, CA
 
Protest Against the Death Penalty
11am to 2pm, outside San Quentin State Prison
 
In January of 2000, the governor of Illinois declared a moratorium on executions, which means executions came to a halt, mostly because of the high number of innocent people who had been released from death row. We can win a moratorium here in California! With the largest death row in the U.S., California has all the same problems as states like Illinois and it is time to expose them!
Kevin Cooper is the first death row inmate in California to receive post-conviction DNA testing under the new law, and it could prove him innocent. But Kevin Cooper is not alone, there are many others with strong cases of innocence that need to be brought to light, not to mention cases affected by racism, police corruption, and prosecutorial misconduct.
A majority of people support a moratorium in California. we need to show our strength in numbers! Come out for a protest at San Quentin and make your voice heard!
 
For directions or carpool information, please call 510-985-2805
sponsored by the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
 

April 07, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Non-denominational Citywide Prayer Service to stop the Execution of Abu-Ali
4:00 p.m. First Baptist Church Capital Hill 900 James Robertson Parkway at Charlotte Ave (TEL: 615-255-8757)
 
Speakers and prayers will focus on forgiveness and ask Governor Sundquist to use his executive power to do an extraordinary thing - choose life over killing.
The church will hold 400+ people and we ask that believers and non-believers, faith based, secular and spiritual people alike, come together and merge their energy and passion Sunday afternoon.
 
Sponsored by Interdenominational Ministerial Fellowship (IMF) and the Covenant Association
 

April 07, 2002 El Paso, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - El Paso - Regular Silent Vigil
(first Sunday of each month)
6-6:30 p.m. on the southside of San Jacinto Plaza
Vigils are held in memory of victims, offenders, and the families of both.
Contact Johntures@aol.com
 

April 08, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Open Debate/Forum
 
SADP will host an open debate/forum on the death penalty from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM at Pima Community College - West Campus in the cafeteria.
There will be a panel of 8 speakers (4 on each side of the issue) from various backgrounds. All are encouraged to attend and participate.
Arrangements are being made to bus high school students to the event.
Ed Yetman, philosophy teacher at PCC-W, will moderate the event.
 
Contact Israel for more details: 520-323-1351 israelcarpenter@aol.com
 

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

 

April 09, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Action Committee - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian (13th & N Streets).
Contact:
Chris Hartmire (916) 446-0874 or Tommy Clinkenbeard (916) 874-6411
 

April 09, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Execution Prayer Service and Vigil
 
Non-denominational Service
Unitarian Universalist Church at 1808 Woodmont Blvd (TEL: 615-383-5760), a non-denominational service will be held for people to gather before heading out to Riverbend Maximum Security Institute (RMSI) - time will be posted.
 
Vigil
Vigil at RMSI, we will gather at Riverbend for a long pre-execution vigil where speakers and musicians will help buoy spirits and try to make sense of the insane event scheduled for 1:00 a.m. Wednesday morning April 10th.
Candles, coffee, water will be provided. Directions and what to expect will be forwarded and available at the Unitarian Church earlier in the evening.
 

April 09, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

April 09, 2002 Knoxville, TN
 
Knoxville Chapter of Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK) - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
Confirm location via email. etcask@hotmail.com
 

April 10, 2002 Tucson, AZ
 
Arizona Center for Disability Law's Tucson Spring Event
5 to 7 p.m. Reception in the courtyard of the law offices of Piccarreta & Davis and William Walker
145 South Sixth Avenue.
 
You are cordially invited to the Arizona Center for Disability Law's Tucson Spring Event. This year we will be honoring the Tucson Jewish Community Center; two of our clients: William Darnell and Jeremy Fass; and Kathy Norgard will be accepting the Bill Edwards' Mental Health Advocacy Award on behalf of disability and abolition advocates for their work resulting in a law abolishing the death penalty for people with mental retardation.

 
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Lorraine Freyer:
Tel: 520-327-9547 E-mail lfreyer@acdl.com
Tickets can either be purchased at the door or checks made out to the Arizona Center for Disability Law can be sent to 100 North Stone Avenue, Suite 305, Tucson, AZ 85701.
 

April 10, 2002 Springfield, IL
 
Too Flawed To Fix Lobby Day: A Day of Action and Advocacy Against the Death Penalty
 
Join Amnesty, the Illinois Coalition against the Death Penalty, the Campaign to End the Death Penalty, the Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago, and Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, Wellington Ave. United Church of Christ (list in formation), and other activists from around the state to lobby for the abolition of the death penalty.
 
A free bus will leave from Chicago with an en route stop in Joliet.
Reservations should be made to hold a seat. A light snack of fruits, pastries, and juices will be served on the bus. There are several coffee shops the area where the bus will load for a 7:00 AM departure. The Bus will leave from the corner of Jackson and Dearborn in the Loop at the base of the Monadnock Building where the AI Midwest Regional Office is located.
We request that people gather at 6:15 AM to be ready to board the bus at 6:45 AM. The bus has toilet facilities, you will have access to the AI office facilities until 6:45 AM, and there will be intermediary stops in Joliet and an appropriate place an hour outside of Springfield.
The Bus will return to Chicago by 8:00 PM. Joliet people will be returned to the same location on the return trip. All meals are on your own and restaurant information will be included in your lobby day packets.
 
We will work with lead volunteer organizers in various communities outside of Chicago to coordinate and facilitate carpools to Springfield. The same lead volunteer community organizers will coordinate outreach and recruitment for participation in lobby day.
 
For further information, flyers and/or to reserve your spot on the bus, contact Lydia ASAP,
E-mail: lydia@jcua.org
 
If you can't attend lobby day you can virtual lobby on your State Representative by phone, fax, or mail on April 10th and ask him or her to support House Bill 576, which abolishes the death penalty in Illinois. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Art Turner (D-9, Chicago) and five others (McKeon, Younge, Currie, Delgado, and Yarbrough). If your legislator is a sponsor ? thank him or her for their leadership. The Illinois House Judiciary II Committee will conduct hearings on the bill this spring.
 
You may call Illinois State Board of Elections or use their web site to find your State Representative. The phone number is 217/782-4141 (Springfield) and 312/814-6440 (Chicago). The url is www.elections.state.il.us/dls/pages/SelectOfficialSearch.asp
 

April 10, 2002 Boston, MA
 
Matters of Life, Death, and Reconciliation
7:30 pm, Old South Church, Copley Square
 
You are invited to attend a forum that will consider responses to murder from personal, theological, and political perspectives.
The forum will feature two highly regarded speakers:
Rev. Walter Everett from the United Methodist Church of Hartford will tell the story of how he forgave and befriended the man who killed his son Scott.
Rep. Byron Rushing will speak about current debates at the State House pertaining to the death penalty and life-sentences.
 
This event is open to the general public.
For more information, please contact Brooks Berndt at (617) 425-5148
E-mail: BrooksBerndt@aol.com
Old South is located next to the Copley Square T stop on the green line.
List of Sponsors:
American Friends Service Committee's Criminal Justice Program The Amnesty International Local Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team Amnesty International Group 151 Christian Service and Outreach Committee at Old South Church City Mission Society's Criminal Justice Program Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
 

April 10, 2002 Mineral Point (Potosi), MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Paul Kreutzer is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time for the 1992 killing of Louise Hemphill.
Click Here for vigil information
 

April 10, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Click here to read report.
Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman is scheduled to be killed by the State of Tennessee at 12:01 am local time for the 1986 killing of Patrick Daniels.
Click Here and see April 9th events for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere as it becomes available.
 

April 10, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Jose Santellan Sr. is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1993 killing of Yolanda Garza.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

April 10, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Weekly Witness and Demonstration for Alternatives to Capital Punishment
4:30 -6:00 p.m. 21st Ave. S & Wedgewood
 
Come hold signs and promote alternatives to state killing following the principles of non-violence promoted by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Weekly until otherwise noted.
 
Sponsored by TCASK
E-mail: tcask@earthlink.net
Web Site: www.tcask.org
 

April 10-14, 2002 Various Communities, DE
 
Journey of Hope - From Violence to Healing
 
Journey of Hope...from Violence to Healing is an organization that is led by murder victim family members that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty.
 
Journey "storytellers" come from all walks of life and represent the full spectrum and diversity of faith, color and economic situation. They are real people who know first hand the aftermath of the insanity and horror of murder. They recount their tragedies and their struggles to heal as a way of opening dialogue on the death penalty in schools, colleges, churches and other venues.
 
The Journey spotlights murder victim's family members who choose not to seek revenge, and instead select the path of love and compassion for all of humanity. Forgiveness is seen as a strength and as a way of healing. The greatest resources of the Journey are the people who are a part of it.
 
For information on what will be happening where in Delaware, visit:
www.journeyofhope.org

 

April 11, 2002 Los Angeles, CA
 
The Criminal INjustice System with Abe Bonowitz (Director of Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty)
5:00pm Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road
 
Abe Bonowitz will speak about the criminal INjustice system and offer tools and ideas for creating CHANGE.
You are cordially invited to attend this event.
 
Sponsored by the Associated Students of Occidental College
For more information, or to arrange additional events during Abe's stay in California (April 10-14): E-mail: abe@cuadp.org, or Tel: 1-800-973-6548
 

April 11, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
William Burns is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1981 killing of Johnny Lynn Hamlett.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

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.
 

