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>Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 09:24:21 -0500
>From: "Abraham J. Bonowitz" <abe@cuadp.org>
>
>Revised 12/1/99
>
>Please mark your calendar
>Please forward
>Please get active locally and nationally!
>
>CALENDAR OF UPCOMING DEATH PENALTY RELATED EVENTS
>
>Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
>(CUADP) encourages you to participate with organizations
>in your area working for alternatives to the death penalty.
>
>PLEASE contact CUADP to use our free referral service, to
>LIST YOUR EVENTS on fliers like this one and on our
>web site at <www.cuadp.org>, and for regularly updated
>information about scheduled and emergency actions and
>events related to the death penalty and human rights.
>
>EXECUTIONS OCCUR REGULARLY throughout the United States.
>Visit <http://www.cuadp.org> and click on "execution
>information" or join the "abolish" list-serv for regular
>updates of the most up-to-date list. To subscribe, send
>a message to <listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu> (minus the
>"<>") reading ONLY: subscribe abolish Your Full Name
>
>
>DO WHAT YOU CAN! Contact CUADP for suggestions.
>
>*******************************************************
>A listing of State level resources and local meetings
>appears at the end of this post. To add your groups'
>meeting or contact information, please send the info to
><calendar@cuadp.org>.
>*******************************************************
>
>PHILADELPHIA, PA: 12/2/99
>Thursday, December 2, will be the December Vigil,
>outside the District Attorney's office at 1421 Arch
>Street from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Vigils are held on the
>first Thursday of every month. Contact 215-387-6555
>or <pauadp@aol.com> for details.
>
>GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION: 12/7/99
>December 7 is the anniversary of FIRST USE OF LETHAL
>INJECTION in the U.S., in Texas, (where else?) in 1982:
>
>GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION: 12/10/99
>INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, commemorating the
>anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
>Rights: Contact your local Amnesty International
>chapter to get involved, or call 800-AMNESTY, or
>visit <http://www.amnesty-usa.org> "Better to
>light a candle than to curse the darkness"
>
>MONTGOMERY, AL: 12/10/99
>Project Hope... To Abolish the Death Penalty will hold
>a press conference on International Human Rights Day at
>noon on the steps of the Capitol in solidarity with Sr.
>Helen, who will be presenting Moratorium 2000 petitions.
>This will also be the launch for Sen. Hank Sanders to
>speak to the Moratorium legislation he is sponsoring
>for AL. For details and to get involved, please
>contact Judy Cumbee <judysi@mindspring.com>.
>
>GAINESVILLE, FL: 12/10/99
>UF-Amnesty will host a Human Rights Day Potluck and
>Celebration. For details contact Julee at 352-374-4355.
>
>CALIFORNIA: 12/17/99
>JOIN THE CHORUS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Every third Friday
>of each month, Death Penalty Focus and California
>People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty
>will sponsor an anti-death penalty demonstration at
>key points around the state. In San Francisco,
>demonstrators will gather at the State Building on
>Van Ness Avenue. Please call 415-243-0143 for more
>information. Signs, posters, banners, informational
>literature will be provided by DPF, and organizations
>are also welcome to hand out their own relevant
>material as well. In Sacramento, call 916-457-7640.
>In Los Angeles, 213-637-7402. <info@deathpenalty.org>
>or visit <http://www.deathpenalty.org> Please join us.
>
>HUNTSVILLE, TX: 1/5 - 2/25, 2000
>The Waiting Room Project, at the Sam Houston Memorial
>Museum in downtown Huntsville. The first Community
>Conversation is scheduled for January 15th, from 1-4:30
>pm followed by the exhibition reception from 5 - 8 pm.
>The second Community Conversation in Huntsville is
>February 19th, from 1 - 4:30 pm. Contact 713/869-0878,
>fax 713/869=0669, or write to me at 1822 Sea Queen Court,
>Houston, Texas 77008 for further information.
>
>USA / WASHINGTON, DC? 1/17/2000
>January 17th is ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
>IN THE U.S. with the 1977 assisted suicide in Utah of Gary
>Gilmore in retribution for his murdering Ben Bushnell and
>Max Jenson. Nonviolent civil disobedience is being
>contemplated for this date at the U.S. Supreme Court.
>If you are interested in supporting or participating
>in such an action, please e-mail <aac@abolition.org> or
>call 800-973-6548.
