: >From: "Mumia Week" <info@j4mumia.org>
: >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:22:13 -0400
: >
: >SEPTEMBER ORGANIZER
: >"Building for Mumia Awareness Week, September 19-25"
: >
: >No. 1, July 28, 1999
: >www.j4mumia.org
: >Mail to: 511 Ave. of the Americas, #186, New York, New York 10011
: >Phone: 212-924-8585, Fax: 212-766-1867, E-mail: info@j4mumia.org
: >
: >STUDENT / YOUTH DAY SET FOR SEPT. 21
: >Organizers for the Student/Youth day of Mumia Awareness Week took 40,000
: >flyers to Woodstock 99 to kick off the campaign.
: >
: >What you can do:
: >· Hold video showings, classroom discussions, de-bates & major teach-ins
: >putting out the facts of the case
: >· Play Mumia's voice on campus airwaves, commu-nity radio stations, cable
: >TV, publish background in-formation in campus, community and organizational
: >newsletter
: >· Hang banners, paint walls, chalk sidewalks, put up posters
: >· Construct mock prisons and death chambers in the middle of campus
: >· Conduct sit-ins, walkouts, acts of civil disobedience, street theatre and
: >spirited marches in communities
: >· Organize parties, raves, concerts, open mikes, poetry readings in support
: >of Mumia
: >
: >GET READY NOW FOR A NEW DEATH WARRANT — POSSIBLY IN AUGUST
: >Before any warrant is signed:
: > 1. Phone your protest to Gov. Tom Ridge at (717) 787-2500.
: > 2. Get your emergency response network organized.
: > 3. Raise money to take buses to Philadelphia.
: >If a new warrant is signed:
: > 1. Contact media in your area the same day.
: > 2. Hold a demonstration in your city the next working day.
: > 3. Hold regional mobilizations the following Saturday.
: >And build the Mumia Awareness Week into a nationwide response!
: >
: >To get in touch call 212-924-8585, the ICF&F youth coordinator at
: >215-476-8812, Youth and Stu-dents for Mumia at npcny@peoplescampaign.org or
: >212-633-6646, Hunter College SLAM at 212 772-4261, or the R&R Youth Network
: >at 212-385-9305 or rnryouth@hotmail.com.
: >
: >BLACK COMMUNITY ACTIONS SET
: >Sunday, September 19: Churches for Mumia
: >Wednesday, Sept. 22: Housing Projects for Mumia
: >Friday, September 24: High school and college walkouts to do mass leafleting
: >for Mumia.
: >Saturday, September 25: Join major national ac-tions for Mumia across the
: >country.
: >These actions being coordinated nationally by the Jericho Movement, The Code
: >(a youth group), and the New African Liberation Front. For info contact:
: >718-949-5153 and 718-398-1766.
: >
: >EMERGENCY ORGANIZERS MEETING — To plan nationally for Mumia Awareness Week,
: >an important organizers meeting in Philadelphia, Saturday, August 14, hosted
: >by the International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Call
: >215-476-8812 for details.
: >Note that Philadelphia Daily News reports that Gov. Ridge will sign a new
: >death warrant for Mumia soon!
: >
: >NEW YORK PLANNING MEETING — Monday, August 2, 6:30 to 9:00 at Refuse &
: >Re-sist!, 105 Chambers St (2nd floor). All groups are urged to sent a
: >representative to this working meet-ing!
: >
: >STUDENT / YOUTH ORGANIZING MEETING — Sunday, August 15, at 2:00 pm at the
: >International Action Center, 39 W. 14th Street, New York, NY. All
: >student/youth groups are urged to attend!
: >
: >RAINBOW FLAGS FOR MUMIA MEET-ING — Sunday, August 8, 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Blue
: >Stocking Bookstore, 172 Allen St. (between Riverton and Stanton), NYC. Plan
: >response of the lesbian/gay/bi/two-spirit/trans community. For more info
: >contact rainbows4mumia@hotmail.com or 212-633-6646.
: >
: >ACTION AT VANITY FAIR FOR MUMIA — Tuesday, August 17, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, 350
: >Madison Ave (at 44th St.). Planning meeting Wednesday, August 11,
: >International Action Cen-ter, 39 W. 14th (2nd floor), NYC. For more info
: >contact Dawn Reel at cybergrace7@aol.com.
: >
: >WEEKLY STAFF MEETINGS — Every Monday, 2:00-3:00 pm at the IAC, 39 W. 14th
: >Street (2nd floor), NY. Volunteers needed. Next project is constructing 200
: >organizer’s kits.
: >
: >AFRICAN-AMERICAN DAY PARADE —SEPTEMBER 19
: >This year’s African-American Day Parade in Har-lem is set for the first day
: >of Mumia Awareness Week, September 19, and there will be a large con-tingent
: >of Mumia supporters marching.
: >
: >ACTIONS SET IN “100 CITIES FOR MUMIA”
: >Actions for September 25, the culminating day of Mumia Awareness Week, are
: >already underway in the Bay Area, Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York. We need
: >a report on what your area is doing September 25, to we can add it to the
: >growing list.
: >
: >A DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PEN-ALTY?
: >We would like to hear from organizers who want to organize a national day
: >against the death penalty as part of Mumia Awareness Week. Thursday,
: >Sep-tember 23 has been suggested.
: >
: >MAKE THEM DEBATE!
: >The Mumia Awareness Week is planning to chal-lenge the other side to a
: >national public debate. Let’s see if they dare!
: >
: >PUBLICIZE “MUMIA 911” — A National Day of Art to Stop the Execution of Mumia
: >Abu-Jamal, Saturday, September 11 (“9/11”). Check out their web site at
: >www.mumia911.org.
: >
: >SEND YOUR NEWS IN!
: >Let us know what your group is planning so we can share the news in the
: >weekly “September Organizer.”
: >
: >
: >Building on the April 24 “Millions for Mumia” mobilizations, we now have the
: >capacity to reach into every community. Our actions, combined with the
: >impact of and the controversy over the entire week of activity, will make
: >Mumia’s case an unavoidable issue in society.
: >
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