April 11, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Amnesty International - Regular Meeting
(second Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:30 pm, Southern Methodist University, room 138, Dallas Hall
Contact Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

April 11-12, 2002 Boulder and Denver, CO
 
"Capitol Conspiracy" - Public Lectures by Robert Meeropol
 
Robert Meeropol, youngest son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, will be speaking about the similarities of the political climate now, and at the time of his parents' conviction and execution, in an effort to help us avoid yet more miscarriages of justice.
Boulder Thursday, April 11th, 7 PM, First Methodist Church, 14th and Spruce, Boulder
Denver Friday, April 12th, 7 PM, First Mennonite Church, 9th and Elati
The talks are free and open to the public. Donations will be requested for Robert's foundation, The Rosenberg Fund for Children which gives support to "the children of targeted progressive activists".
 
Sponsored by: The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, American Friends Service Committee, Amnesty International and Coloradans Against the Death Penalty.
For more information, see the CADP Web page at:
www.coadp.org/thepublications/pub-2002-4-Meerapol.html
For information on the Rosenberg Fund for Children, downloadable photos, or to arrange an interview with Robert Meeropol, contact Amber Black at the RFC, 413-739-9020, E-mail amber@rfc.org
or visit the PRESS ROOM at www.rfc.org.

 

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

 

April 12, 2002 Washington, DC
 
A Forum On New Challenges For Civil Legal Services & Criminal Defense
9:30 am - 6:30 pm, Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.,
Sponsored by the National Equal Justice Library (a joint project of the American Bar Association, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association,& the American Association of Law Libraries)
 
This day-long forum will address the topic of equal access to justice from comparative & historical perspectives as well as within the context of recent world events.
Panels of distinguished experts, along with conference attendees, will focus on three timely topics:
(1) The Right to Counsel in Civil Cases: Is America Finally Ready for this Step?
(2) Administration of the Death Penalty in the Twenty First Century
(3) The Impact of Terrorism on the Balance Between Civil Liberties and National Security.
 
Outline of Program
9:30-9:45 Welcome - Claudio Grossman, Dean, Washington College of Law
9:45-11:15 Panel One - Will 'Gideon's Trumpet' Sound Again? The Prospects for a Right To Equal Justice in Civil Cases
11:30-1:00 Panel Two - Administration of the Death Penalty in the USA
1:00-2:30 Lunch Keynote Speaker & Award Presentations
2:30-4:00 - Panel Three Striking a Balance Between Civil Liberties and National Security in the Age of Terrorism
4:30-6:00 Reception for Forum Speakers and attendees featuring a presentation commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the "Reggie" Program.
 
To register on line, visit: www.wcl.american.edu/secle
If you have additional questions, please contact us at (202) 274-4075 or via E-mail at secle@wcl.american.edu.
For more information about the forum, please contact:
Robert Forman, National Equal Justice Library Archivist (202) 274 - 4320
E-mail: nejl@wcl.american.edu or rforman@wcl.american.edu
 

April 12, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

April 12-13, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Doing Justice to Mercy: Contemporary Problems and Prospects in Criminal Justice
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Swift Lecture Hall, The Divinity School 1025 E 58th Street
 
The increasingly protracted sentences, prison populations, and capital punishments in recent decades point to systemic movement toward more punitive criminal justice practices. Is there a role for mercy within this system? What theological, philosophical, and legal resources can be marshaled to reconceive criminal justice, whether as deterrence, punishment, rehabilitation, or restoration? How can we adjudicate between suffering of offenders and suffering of victims?
 
Friday, April 12, 2002
 
Tipping the Scales: Balancing Legal Justice and Mercy
9:00 "Tempering or Tampering? Mercy and the Administration of Criminal Justice"
   Carol Steiker, Harvard Law School
   Respondent: Albert Alschuler, The University of Chicago Law School
10:30 Panel Discussion
   Dan Markel, Berkman Fellow, Harvard Law School
   Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project
   Winnifred Sullivan, The University of Chicago Divinity School
Sustaining Convictions and Challenging Beliefs
1:30 "Thinking the Death of Jesus as Execution"
   Mark Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary
   Respondent: Sarah Coakley, Havard Divinity School
3:00 Panel Discussion
   Peter Paris, Princeton Theological Seminary
   William Schweiker, The University of Chicago Divinity School
   Jean Elshtain, The University of Chicago Divinity School
4:30 Reception
 
Saturday, April 13, 2002
 
Intersections: Individual Accountability, Communal Responsibilities
9:00 "Why International Justice Matters in God's World"
   David Scheffer, United States Institute of Peace
   Respondent: David Little, Harvard Divinity School
10:30 Panel Discussion
   Ernie Lewis, Public Advocate
   Lois Livezey, McCormick Theological Seminary
   Randolph Stone, The University of Chicago Law School
   William Placher, Wabash College
Theology and Public Life: An Open Conversation
1:00 Presentations and Conversation
   W. Clark Gilpin, The University of Chicago Divinity School
   Ronald Thiemann, Harvard Divinity School
 
2:30 Concluding Reflections
   William Schweiker, The University of Chicago Divinity School
 
For more information visit: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/whatsnew/conferences.html#justice
or contact: (773) 702-8230, Jonathan Rothchild jbrothch@midway.uchicago.edu
or Kevin Jung kjung@midway.uchicago.edu
Sponsors: University of Chicago Divinity School, Martin Marty Center
 

April 13, 2002 Los Angeles, CA
 
Effective Activism with Abe Bonowitz (Director of Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty)
1:00 - 3:00pm, Unitarian Universalist Church (4190 Front Street across from UCSD Hospital.)
 
Abe Bonowitz will share insight and lead a discussion on "Effective Activism".
You are cordially invited to participate this event.
 
Sponsored by the San Diego chapters of Death Penalty Focus and Amnesty International.
For more information call Tim Spann 619-531-1790
To arrange additional events during Abe's stay in California (April 10-14): E-mail: abe@cuadp.org, or Tel: 1-800-973-6548
 

April 13, 2002 Wilmington, DE
 
Conference for Families of Death Row Inmates and Pre Trial Capital Cases
One day conference sponsored by "Because Love Allows Compassion" (BLAC).
9 am - 4 pm, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1502 W. 13th Street,
 
Facilitators and Workshops:
Kevin O' Connel Esq. - The appellate process
Tonya MacCleary Esq - Being active in your loved ones case
Shakeerah Hameen. - Preparing for a pardons board
Phyllis Pautrat - Pretrial mitigating
Sandy Jones - Coping
Sandy Jones and Phylliss Pautrat will moderate a "Tell us what is on your mind" workshop.
 
In addition, there will be a program, just for teenagers.
 
Lunch will be provided by BLAC but please advise us of your attendance so that we have an idea of how many to cater for.
Transportation from the bus and train station available on request
For more information including directions, contact:
Anne Coleman, E-mail abolish@DMV.com

 

April 13, 2002 Indianapolis, IN
 
Indiana Citizens to Abolish Capital Punishment - Monthly Meeting
12:00PM - 2:00PM (local time) Roberts Park United Methodist Church, 401 N. Delaware Street (corner of Vermont and Delaware)
Web Site: www.icacp.org
E-mail: info@icacp.org
 

April 13, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
OCADP Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony
Metro Tech Springlake Conference Center
1900 Springlake Dr. (west of Martin Luther King Blvd., north of NE 36th)
sponsored by Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
 
Keynote speaker will be David Kaczynski, brother of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and executive director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty.
More details will be forthcoming.
 
Web Site: www.ocadp.org
E-mail: Mary Sine
 

April 13 - June 02, 2002 Hollywood, CA
 
"The Exonerated"
The Actors' Gang Theater, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (1 block east of Vine at El Centro)
 
Life After Death Row---2 actors, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, traveled the country to meet people wrongly convicted. The result: a drama and a new perspective.
The Exonerated, based on their interviews with eleven people on Death Row who barely excaped being executed. confronts us with the nightmare of wrongful conviction.
 
Previews, Saturday April 13th; runs April 19-June 2. Showtimes are 8 p.m.
Preview, $10. Regular shows, $15-$20, with $5 student and senior discounts Thursdays and Sundays.
 
For detailed information including reviews, performances and ticket ordering, visit the Actor's Gang Web Site:
www.theactorsgang.com
or call: (323) 465-0566
 

April 14, 2002 Los Angeles, CA
 
Justice for All - an evening of performance to support abolition of the death penalty
7:00 and 9:00 pm, 6545 Santa Monica Blvd. (323) 463-7585 E-mail: JONSLICE17@aol.com
 

April 14, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(second Sunday of the month)
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church 1901 N. Douglas
E-mail: hulinst@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: www.ocadp.org
 

April 14-21, 2002 Costa Mesa, CA
 
Dead Man Walking - The Opera
Opera Pacific
 
First a best-selling book, then a major film which starred Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, Sister Helen Prejean's true story of murder, redemption and execution is now an unforgettable opera, with an inspired score by Jake Heggie and a moving libretto by Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally. The San Francisco world premiere, internationally praised by critics, was the most successful new opera in the company's 76-year history.
Opera Pacific Artistic Director John DeMain conducts a cast that includes several of the original cast members, including the incomparable Frederica von Stade in her long-awaited Opera Pacific debut, Kristin Jepson as Sister Helen, and John Packard as the convict DeRocher
 
Web Site www.operapacific.org/dead_man_walking.html
For ticketing information or questions, please call 800-34-OPERA or 800-346-7372
 

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

 

April 14-22, 2002 Various Communities, NJ
 
Journey of Hope - From Violence to Healing
 
Journey of Hope...from Violence to Healing is an organization that is led by murder victim family members that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty.
 