>
>FRANKFORT/LEXINGTON, KY: 1/28/99
>Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking,"
>will be speaking in both cities. For details contact
>the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty at
>502-634-6005, or visit <http://www.kcadp.org> or
>e-mail <kcadp@earthlink.net>
>
>GLOBAL: 3/1/2000
>March 1st is INTERNATIONAL DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
>DAY; the anniversary of Michigan becoming the first English
>Speaking territory in the world to abolish the death penalty,
>in 1847. An excellent day for public action, contact CUADP
>for suggestions and a DP Abolition Day Action-Pak.
><cuadp@cuadp.org> or call 800-973-6548.
>
>ARLINGTON, TX: 3/9 - 4/25, 2000
>The Waiting Room Project, at the Arlington Center
>for Research in Contemporary Art, with the Community
>Conversation there on March 11, from 3 - 5 pm.
>Contact 713/869-0878, fax 713/869=0669, or write to
>me at 1822 Sea Queen Court, Houston, Texas 77008 for
>further information.
>
>PROVIDENCE, RI: 3/10-12/2000
>AIUSA Annual General Meeting (AGM), celebrating
>achievements in the advancement of international
>women's human rights in the past, present, and
>future. The AGM will take place at the Westin
>Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. Call
>800-AMNESTY for details.
>
>WEST DES MOINES, IA: 3/17/2000
>Catholic Peace Ministry will host Sr. Helen Prejean
>as the keynote speaker at the Bishop Maurice Dingman
>Peace and Justice Award dinner at Dowling High School.
>For details, contact Iowans Against the Death Penalty at
><wcbpcb@msn.com>
>
>EUROPE: Holstebro, Denmark: 3/17-19/2000
>The International Bannister Foundation will hold
>a European Conference on the death penalty. Guest
>speakers include:
>Rick Halperin (AIUSA & TCADP)
>LinMarie Garsee (Private Investigator - Texas)
>Karen Zellars (Ex- Asst. DA & now a Defense Attorney - Texas)
>Graeme Capes (Hank Skinner Campaign)
>For further information contact:
>Tom Rodger (Co-founder) at: <postmaster@banfound.u-net.com>
>http://www.banfound.u-net.com/index.htm (English Site)
>http://home15.inet.tele.dk/js/bannisterdk.htm (Danish Site)
>http://maxpages.com/stopbarbarie (French Site)
>http://d1o43.telia.com/~u91000215/bannister1.htm (Swedish Site)
>http://members.tripod.de/bannisterfoundation (Austrian/German/Swiss Site)
>http://www.oranous.com/ibf/ (Norwegian Site Index)
>(Dutch Site Under Construction)
>
>HARRISBURG, PA: 4/15/2000
>PENNSYLVANIA ABOLITIONISTS United Against the Death
>Penalty "Rally for a Death Penalty Moratorium."
>Contact <pauadp@aol.com> for details.
>
>BINGHAMTON, NY: 4/28-30/2000
>Plans are underway for a conference on the themes of
>forgiveness, restorative justice and death penalty
>moratorium in New York. Call Sue for details at
>716-325-7727 or e-mail <rsc_skp@servtech.com>
>
>EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA: 5/5-7/2000
>World wide human rights conference. "We are looking
>to contact as many grassroots organizations, non-
>governmental organizations (NGO's) and activists
>as we can in an attempt to document these abuses and
>bring the voices of activists from around the world
>together in Edmonton of 2000. If you can help or
>would like to participate or speak at the conference
>please e-mail me at <hudema@ualberta.ca> and I can
>tell you how you can aid in our cause. You can also
>get more information at our website located at
>http://www.ualberta.ca/~hudema/people.htm "
>
>HOUSTON, TX: 5/31 - 6/30, 2000
>The Waiting Room Project, at the Art League Gallery
>in Houston. The Community Conversation will be
>held on June 3, from 3-5 pm. Contact 713/869-0878,
>fax 713/869=0669, or write to me at 1822 Sea Queen
>Court, Houston, Texas 77008 for further information.