Journey "storytellers" come from all walks of life and represent the full spectrum and diversity of faith, color and economic situation. They are real people who know first hand the aftermath of the insanity and horror of murder. They recount their tragedies and their struggles to heal as a way of opening dialogue on the death penalty in schools, colleges, churches and other venues.
 
The Journey spotlights murder victim's family members who choose not to seek revenge, and instead select the path of love and compassion for all of humanity. Forgiveness is seen as a strength and as a way of healing. The greatest resources of the Journey are the people who are a part of it.
 
For information on what will be happening where in New Jersey, visit:
www.journeyofhope.org

 

April 15, 2001 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Vigil
(third Monday of each month - except February)
12 Noon to 1pm at the State Capitol, North Steps, 11th & L Streets
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty is a Chapter of Death Penalty Focus.
Contact: Georgia Lyga, Vigil Committee Volunteer Coordinator
Voice Mail: (916) 457-7640 E-mail: georgiannl@earthlink.net
 

April 15, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Dallas Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Monday of each month)
7:00-9:00pm, Paperback Plus Bookstore, 6115 La Vista Dr., Live Oak at La Vista, 2nd FLOOR (between Skillman and Abrams in Lakewood)
Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

April 16, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

April 16, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Houston Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Tuesday of each month) new location and day
7:00 pm, Olive Branch Meeting Room, 2360 Rice Boulevard in The Village.
Contact dpatwood@igc.org or Nancy Bailey nlbailey@earthlink.net for details
 

April 17, 2002 Amherst, MA
 
"Capital Conspiracy: The New Face of the Death Penalty After 9/11"
7:00 pm in Hasbrouck 134, University of MA (free and open to the public)
 
Until now, the United States has not had a capital conspiracy case since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for "conspiracy to commit espionage" in 1953 at the height of the Cold War. In the wake of 9/11, one defendant charged with "conspiracy to commit terrorism" faces execution if convicted, and others may follow. This lecture by Attorney Robert Meeropol (the younger son of the Rosenbergs) will re-examine government misconduct during his parents' case and its relation to current events.
 
The talk will warn that similarities between the anti-communist fervor of the 1950's, and today's crackdown on civil liberties amidst the war on terrorism, could spawn more miscarriages of justice. "In my parents' case, tried during the Korean War, prosecutors linked the thing the public feared most (the Atomic Bomb), with the people the public feared most (communists), to justify the death penalty," observes Meeropol. "Now we're at war again, and prosecutors already are linking the thing the public fears most (terrorism) with the people the public fears most, (Islamic fundamentalists), to obtain a similar outcome for those caught up in the anti-terrorist dragnet."
 
Meeropol also will discuss the work of the organization he founded to honor his parents' legacy, the Rosenberg Fund for Children (RFC). The RFC is a public foundation that provides for the educational and emotional needs of children in this country whose parents have suffered because of their progressive activities. The RFC also provides grants for the educational and emotional needs of targeted activist youth. Institutions and professionals are awarded grants to provide services for RFC beneficiaries at no cost or reduced cost. Services covered by RFC grants can include: school tuition, college books, special types of travel, music lessons, summer camp, therapy, day care, travel to visit an incarcerated relative, etc. With its Spring 2002 awards, the RFC topped over $1,000,000 in total grants, made to more than 200 beneficiaries, since the Fund's beginning in 1990.
 
The University's Commonwealth College, Writing Program, Graduate Employee Organization, and Radical Student Union, along with the Western MA Chapter of the American Friends Service Committee, are co-sponsoring the event. This address, and a second at Holyoke Community College on May 7th, are two local stops on Meeropol's current speaking tour that includes events in Colorado, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northeast.
 
For information on this event, the Rosenberg Fund for Children, downloadable photos, or to arrange an interview with Robert Meeropol, contact Amber Black at the RFC, 413-739-9020, amber@rfc.org or visit the PRESS ROOM at www.rfc.org/
 

April 17, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Robert Henry is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1993 killing of Carol Lea Arnold.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

April 18, 2002 Beverly Hills, CA
 
11th Annual Death Penalty Focus Awards Dinner
6:30pm, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel
 
This year's dinner is dedicated to the memory of our great friend and supporter Jack Lemmon.
Hosted by Honorary Co-Chairs Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Marg Helgenberger, Jane Kaczmarek, Norman Lear, Peter MacNicol, Alan Rosenberg, Martin Sheen and Bradley Whitford, our dinner will pay tribute to those whose efforts have aided in this epic struggle.
We will honor noted economist and philanthropist, the inimitable Stanley K. Sheinbaum, for his prodigious efforts toward peace and cooperation across the world.
We will also honor our own Reverend James Lawson, Jr., a towering force and inspiring figure in America's lonely battles for peace, justice and racial equality.
We are proud to honor the work of an outstanding actor and leader in the abolition movement, Danny Glover.
We are thrilled to present the Mario Cuomo Acts of Courage Award to Rep. Barbara Lee of California. The sole member of Congress to stand against President Bush's war resolution.
And finally, it is our great pleasure to present a special award to the incomparable broadcaster and journalist, Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize winning author known as the greatest oral historian of the century.
 
We invite you to take part in this wonderful evening by purchasing tickets and/or an ad in the tribute book.
Please contact Michael Teta & Associates for ticket information at (323) 658-5660.
For additional information on those being honoured, visit www.deathpenalty.org/act/dinner_2002.htm

 

April 18, 2002 St. Louis, MO
 
Eastern Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, 4557 Laclede
Tel: 314-241-8062
E-mail: emcadp@mindspring.com
Web Site: www.mindspring.com/~emcadp
 

April 18, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Gerald Casey is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1989 killing of Sonya Lynn Howell.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

April 18-21, 2002 Seattle, WA
 
Amnesty International Annual General Meeting
 
Click here to read an interview with Rick Halperin.
AIUSA's Annual General Meeting will be held in Seattle. WA.
Human Rights Education workshops, inspirational speakers, mandate and policy discussions
 
Call 1-866-ARegion (1-866-273-4466) for details
or E-mail: aiusa-agm@aiusa.org
 

April 19, 2002 Altmore, (Holman) AL
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - NEW DATE - SEE MAY 10
Linda Lyon Block is scheduled to be killed by the State of Alabama at 12:01 am local time for the 1993 Killing of Roger Lamar Motley
Vigil information will be provided as it becomes available
 

April 19, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

April 19-20, 2002 Cambridge, MA
 
Wrongful Convictions - A Call to Action
Conference at Harvard Law School, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Sponsored by The Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School Testa, Hurwitz, & Thibeault and the New England Innocence Project
 
This conference will bring together defense lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, law enforcement personnel, judges, legislators, journalists, and the victims of wrongful convictions to examine systemic problems that give rise to wrongful convictions and to propose concrete remedies for these problems at all stages of a criminal prosecution.
Panels will examine cases of wrongful convictions and underlying issues in eyewitness identifications, DNA testing, confessions, jail-house "snitches," suppression of exculpatory evidence, inadequate representation, and forensic testing.
The conference will also focus on the difficulties of reintegration and proposals for compensation for those who have been exonerated as well as on developing post-conviction and post-release resources.
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Governor George Ryan of Illinois will deliver keynote addresses.
 
Registration:
General Pre-Registration: $125 *
General Registration: $150
Public Interest Pre-Registration: (includes public defenders, law enforcement officers, legal service workers, community organizers). $50 *
Public Interest Registration: $75
Student Registration: Students who wish to have meals and materials may register at the public Interest rate.
FREE (excludes meals and materials)
*Advance Registration fees must be postmarked on or before March 29, 2002, and includes meals and materials.
 
For more information about this timely conference contact Criminal Justice Institute of Harvard Law School at (617) 496-8143
Web Site: www.law.harvard.edu
E-mail: inncon02@law.harvard.edu
 
Additional supporting sponsors include the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty, and the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition.
 

April 20, 2002 Los Angeles
 
"The Death Penalty: We can live without it"
8:30am-4pm, Cathedral Center, 840 Echo Park Ave.
 
A one-day conference on the death penalty has been organized by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
 
Speakers include: Bishop Bruno, Bishop Talton, Steve Rohde, Rabbi Beerman, Azim Khamisa, Ples Felix, Bruce Bramlett, Sonny Jacobs and Pat Clark.
 
The conference is oriented to youth as well as and adults, so youth groups are encouraged to come and can attended special youth sessions (7-12th grades).
 
For information call (213) 387-1334.
 

April 20, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Saturday of each month)
9:30 am, 180 N. Michigan, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601.
Please call or e-mail for more information
Jane Bohman Tel: (312) 849-2279
E-mail: jbohman@icadp.org
Web Site: www.icadp.org
 

April 22, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

April 23, 2002 Louisville, KY
 
KCADP Louisville/Jefferson County Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1011 Cherokee Road
New members always welcome
Contact: Ray Schweri
E-mail: joywolf45@aol.com
 

April 23, 2002 Jefferson City, MO
 
Actions for Chris Simmons - Juvenile Scheduled for Execution in Missouri
A PRESS CONFERENCE is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23, 2:00 pm, in the first floor of the Capitol in Jefferson City. Please be there.
 
Speakers will include:
1. Jennifer Brewer, attorney for Chris Simmons
2. Cheryl Hayes, Mother of Chris Simmons
3. Sr. Elaine AuBuchon, SSND, Criminal Justice Ministry, St. Vincent DePaul, and spiritual advisor to Chris Simmons
4. Elizabeth Gaines, Youth Policy Analysist for Citizens for Missouri's Children, speaking about Missouri's policy to execute juveniles
5. Senator Roseann Bentley, (R-Springfield)sponsor of legislation to raise the age limit from 16-18 in Missouri.
6. Dr. David Foote, psychologist (provided by Jeff)
7. Rita Linhardt, Missouri Catholic Conference

 
Statements will be read from:
Missouri Juvenile Justice Association Youth Enlightenment Program participants who know the importance of having Chris continue working on this program.
 
From Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty (573) 635-7239
 

April 23, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

April 23-29, 2002 Various Communities, NY
 
Journey of Hope - From Violence to Healing
 
Journey of Hope...from Violence to Healing is an organization that is led by murder victim family members that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty.
 
Journey "storytellers" come from all walks of life and represent the full spectrum and diversity of faith, color and economic situation. They are real people who know first hand the aftermath of the insanity and horror of murder. They recount their tragedies and their struggles to heal as a way of opening dialogue on the death penalty in schools, colleges, churches and other venues.
 
The Journey spotlights murder victim's family members who choose not to seek revenge, and instead select the path of love and compassion for all of humanity. Forgiveness is seen as a strength and as a way of healing. The greatest resources of the Journey are the people who are a part of it.
 
For information on what will be happening where in New York, visit:
www.journeyofhope.org
or Click here
 

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?
 

April 25, 2002 Lexington, KY
 
KCADP Central Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:00pm, Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane
New members always welcome
Contact: Will Warner
E-mail: tortilla@iglou.com
Web Site: www.kcadp.org
 

April 25, 2002 Brazos Valley, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Brazos Valley Chapter - Regular Meeting
(last Thursday of each month)
Friends Congregational Church at 2200 Southwood Drive
Please contact us to confirm the meeting date, location and time
E-mail: tcadpbv@yahoo.com
 

April 26, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

April 26, 2002 Lucasville, OH
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Alton Coleman is scheduled to be killed by the State of Ohio at 10:00 am local time for the 1984 murders of Tonnie Storey and Marlene Walters.
Click Here for information regarding events and vigils at the prison and elsewhere as it becomes available.
 

Apr 26, 2002 Columbus, OH
 
The Free Press 2002 Annual Awards Dinner
Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio, 67 E. Innis Ave.
 
Honoring:
Les Stansbery - the 2002 Free Press "Libby" Award for Community Activism
Bob Allen - Selma Walker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Human Rights Activism
Bill Moss - Debs-Thomas Award for Social Justice Activism
 
5pm - doors open
6pm - dinner, catered by The Red Sea, Eritrean and American cuisine
7pm - awards program

Entertainment by the Native American Indian Center drummers Art Show by bifani
 
Donation: $15 individual, low income negotiated, under 8 free Pay at the door
 
Email freepress@iwaynet.net or call 614-253-2571
 

Apr 27, 2002 Washington, DC
 
Benefit Concert Sponsored by the Campaign To End The Death Penalty
9:00 p.m. to closing, Downstairs at The Big Hunt, 1345 Connecticut Avenue, NW (below Dupont Circle)
 
This is going to be a evening full of fun.. all for a great cause.
Please come and share in the music and revelry
Featuring... Steam and Broccoli, Hoover's G-String & Yuma House (slide guitar and banjo) (power / pop) (indie / pop)
$7 Cover At The Door / Discounted Drinks
 
Campaign To End The Death Penalty web site: www.nodeathpenalty.org/
 

April 27, 2002 Baltimore, MD
 
All Out Demonstration against the Upcoming Execution of Wesley Baker
1:00pm, Supermax Prison, 401 E. Madison.
 
While the CEDP is putting out a lead for the fight against the resumption of executions in Maryland, we know that our success depends on the involvement of other groups and individuals -- we invite, encourage and need your participation.
 
For further information on this, and other activities, contact CEDP at: noreen@nodeathpenalty.org.
 

April 27, 2002 Austin, TX
 
Annual John Henry Faulk Awards Banquet
Red Lion Inn, I-35 & Hwy. 290
Organized by the ACLU of Texas
 
You are invited to join the ACLU of Texas in honoring a courageous champion of criminal justice reform - State Representative Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, Chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Subcommittee, who fought along side the ACLU last session to require corroborating evidence in drug stings, to ban executing children and the mentally retarded, to reform the indigent defense system, to ban racial profiling and to hold police accountable for misconduct.
Hinojosa led the charge to end use of the death penalty against the mentally retarded. While the Legislature passed this reform, it was vetoed by the Governor. His Bill providing life without parole as an alternative to execution narrowly failed in the House.
 
The principal speaker is syndicated columnist Molly Ivins.
 
$75 per person
Cocktail hour 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Dinner and program begin at 7:30 pm
For information, call (713) 942-8146.
Reserve your place now with a check made out to the:
ACLU of Texas,
P.O. Box 3629,
Austin, Texas 78764
 
 

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
 

April 28, 2002 Burlington, VT
 
Sister Beatrice Woods Memorial Dinner & Auction to benefit Dismas House
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, 870 Williston Rd, South Burlington
5:00 pm - Social Hour & Silent Auction
7:00 pm - Dinner
 
Bud Welch father of Oklahoma City bombing victim Julie-Marie, and a staunch opponent of the death penalty, is the guest speaker at this year's annual "Sister Bea" Dinner and Auction
Master of Ceremonies for the evening is Kevin Sculley, former Burlington City Chief of Police
In addition, the Jack Hickey award will be presented to the Honorable Francis B. McCaffrey.
Join us for a special evening, with special people for a special reason!
Named for the repentant criminal who was crucified beside Jesus, the first Dismas House opened in Nashville, Tennessee in 1974. It was conceived by the Rev. Jack Hickey, O.P., Catholic chaplain at Vanderbilt, and a group of students.
They had discovered that many parolees had no family support, no jobs, and no place to live after release. These students shared a home with former prisoners as an extension of the Vanderbilt Prison Project.
The work begun in Nashville has spread; the Vermont Dismas house was opened 17 years ago by Frank McCaffrey and his wife, Rita Whalen-McCaffrey.
The houses offer a supportive community for parolees who have no family or who fear that a return to their former environment might lead back to crime.
Many need help finding work and readjusting to life on the outside. Former prisoners plan to stay for three months, but many stay longer.
For students, whose residency is one year, Dismas House provides an opportunity to help others, to erase stereotypical thinking, and to learn what it's like to be in a relational process of reconciliation.
According to network-wide statistics, approximately 70% of Dismas House residents are successfully reconciled to their communities without returning to prison.
 
Reservations required, donation $35.00 per person
Contact: Kimberly Parsons 802-658-0381
 

April 28, 2002 New York City, NY
 
No more executions!
Click here to read report.
2:30pm - 4:30pm, Union Square,
 
Rally against the death penalty - New York Civil Liberties Union and New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty
For more information or if your organization wants to co-sponsor the rally and join us in the rising call to end the death penalty, contact Julia Wolfson at the NYCLU (212) 344-3005 x248
Click here for more info and flyer
 

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
 


April 29, 2002 New York City, NY
 
Capital Punishment in the Age of Terrorism
7 pm: Association of the Bar, 42 W. 44th St free and open to the public
 
The basic purpose of the program is to describe how governments respond to national crimes committed in war time or other periods of national emergency, as distinct from individual crimes, and how legal systems that are formed through the process of litigating more "typical" crimes are able to cope with national crimes & crisis situations.
Panelists will address a variety of topics, including the use of military tribunals, in this country & others, when a defendant is charged with such crimes; the effect on American death penalty law of trials of alleged terrorists; the the period of Vichy France where many French lawyers felt there was a sufficient "emergency" to justify extreme departures from their otherwise longstanding traditions of due process.
 
Moderator: Norman Redlich, Former Dean, NY University Law School
Speakers:
David Bruck, Scholar-in-Residence, Washington and Lee School of Law; Capital Defense Attorney
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
Paul Saunders, Officer, Army Judge Advocate Gen'l Corps, 1967-71
Richard Weisberg, Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
 
Sponsored by: Committee on Capital Punishment, Norman L. Greene, Chair
 

April 30, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report
Rodolfo Hernandez is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1985 killing of Victor Cerran.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

April 30, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

May 01, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty- Law Day March
 
12:00 noon, County Courthouse (9th & H Streets).
Community leaders, politicians, and activists will gather at noon and march through downtown to the State Capitol, where a delegation will deliver the petitions to Governor Davis's office and hold a press conference.
Look for a flyer and other information soon on our website, www.californiamoratorium.org, and plan to join us on May 1st!
 
Contact: Chris Hartmire (916) 446-0874

May 01, 2002 Cambridge, MA
 
"Thin Blue Line" (1988) (Unrated) 103 minutes
7pm M.I.T. 26-100
 
Morris' landmark documentary sets out to prove that a convicted hitchhiker did not kill a Dallas policeman in 1976 and that the lowlife who fingered him did. The case was reopened after the film's premier and the defendant exonerated. (Director Errol Morris, USA)
All screenings are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Sponsored by: LSC, Comparative Media Studies
 
For more info contact the MIT Lecture Series Committee at 617-258-8881
E-mail: lsc@mit.edu
Web Site: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?36744
Campus Map: http://whereis.mit.edu
 
For information on other death penalty related events in Massachusetts,
visit: www.nodp.org/madpen
 

May 01, 2002 Baltimore, MD
 
"Stop Executions in Maryland" - Rally
4:00 pm, intersection of N. Avenue and Howard St.
 