>
>FARMINGTON, PA: 8/11-13/2000
>Children's Crusade 2000 will bring children together
>from around the world for a three day celebration of
>life. The event will be held at the New Meadow Run
>Bruderhof in Farmington, Pennsylvania, August 11-13,
>2000. The event will culminate in a rally and prayer
>vigil at death row as a symbolic protest against all
>forms of violence and death and to issue a call for a
>culture of nonviolence throughout the world in the new
>millinnium. For more information, contact
><ccrusade2000@hotmail.com> or (724) 329-8573.
>
>MINNEAPOLIS, MN: 9/12-16/2000
>17th Annual VOMA International Training Institute
>and Conference. The Victim Offender Mediation
>Association (VOMA), is seeking proposals for trainings,
>and workshops at its 17th Annual International Training
>Institute and Conference. The Conference will be held
>at the Ramada Plaza West, Minnetonka, Minnesota (15
>minutes southwest of downtown Minneapolis). The
>conference theme is "Innovative Practices in Victim
>Offender Mediation and Conferencing." Together, the
>Institute and Conference will present the leaders and
>innovators in the areas of restorative justice, VOM, and
>conferencing. Additional information is available on
>the VOMA web site in several formats. <http://www.voma.org>
>
>PLACE AND DATE TO BE DETERMINED: FALL OF 2000
> *****Preliminary Announcement*****
>Watch for further information - there will be an national
>unity gathering of abolitionist groups and individuals
>for celebration, training, strategy planning and caucus
>meetings. Details currently being developed. Further
>information to be posted here soon.
>
>ORLANDO, FL: 11/30/2000
>Amnesty International Orlando has selected the
>Honorable Joe DuRocher as recipient of its year 2000
>human rights award. Mr. DuRocher, the Public Defender
>of the 9th Judicial Circuit, Orlando, retires after
>20 years in this elected position. The human rights
>awards dinner is to be held on November 30th next year
>(2000) in Orlando. The guest speaker for this event
>is SR. HELEN PREJEAN. For more information please
>contact Orlando Amnesty International's Group
>Coordinator, Mr. Ray Barber at (407)841-3900.
>
>************************************************
>ADDITIONAL ***ANNUAL*** OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
>************************************************
>
>January 17th is ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
>IN THE U.S. with the 1977 assisted suicide in Utah of Gary
>Gilmore in retribution for his murdering Ben Bushnell and
>Max Jenson.
>
>March 1st is INTERNATIONAL DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
>DAY; the anniversary of Michigan becoming the first English
>Speaking territory in the world to abolish the death penalty,
>in 1847. An excellent day for public action, contact CUADP
>for suggestions and a DP Abolition Day Action-Pak.
>
>ANNUAL FAST & VIGIL TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY:
>June 29th to July 2nd; at the U.S. Supreme Court;
>
>June 29th is the anniversary of the Furman v. Georgia
>decision in 1972, in which the U.S. Supreme Court found
>the death penalty to be arbitrary and capricious. More
>than 600 condemned inmates had their death sentences
>reduced to life. All states were required to re-write
>their death penalty laws.
>
>July 2nd is the anniversary of the Gregg v. Georgia
>decision in 1976 which allowed the resumption of
>executions in the United States.
>
>2nd Weekend in October: NATIONAL WEEKEND OF FAITH IN
>ACTION ON THE DEATH PENALTY. Call 800-AMNESTY, Ext. 508
>
>December 7 is the anniversary of FIRST USE OF LETHAL
>INJECTION in the U.S., in Texas, (where else?) in 1982:
>
>December 10 is INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY,
>commemorating the anniversary of the Universal
>Declaration of Human Rights: Contact your local
>Amnesty International chapter to get involved, or
>call 800-AMNESTY, or visit <http://www.amnesty-usa.org>
>"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"
>
>Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
>PMB 297
>177 U.S. Hwy #1
>Tequesta, FL 33469
>800-973-6548
><cuadp@cuadp.org>
>http://www.cuadp.org
>
>***********************************************************
>CALIFORNIA ABOLITION HOTLINE
>For updates on local, state, and CALIFORNIA relavent
>national events and information, call the ABOLITION
>HOTLINE at 213-673-3693. This hotline is sponsored by
>the L.A. Chapter of Death Penalty Focus of California.
>
>*********REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS/MEETINGS**********
>
>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
>********************************************************
> FOR EVENTS RELATED TO THE CASE OF MUMIA ABU JAMAL
> CONTACT
> International Concerned Family & Friends
> of Mumia Abu-Jamal, 215-476-8812, <icffmaj@aol.com>
>********************************************************
>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>
>Visit the Campaign to End the Death Penalty's Web site
>at <http://www.nodeathpenalty.org> to see a listing of
>Campaign events taking place nationwide.