CEDP have signed a contract to erect a billboard with the statement, "Stop Executions in Maryland" on Wednesday, May 1st at the intersection of N. Avenue and Howard St.
A rally will take place in in front of this billboard.
It is hoped to run the billboard through the end of June and then relaunch the billboard again in the fall.
A fundraising effort has been launched to help pay for this effort.
 
Contact John Coursey for info at: johncoursey@hotmail.com.
 

May 01, 2002 Mineral Point (Potosi), MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - stayed until June 05, 2002
Chris Simmons is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time.
Click Here for vigil information
 

May 01, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Click here to read report.
Curtis Moore is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1995 killings of Roderick Moore, Latasha Boone and Henry Truevillen.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

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)
 

May 02, 2002 Indianapolis, IN
 
Oral Arguments at the Indiana Supreme Court
 
Zolo Agona Azania on death row in Indiana, will be having his oral arguments with the Indiana Supreme Court at 10:45a.m. on May 2.
Michael Deutsch (from the People's Law Office in Chicago), is looking for people to go to court on that day. If anyone is willing to respond, please email Mr Deutsch at MDEUTSCH45@aol.com and indicate that you were referred by Sarah E Dillon.

 

May 03, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

May 03, 2002 Columbia (Broad River Correctional Institution), SC
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Richard Charles Johnson is scheduled to be killed by the State of South Carolina at 6:00 pm local time for the 1985 killing of Bruce K. Smalls .
Click Here for vigil information
 

May 04, 2002 Hollywood, FL
 
A Psychoanalytic and Judicial Conversation on the Death Penalty
8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Memorial Regional Hospital – Auditorium A, 3501 Johnson St,
 
"As of September 11, a rogue and criminal entity has sentenced us to death. The sentence makes no distinction between the innocent and the guilty. Its authors proceed as self-declared sovereigns exacting limitless retribution. The terrorizing extremity of their program reveals some of the malignant determinants operative in the pursuit of both sovereignty and retribution. Some of those determinants also operative in judicially sanctioned executions serve as the focus of this presentation. Proponents of the death penalty want something from it. For them, having the State kill the convicted party seems to promise the kind of relief not available from any other form of punishment.
During this presentation, using cultural and clinical material, I will address some of what is seems to promise. The pursuit of such promise can only be undertaken as an exercise in sovereignty. Such pursuit depends upon the unquestionable belief in one's absolute right to the imaginary fruits of retribution.
Today we will put into question that belief and that right." - Donald Moss, M.D. 2001.
 
Visit http://www.sefapp.org/events/death_penalty.htm for detailed information.
 

May 04, 2002 San Antonio, TX
 
Get Up, Stand Up! - Organizing Against Police Abuse
Claude Black Center
 
This statewide conference will bring together civil rights activists, students, families and others from around the state to educate, train and strategize on key police reform issues such as racial profiling and police brutality.
 
We need YOU to make this event a success!!!
 
Here is a sneak peak of what to expect:
 
Keynote speaker King Downing, Director of the ACLU's National Racial Profiling Project.
 
Interactive Workshops on:
    o Regional Drug Task Forces;
    o Police Misconduct and the Law 101;
    o Effective Civilian Review;
    o Social history of Police Brutality;
    o Media Organizing 101;
    o Police Harassment and Neglect in the Gay Community.
 
Meet with Civil rights leaders, Police Reform Activists, Students, Academics, and Policy Advocates from all over the state to help strategize for effective local and state-wide police accountability.
 
REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE
To Register:
Visit the website at www.ProTex.org/criminaljustice
call 512-441-8123 or email s_maswoswe@hotmail.com today!
Participating organizations include local branches of the ACLU, NAACP, Neighborhood Alliance and the Xicano Xicano Education Project.
 

May 04, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Continuing Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Click here to read report.
Protests will take place in front of the unit every Saturday in May from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
 
These protests are for the purpose of letting TDCJ know we demand improvement of conditions on death row. Excessive use of force, unnecessary gassings, and unsatisfactory meals, and inferior medical treatment must cease. Abusive taunting language directed at prisoners by some of the guards must no longer be tolerated.
 
These protests are also in support of the non-violent protest which will be conducted by the prisoners on death row during the month of May. Literature will be available to distribute to passing cars and visitors leaving and arriving to visit at Polunsky. There will be some signs available, but please feel free to bring signs with you with slogans urging humane conditions and cessation of brutality.
 
We hope that the Saturday protests will make it possible for many of you to attend who could not participate in the March Wednesday protests. I have heard from quite a number of people who have indicated that if we would plan something for a weekend, they would like to participate. Those of you who live very very far away, look at your calenders and plan to participate in at least one if not more of these events. Organize car pools. Make contacts. If at all possible, be here May 11. It would be really good if at least one of these protests is major huge. If we are to ever have an impact, TDCJ, our legislators and the public must realize, by seeing us, that our numbers are significant.
 
Please get in touch with your media contacts. Also please post this announcement on any other available e-list.
We hope to see you ALL there.
 
Nancy Bailey nlbailey@earthlink.net
 

May 05, 2002 El Paso, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - El Paso - Regular Silent Vigil
(first Sunday of each month)
6-6:30 p.m. on the southside of San Jacinto Plaza
Vigils are held in memory of victims, offenders, and the families of both.
Contact Johntures@aol.com
 

May 07, 2002 San Diego, CA
Death Penalty Focus San Diego - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
7:00 PM, California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar St.
Ask lobby receptionist for meeting room number
For information call (619) 255-3873
 

May 07, 2002 Holyoke, MA
 
"Capital Conspiracy: The New Face of the Death Penalty After 9/11"
Time - TBA, Holyoke Community College, 303 Homestead Ave
 
Until now, the United States has not had a capital conspiracy case since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for "conspiracy to commit espionage" in 1953 at the height of the Cold War. In the wake of 9/11, one defendant charged with "conspiracy to commit terrorism" faces execution if convicted, and others may follow.
Attorney Robert Meeropol (the younger son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg) will re-examine government misconduct during his parents' case and its relation to current events. The talk will warn that similarities between the anti-communist fervor of the 1950's, and today's crackdown on civil liberties amidst the war on terrorism, could spawn more miscarriages of justice.
 
For information on this event, the Rosenberg Fund for Children, downloadable photos, or to arrange an interview with Robert Meeropol, contact Amber Black at the RFC, 413-739-9020, amber@rfc.org or visit the PRESS ROOM at www.rfc.org/
 
For information on other death penalty related events in Massachusetts,
visit: www.nodp.org/madpen
 

May 07, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Click here to read report.
Brian Edward Davis is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1991 killing of Michael Alan Foster.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 07, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

May 07, 2003 Houston, TX
 
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
SHAPE Community Center, 3903 Almeda Road, one block south of Alabama Street
The Abolition Movement is working to abolish the death penalty and to stop the illegal and horrific conditions on the Polunsky Unit which houses the 450 men on Texas' death row.
We are a diverse group of activists who believe through active struggle and with the support of the community we will effect change.
Contact: Njeri Shakur 713-521-0629 or 713-861-5965
E-mail: AbolitionMovement@juno.com
 

May 09, 2002 Boston, MA
 
Celebrate the End of Executions in Massachusetts - Work for Abolition of the Death Penalty Everywhere
12-2 pm at the Boston Common (near Park Street MBTA station)
 
On May 9, 1947, the justice system in Massachusetts performed its last executions. On that day, Philip Bellino and Edward Gersten were electrocuted at Charlestown State Prison for the crime of murder.
 
Since then, despite a number of attempts to reinstate the death penalty in recent years, Massachusetts has rejected state-sanctioned murder. But the struggle will continue here, and the ban must also be extended to the other states of our union, to our federal government, and to the world.
 
The Death Penalty Abolition Action Team of Amnesty International's Group 133, Somerville, Mass. will host a celebration and informational event on the Boston Common to mark the end of executions in our Commonwealth and to further the cause of abolition everywhere.
 
Petitions, clipboards and flyers will be provided. Come out and help out.
 
Contact info for this event is:
Molly Johnson (781) 789-9758, E-mail: mollykj@email.com
www.amnesty133.org
 
For information on death penalty related events in Massachusetts, visit: www.nodp.org/madpen
 

May 09, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Reginald Lenard Reeves is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1993 killing of Jenny Lynn Weeks.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 09, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Amnesty International - Regular Meeting
(second Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:30 pm, Southern Methodist University, room 138, Dallas Hall
Contact Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

May 10, 2002 Altmore, (Holman) AL
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Linda Lyon Block is scheduled to be killed by the State of Alabama at 12:01 am local time for the 1993 Killing of Roger Lamar Motley
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 10, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

May 10, 2002 Angola, LA
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Leslie Dale Martin is scheduled to be killed by the State of Louisiana at 6:30 pm local time for the 1991 killing of Christina Burgin.
Vigil Information (based on previous information):
February 6th, 7:00 pm - Gathering outside of Angola
February 7th, 7:00 pm - Prayer vigil outside the Governor's Mansion
February 8th, 5:00 pm - Gatherings outside of Angola and the Governor's Mansion
 

May 11, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Continuing Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Protests will take place in front of the unit every Saturday in May from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
 
These protests are for the purpose of letting TDCJ know we demand improvement of conditions on death row. Excessive use of force, unnecessary gassings, and unsatisfactory meals, and inferior medical treatment must cease. Abusive taunting language directed at prisoners by some of the guards must no longer be tolerated.
 
The protest on May 11 will also be in concert with a week long anti death penalty protest which will be taking place in Montpellier in the South of France between May 6th and 11th.
They will be having concerts, public debates and film screenings each day. They are expecting around 3000 spectators. If they can bring out this kind of numbers for us, why can't we do it for ourselves? WE CAN.
 
These protests are also in support of the non-violent protest which will be conducted by the prisoners on death row during the month of May. Literature will be available to distribute to passing cars and visitors leaving and arriving to visit at Polunsky. There will be some signs available, but please feel free to bring signs with you with slogans urging humane conditions and cessation of brutality.
 
We hope that the Saturday protests will make it possible for many of you to attend who could not participate in the March Wednesday protests. I have heard from quite a number of people who have indicated that if we would plan something for a weekend, they would like to participate. Those of you who live very very far away, look at your calenders and plan to participate in at least one if not more of these events. Organize car pools. Make contacts. If at all possible, be here May 11. It would be really good if at least one of these protests is major huge. If we are to ever have an impact, TDCJ, our legislators and the public must realize, by seeing us, that our numbers are significant.
 
Please get in touch with your media contacts. Also please post this announcement on any other available e-list.
We hope to see you ALL there.
 
Nancy Bailey nlbailey@earthlink.net
 

May 11, 2002 Indianapolis, IN
 
Indiana Citizens to Abolish Capital Punishment - Monthly Meeting
12:00PM - 2:00PM (local time) Roberts Park United Methodist Church, 401 N. Delaware Street (corner of Vermont and Delaware)
Web Site: www.icacp.org
E-mail: info@icacp.org
 

May 12, 2002 Oklahoma City, OK
 
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(second Sunday of the month)
3:00-5:00 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church 1901 N. Douglas
E-mail: hulinst@worldnet.att.net
Web Site: www.ocadp.org
 

May 13, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

March 13-17, 2002 Baltimore, MD
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED - MORATORIUM DECLARED
Click here to read report.
Wesley Eugene Baker is scheduled to be killed by the State of Maryland for the 1991 killing of Jane Tyson.
In accordance with Maryland DOC procedures, the exact date and time of Mr. Baker's execution will not be announced.
Information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere will be posted as it becomes available.
 

May 14, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Action Committee - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm at Westminster Presbyterian (13th & N Streets).
Contact:
Chris Hartmire (916) 446-0874 or Tommy Clinkenbeard (916) 874-6411
 

May 14, 2002 Boston, MA
 
Ford Hall Forum Presents Free Public Lecture - The Case For Capital Punishment - with Jeff Jacoby, Op-Ed Columnist for The Boston Globe
6:30 p.m. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street
 
The death penalty is frequently condemned as antiquated, unreliable, and inhumane, but Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe sees it very differently. He describes capital punishment as an ethical, compassionate, and practical response to murder. When vicious killers are allowed to live, he says, more innocent victims die.
 
The Ford Hall Forum will present the outspoken columnist on The Case for Capital Punishment. This free event, presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House as part of the Partners in Public Dialogue Series, is open to the general public.
 
Since 1908, the Ford Hall Forum has dedicated itself to promoting and facilitating public involvement in the open exchange of ideas on issues of public interest through the presentation of programs that engage diverse audiences in discussions and debates. Ford Hall Forum programs are always free, open to the public, and include opportunities for audience members to ask questions and share comments.
 
Presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org as part of the Partners in Public Dialogue Series.
 
For more information, contact the Ford Hall Forum at (617) 373-5800 or visit our website at www.fordhallforum.neu.edu
Tom Formicola tom@fordhallforum.neu.edu
 

May 14, 2002 Knoxville, TN
 
Knoxville Chapter of Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing (TCASK) - Regular Meeting
(second Tuesday of each month)
Confirm location via email. etcask@hotmail.com
 

May 14, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Click here to read report.
Henry Earl Dunn Jr. is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1993 killing of Nicolas West.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 14, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

May 16, 2002 St. Louis, MO
 
Eastern Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Thursday of each month)
7:00 pm, ACLU office, 4557 Laclede
Tel: 314-241-8062
E-mail: emcadp@mindspring.com
Web Site: www.mindspring.com/~emcadp
 

May 16, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Ronford Styron is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for 1993 killing of Lee Hollace Styron.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 16-17, 2002 Philadelphia, PA
 
Demand Justice for Fred Thomas
 
Thursday, May 16 - Demonstration -Justice for Fred Thomas
4:00pm - 5:30pm,Outside Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (1421 Arch Street)
 
Let the DA know that their actions are unacceptable! The eyes of Philadelphia are watching, and we will not allow this miscarriage of justice to continue. This demonstration will include two former death row inmates, both from Pennsylvania. William Neives spent six years of his life on Pennsylvania's death row, tried by the same prosecutor who is trying to kill Fred Thomas. Ray Krone is the 100th person to be released from death row in Arizona (last month), and has just returned to his native Pennsylvania. Individuals from a diverse list of cosponsors, including the Black Radical Congress, deClarye Collective and Progressive Clergy of Greater Philadelphia, will be addressing the crowd. Also, representatives of the Philadelphia Branch of the NAACP and the ACLU of Pennsylvania will be speaking.
 
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty, Mothers Organized Against Police Terror, Black Radical Congress, Greater Philadelphia Progressive Clergy, deClarye Collective, AWARE(Allies Working for Anti-Racist Education), People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, Abolitionist Action Committee and Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
 
Friday, May 17th - Court Hearing
9:30am, Criminal Justice Center (1301 Filbert Street), Room 608
 
Summary arguments will be made before the Honorable Judge Willis Berry. It is considered highly probable that Judge Berry will rule on Fred's claims that day, so it is absolutely vital that the court room be packed with supporters. The defense has already filed their brief- based on previous stall tactics, the prosecution will most likely wait until the last possible minute to file their brief. This is perhaps the most critical moment in the entire campaign - please join us if you can! There was a strong public turnout at the hearings in February. Let's try to double our numbers this time!
 
NOTE: The next Southeast Chapter meeting will be on Monday, May 20th. It will begin at 7:00pm and will be held at the Friends Center (1501 Cherry St).
PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death Penalty
P.O. Box 58128, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-724-6120 Fax: 215-729-6189
E-Mail: PAUADP@aol.com
Website: www.pa-abolitionists.org
 

May 17, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

May 18, 2002 Chicago, IL
 
Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Meeting
(third Saturday of each month)
9:30 am, 180 N. Michigan, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601.
Please call or e-mail for more information
Jane Bohman Tel: (312) 849-2279
E-mail: jbohman@icadp.org
Web Site: www.icadp.org
 

May 18, 2002 Raleigh, NC
 
Jazz Dinner - Invitation from People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
7:00 p.m. at Temple Beth Or in Raleigh (5315 Creedmoor Road, half a mile due north of Crabtree Valley Mall).
 
No Vigil, No Protest, But a Chance to Dance and Celebrate
An Invitation from People of Faith Against the Death Penalty

 
This event will feature a dinner of Italian cuisine and the vocal stylings ofthe celebrated performer Randa McNamara.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for ages 12 and under.
 
It will be more than a fundraiser, says PFADP President Marshall Dayan. "While we certainly want to raise funds for the work of the organization, we also want the evening to be an opportunity for people in the movement to fellowship together, have fun, and be revitalized for the work that's left to do towards the abolition of the death penalty."
 
Randa McNamara has appeared in venues ranging from Catch A Rising Star and The Firebird Cafe to concert stages at Lincoln Center and Town Hall.
 
For more information or to purchase TICKETS, contact the PFADP office at 919-933-7567 or info@pfadp.org.
Space is limited, so advance ticket purchasing is encouraged. Tickets will be sold at the door unless sold out prior to the event.
 

May 18, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Continuing Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Protests will take place in front of the unit every Saturday in May from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
 
These protests are for the purpose of letting TDCJ know we demand improvement of conditions on death row. Excessive use of force, unnecessary gassings, and unsatisfactory meals, and inferior medical treatment must cease. Abusive taunting language directed at prisoners by some of the guards must no longer be tolerated.
 
These protests are also in support of the non-violent protest which will be conducted by the prisoners on death row during the month of May. Literature will be available to distribute to passing cars and visitors leaving and arriving to visit at Polunsky. There will be some signs available, but please feel free to bring signs with you with slogans urging humane conditions and cessation of brutality.
 
We hope that the Saturday protests will make it possible for many of you to attend who could not participate in the March Wednesday protests. I have heard from quite a number of people who have indicated that if we would plan something for a weekend, they would like to participate. Those of you who live very very far away, look at your calenders and plan to participate in at least one if not more of these events. Organize car pools. Make contacts. It would be really good if at least one of these protests is major huge. If we are to ever have an impact, TDCJ, our legislators and the public must realize, by seeing us, that our numbers are significant.
 
Please get in touch with your media contacts. Also please post this announcement on any other available e-list.
We hope to see you ALL there.
 
Nancy Bailey nlbailey@earthlink.net
 

May 18, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Media Training Opportunity for Organizers
9:00am - 5:00pm, Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore and Cultural Center.
 
The SPIN Project is pleased to offer a full-day media training for progressive activists and community organizers here in Houston.
This highly interactive, fun, and grassroots-oriented workshop covers media tactics designed to increase the profile of your group or issue in the press.
 
There will be a follow-up on Sunday afternoon for folks who would like to complete an in-depth strategic media planning session with the trainer, Akilah Monifa. This date has been chosen so that people who work during the week and young people in school can attend.
 
This workshop is primarily for activists associated with organizations working for positive social and political change. Topics include media dos and don'ts; spokesperson training; media messages; "framing" your news for maximum impact; pitching stories; and being on television. The workshop features several interactive role-play sessions and writing assignments. Students are put on camera to practice their soundbites. Informative handouts and media resources are provided. We also provide information about strategic press plans, press releases, media events, and more.
 
The training is for activists with shared political and cultural values. In addition, this workshop is for those who believe in working with the media to communicate our messages to the public. It's not a workshop for those who loathe the media and will not work with it for social change.
 
This workshop requires advance registration. Space is limited, so registration will be on a first come, first served basis.
The training and handouts are easily a value of $500 per person and is mainly being subsidized by the SPIN Project's funders. The value of the skills and materials you will take back to your organization is immeasurable!
There is a small fee of $20 to help cover the cost of refreshments, meeting space, materials, and the guidebook. Your $20 will secure your spot in the workshop. For registration information including form, please contact John "JP" Pluecker: Tel: 713-247-1919
E-mail: john.pluecker@cityofhouston.net
 
For more information on the SPIN project, visit: www.spinproject.org

 

May 20, 2001 Sacramento, CA
 
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty - Regular Vigil
(third Monday of each month - except February)
Join The Vigil Committee as we will mark our 10th anniversary of the noon hour witness against the death penalty.
12 Noon to 1pm at the State Capitol, North Steps, 11th & L Streets
The Sacramento Area Coalition Against the Death Penalty is a Chapter of Death Penalty Focus.
Contact: Georgia Lyga, Vigil Committee Volunteer Coordinator
Voice Mail: (916) 457-7640 E-mail: georgiannl@earthlink.net
 

May 20, 2002 Dallas, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Dallas Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Monday of each month)
7:00-9:00pm, Paperback Plus Bookstore, 6115 La Vista Dr., Live Oak at La Vista, 2nd FLOOR (between Skillman and Abrams in Lakewood)
Rick Halperin (214) 768-3284)
E-mail: rhalperi@post.cis.smu.edu
 

May 20, 2002 Richmond, VA
 
Roger Coleman Execution - 10th Anniversary Rally - CANCELLED
11:30 a.m. Capitol Grounds, Bell Tower Franklin and 9th Streets
 
Despite a flood of protests and worldwide media coverage of the controversy, Roger Coleman was executed on May 20th 1992.
A type of DNA testing, unavailable at the time, could exonerate him. It would call the whole concept of the death penalty into question.
The state says Roger Coleman’s case is closed and wants to destroy the evidence.
 
We ask you to join us in observing the ten-year anniversary of the execution and in demanding that the state allow DNA testing of the evidence
 
E-mail mail@vadp.org
Web Site: www.vadp.org
 

May 21, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

May 21, 2002 Houston, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Houston Chapter - Regular Meeting
(third Tuesday of each month) new location and day
7:00 pm, Olive Branch Meeting Room, 2360 Rice Boulevard in The Village.
Contact dpatwood@igc.org or Nancy Bailey nlbailey@earthlink.net for details
 

May 22, 2002 Lexington, KY
 
Death Penalty Vigil
5-6 PM, Triangle Park, Main and Broadway
 
The focus of this vigil will be the juvenile death penalty.
This is particularly important because of the current trial in Jessamine County of Daniel Gordin, Joe Reynolds and Summer Turner in the murder of Ryan Harris.
We will have speakers and read the names of those executed in 2002, and of all executed for crimes committed as juveniles since 1976.
 
Momentum against the death penalty is building - albeit slowly.
Now is the time to come out in strong numbers to demonstrate our solidarity and committment.
Together, we can make a difference.
 
Sponsored by Central Kentucky KCADP E-mail: Brian Cooney or Will Warner
www.kcadp.org
 

May 22, 2002 New York City, NY
 
Rethinking the Death penalty - Can we Define who Deserves Death
6:30 pm, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th St.
 
In light of the defects of the capital punishment system and recent calls for a moratorium on executions, many are calling for serious reform of the system. Even some who would not eliminate the death penalty entirely propose reforms that they contend would result in fewer executions and would limit the death penalty to a category they call the "worst of the worst." This program asks the questions: Is there a category of defendants who are "the worst of the worst"? Can a crime be so heinous that a defendant can be said to "deserve@ to be executed? Would such a limited death penalty be supportable morally, philosophically, and constitutionally?
 
Introductory Remarks:
- Martin J. Leahy, Esq.Solo Practitioner
 
Moderator:
- Norman L. Greene, Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP
 
Speakers:
- Robert Blecker, Professor, New York Law School
- Hon. William M. Erlbaum, Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court
- Jeffrey Fagan, Professor of Law and Public Health, Columbia University
- Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier, Assoc. Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law
- David Von Drehle, Senior Writer, National Staff of the Washington Post

 
Sponsored by the Committee on Capital Punishment - Chair: Norman L. Greene
 
No fee or pre-registration required
 
For information and flyer (including additional details on speakers), contact:
Martin J. Leahy, Esq.
martin_j_leahy@yahoo.com
(212) 932-3869
 

May 22, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Johnny Martinez is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time for the 1993 killing of Clay Peterson.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 22-28, 2002 New York City, NY
 
"The Back of the World" - Documentary with Death penalty Connections
The Pioneer Theater in the East Village, 155 E. 3rd St (on the corner of Ave A - take "F" train to 2nd Ave)
 
Beginning May 22, 2002, The Pioneer Theater will be playing the documentary THE BACK OF THE WORLD.
One of the sections in the film focuses on the death penalty and Thomas Miller-El who has been on death row in Texas since 1986.
 
The Schedule for The THE BACK OF THE WORLD is as follows:
Wednesday May 22, 7:30PM & 10PM (filmmakers present for 7:30 screening)
Thursday May 23, 8PM & 9:45PM
Friday May 24, 8PM & 9:45PM
Saturday May 25, 6PM, 8PM & 10PM
Sunday May 26, 6PM, 8PM & 10PM
Monday May 27, 6:15PM, & 10:15PM
Tuesday May 28, 6:15PM, & 10:15PM
 
Ticket prices are $8.50, $6 for students, seniors & Pioneer Members
For information call 212-254-3300 or 212-254-7107
 

May 23, 2002 Lexington, KY
 
KCADP Central Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Thursday of each month)
7:30-9:00pm, Newman Center, 320 Rose Lane
New members always welcome
Contact: Will Warner
E-mail: tortilla@iglou.com
Web Site: www.kcadp.org
 

May 23-24, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bi-Monthly Board Meeting open to the public
Sam Houston State University, Criminal Justice Center
 
Those who are geographically able (anywhere in Texas), are encouraged to attend Texas Department of Criminal Justice Board Meetings.
Remember that it is only by our attendence and participation that we can make a difference in how prisoners of the state including death row are treated
We can change things but it will take organization, teamwork, and determination.
 
Contact: Nancy Bailey
E-mail: nlbailey@EARTHLINK.NET
 

May 24, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

May 25, 2002 Polunsky Unit, Livingston, TX
 
Continuing Action - Protest at Texas' Death Row
Protests will take place in front of the unit every Saturday in May from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
 
These protests are for the purpose of letting TDCJ know we demand improvement of conditions on death row. Excessive use of force, unnecessary gassings, and unsatisfactory meals, and inferior medical treatment must cease. Abusive taunting language directed at prisoners by some of the guards must no longer be tolerated.
 
These protests are also in support of the non-violent protest which will be conducted by the prisoners on death row during the month of May. Literature will be available to distribute to passing cars and visitors leaving and arriving to visit at Polunsky. There will be some signs available, but please feel free to bring signs with you with slogans urging humane conditions and cessation of brutality.
 
We hope that the Saturday protests will make it possible for many of you to attend who could not participate in the March Wednesday protests. I have heard from quite a number of people who have indicated that if we would plan something for a weekend, they would like to participate. Those of you who live very very far away, look at your calenders and plan to participate in at least one if not more of these events. Organize car pools. Make contacts. It would be really good if at least one of these protests is major huge. If we are to ever have an impact, TDCJ, our legislators and the public must realize, by seeing us, that our numbers are significant.
 
Please get in touch with your media contacts. Also please post this announcement on any other available e-list.
We hope to see you ALL there.
 
Nancy Bailey nlbailey@earthlink.net
 

May 25 - June 15, 2002 New York City, NY
 
"SELF DEFENSE, or death of some salesmen,"
HERE Arts Center, 145 6th Ave. (between Spring & Broome St.s)
 
Carson Kreitzer's new play is based on the story of a prostitute now on FL's death row who killed 7 "Johns" in what she claims were 7 separate acts of self-defense. Cops say she's a serial killer. Kreitzer says: "in my plays there is no black & white; my people live in the gray areas where the answers you thought you knew no longer apply."
A panel discussion with the playwright, cast & Ron Tabak, President of NY Lawyers Against the Death Penalty, follows the Friday, May 31 performance.
 
Performances are Mondays-Saturdays at 8:30 pm.
There will be additional performances on Sunday May 26 at 8:30 pm and Tuesday May 28 at 3 pm.
There will be no performance on Memorial Day, May 27.
All seats are $18 on Fridays and Saturdays; all other performances $15; with Mondays June 3 & 10 & the special Tuesday matinee on May 28 "pay-what-you-will" at the door only.
 
The box office number for reservations and information is 212-647-0202 or www.here.org
 

May 26, 2002 Tampa, FL
 
Peace Rally
12:00pm, MacDill Air Force Base, (gather at Gadsden Park - 6901 MacdillL Ave. at noon)
 
MacDill is the Central Command Headquarters for U.S. military operations throughout Central Asia and the Middle East.
This march and rally will address issues related to the never-ending "War Against Terrorism," including civil rights repercussions of the USA PATRIOT Act. A nonviolent civil resistance action is planned.) For further details, Please Visit www.macdillpeacerally.org/.
 
Sponsored by Florida Alliance for Peace and Social Justice
 

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
 

May 27-28, 2002 Raleigh, NC
 
Dinner and Rally for Justice
Clarion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), 320 Hillsborough Street
Sponsored by The NC Alliance for Economic Justice
 
Take a Stand for a Budget that Protects North Carolina's Future
Literally BILLIONS of dollars in budget cuts are being proposed that will be devastating for vulnerable people and for the programs (from both government and the non-profit sector) which help them.
 
People of Faith Against the Death Penalty encourages our members and supporters to join the Rally for Justice
Now is the time to call for abolishing the death penalty as a means of saving North Carolina millions of dollars, and for redirecting some of those funds to support programs that meet the real needs of victims of violence and towards violence prevention programs in our communities.
 
May 27, 6:30 p.m. Pre-Rally Dinner (and Music) for Justice
At the Clarion
Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton (Representing the people of the 1st Congressional District).
 
May 28, 9:00 a.m.- noon Rally for Justice! (Opening day of the General Assembly's 2002 regular session)
Meet at the Clarion. March to the General Assembly and rally for a JUST budget.
Bring signs with messages such as "We Can't Afford the Death Penalty" and "NC: Abolish the Death Penalty, Save Half a Billion Dollars!"
 
Contact Information:
NC Alliance for Economic Justice
Tel: (919) 856-2181 or (919) 856-2154
Fax: (919) 856-2175

 

May 28, 2002 Louisville, KY
 
KCADP Louisville/Jefferson County Chapter - Regular Meeting
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
6:30pm, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1011 Cherokee Road
New members always welcome
Contact: Ray Schweri
E-mail: joywolf45@aol.com
 

May 28, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Napoleon Beazley (juvenile) was killed by the State of Texas at 6:00 pm local time in retribution for the 1994 killing of John Luttig.
Click Here for information regarding vigils at the prison and elsewhere.
 

May 28, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

May 28, 2002 Tallahassee, FL
 
Tallahassee Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty - General Meeting
7:30-9:00 p.m., United Church in Tallahassee, 1834 Mahan Drive
 
Keynote Speaker: Mark Olive, Capital defense attorney, former law professor, and death penalty expert: "Abolition - The Tipping Point"
 
Also, reports on current issues and a short meeting to elect officers for next year.
 
Contact Walter Moore for more information: 850-877-1609 or wmoore@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
 

May 28-31, 2002 Washington, DC
 
Free 4 Day Human Rights Course at UDC-David A. Clarke School of Law!
UDC, Clarke School of Law, 4200 CT Ave., NW DC, Bldg. 38, Rm 205, Van Ness/UDC Metro
 
A Public International Law Program on Ecology, Peace & Human Rights: United Nations Instruments & Institutions/ Reviewing the United States Record of Ratification; Revolutionizing the International Law Monitoring Machinery.
The course will be presented by experts from a variety of human rights organizations .
 
For a postable flyer that includes the list of workshops, in PDF format, see: http://209.218.190.36/News_Events/PILP_course_flyer.pdf
Registration is free, but RSVP to Joe Libertelli: Jlibertelli@udc.edu; 202-274-7338.
For course info. contact Joshua Cooper: joshua@hawaii.edu
 

May 30, 2002 Huntsville, TX
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - EXECUTED
Click here to read report.
Stanley Allison Baker was killed by the State of Texas at 6.00 p.m. local time in retribution for the 1994 killing of Wayne John Walters.
Click Here for vigil information
 

May 30, 2002 Brazos Valley, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Brazos Valley Chapter - Regular Meeting
(last Thursday of each month)
Friends Congregational Church at 2200 Southwood Drive
Please contact us to confirm the meeting date, location and time
E-mail: tcadpbv@yahoo.com
 

May 31, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

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)
 

June 02, 2002 El Paso, TX
 
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - El Paso - Regular Silent Vigil
(first Sunday of each month)
6-6:30 p.m. on the southside of San Jacinto Plaza
Vigils are held in memory of victims, offenders, and the families of both.
Contact Johntures@aol.com
 

June 03, 2002 Somerville, MA
Amnesty International's Group 133 Death Penalty Abolition Action Team (Arlington/Somerville/Cambridge) - regular meeting
(usually every third Monday - some exceptions)
8:00pm - 9:00pm, Amnesty International Northeast Regional Office in Davis Square.
58 Day Street, 4th Floor. Directions can be found at www.amnesty133.org/ai/events/directions.html
Contact: Scott Langley, DPAT coordinator, 617-267-8882
E-mail: scott@langleycreations.com
Web Site: www.amnesty133.org/ai/action/dpinfo.html
 

June 04, 2002 San Diego, CA
Death Penalty Focus San Diego - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
7:00 PM, California Western School of Law, 225 Cedar St.
Ask lobby receptionist for meeting room number
For information call (619) 255-3873
 

June 04, 2002 Albany, NY
 
Rally Against the Death Penalty
Click here to read report.
1 pm - 2 pm, State Capitol (West Side - Swan Street steps)
 
We are hoping for a large turnout to make an impression and to show the decision-makers that minds are rapidly changing on this issue.
Please join us if you can!
Speakers include an array of activitists and state and local legislators
The rally is co-sponsored by NYADP and NYCLU.
 
Call the NYCLU at 518-436-8594 for more information.
 

June 04, 2003 Houston, TX
 
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement - Regular Meeting
(first Tuesday of each month)
SHAPE Community Center, 3903 Almeda Road, one block south of Alabama Street
The Abolition Movement is working to abolish the death penalty and to stop the illegal and horrific conditions on the Polunsky Unit which houses the 450 men on Texas' death row.
We are a diverse group of activists who believe through active struggle and with the support of the community we will effect change.
Contact: Njeri Shakur 713-521-0629 or 713-861-5965
E-mail: AbolitionMovement@juno.com
 

June 04, 2002 Santa Barbara, CA
Death Penalty Focus Santa Barbara - Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
(every Tuesday - If it is raining, we will not vigil)
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. At the corner of State and Anapamu Streets
We will be reading the names of the people who have been executed since 1970, and collecting signatures for "Californians for a Moritorium on Executions".
For information contact:
James B. Robertson (619) 255-3873
E-mail robertso@math.ucsb.edu
 

June 04, 2002 Nashville, TN
 
Nashville TCASK chapter meeting
5:30, Nashville Peace and Justice Center (1016 18th Ave. So.),
 
At this meeting we will discuss an upcoming MVFR event.
At 6:00, Heather Gallagher, LCSW from the Veterans Administration Medical Center, will speak about "Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome".
Heather will help us understand the nature of PTSD, what it is, what it does, and why it never goes away.
 
Contact: Susan mcbrid_s@bellsouth.net
 

Jun 05, 2002 Mineral Point (Potosi), MO
 
Execution Vigils and Protests - STAYED
Click here to read report.
Chris Simmons is scheduled to be killed by the State of Missouri at 12.01 a.m. local time in retribution for the 1993 killing of Shirley Crook.
Click Here for vigil information
 

June 07, 2002 West Palm Beach, FL
 
Pax Christi Palm Beach - Silent Vigil
(every Friday)
5:00 - 6:00 pm. The Martin Luther King Memorial, North Flagler Drive (next to Currie Park)
A silent vigil, with candles and signs, to bring awareness to the light of NONVIOLENCE as preached by Martin Luther King JR.
Following the one hour vigil, we gather around the MLK statue to read from one of Dr. King's sermons.
Contact: Beth Cioffoletti, Tel: 561-691-0904
E-mail: 4thr@gate.net
Web Site: www.pcfla.org/pcpb
 

June 07, 2002 Sacramento, CA
 
Seminar on Capital Punishment
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. India Restaurant, 729 J St (corner of 8th St) Tel: 916-448-9046
 
Paul Comiskey will be conducting a seminar on capital punishment on the First Friday of each month.
 
E-mail: jjlynch@cwnet.com
 

June 07-14, 2002 OH
 
Red Letter Day - June 14th
There are many concerned groups..large and small as well as individuals, that write to Governor Taft.
We are asking each and every INDIVIDUAL to write so that the letters will bombard the Governor on approximately the same day - June 14, 2002.
The opposition may not be more than us...but they are louder.
This is to raise a LOUD stance and DEMAND a moratorium.
Please help us.
 
More information about the event at:
www.Ohio-Injustice/moratorium.html

 

June 08, 2002