>
>Visit the Center for Campus Organizing's website at
><http://www.cco.org> for a calendar of progressive
>campus events.
>
>ARIZONA
>If you would like to become actively involved in abolition
>of the death penalty in Arizona, contact
>
>Southern Arizona: Kathy Norgard, <k.norgard@att.net>
>Phoenix Area: Eleanor Eisenberg, <EECLU@primenet.com>
>
>Tucson has active committees for Legislative Action, Education
>and Recruitment efforts. Phoenix is in process of
>organizing and needs your help. If you want your name added to
>the email list for general information, contact
><k.norgard@att.net>.
>
>Upcoming execution activities, contact Ann Nichols,
><ann.nichols@asu.edu> to be put on the Execution Alert list
>so that you can actively participate in these events.
>
>
>CALIFORNIA:
>San Francisco: 415-243-0143
>Sacramento: 916-457-7640
>Los Angeles: 213-637-7402
><info@deathpenalty.org>
><http://www.deathpenalty.org>
>
>JOIN THE CHORUS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Every third Friday
>of each month, Death Penalty Focus and California
>People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty
>will sponsor an anti-death penalty demonstration at
>key points around the state. In San Francisco,
>demonstrators will gather at the State Building on
>Van Ness Avenue. Please call 415-243-0143 for more
>information. Signs, posters, banners, informational
>literature will be provided by DPF, and organizations
>are also welcome to hand out their own relevant
>material as well. In Sacramento, call 916-457-7640.
>In Los Angeles, 213-637-7402. <info@deathpenalty.org>
>or visit <http://www.deathpenalty.org> Please join us.
>
>GEORGIA
>Get involved with Georgians for Alternatives to the Death
>Penalty by contacting Beda Warrick or Brian McAdams at
><GFADP@yahoo.com> or 404-572-6226.
>
>INDIANA
>The Northwest Indiana Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
>meets in conjunction with Love Over Vengeance - Empathy at
>the Methodist Church, 121 East 7th St., Michigan City, IN
>46360, at 4pm, every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Phone:
>219-879-4146 <stache@netnitco.net>
>
>KENTUCKY
>Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
>Patrick Delahanty, Chairman
>2911 S 4th St, Louisville KY 40208
>NEW COALITION NUMBER: 502-634-6005
><http://www.kcadp.org>
><kcadp@earthlink.net>
>
>MASSACHUSSETTES
>The Amnesty International Group 133 Death Penalty
>Action Team meets every three weeks at the Northeast
>Regional Office of Amnesty in Davis Square, Somerville.
>Our focus is clearly Massachusetts, but we also work
>on abolition issues nationally and globally. Everyone
>is welcome and invited to come participate. Contact
>Charlie Wilton: 781-483-3457 <cwilton@cfa.harvard.edu>
>
>BALTIMORE, MD
>Public Baltimore Campaign to End the Death Penalty
>meetings are held at the Waverly Branch of the Enoch Pratt
>Library, 400 E. 33 Street at Barclay [1 block west of
>Greenmount Avenue] in the Community Room [in rear of
>Library past copy machine]. Everyone is invited. For
>meeting dates and more information call: 410-252-2190
>
>St. LOUIS, MO
>The Eastern Missouri Coalition (EMCADP) monthly meeting is
>the third Thursday of the month (except March this year),
>7:00-9:00, at the ACLU office in St. Louis, 4557 Laclede.
>For info on the EMCADP events, call 314-241-8062.
>
>NORTH CAROLINA
>Contact People of Faith Against the Death Penalty at
>919-933-7567 or 157 1/2 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill,
>NC 27514. <http://www.netpath.net/~ucch/pfadp>
>or e-mail <sjdear1@aol.com>
>
>PHILADELPHIA, PA
>Vigil outside the office of Prosecutor Lynne Abraham,
>"America's Deadliest D.A." Every Thursday, Noon to 1pm;
>Meet at 1420 Arch St. Sponsored by the Philadelphia
>chapter of Pennsylvanian Abolitionists United Against
>the DP (PAUADP) Phone: 215-387-6555 <pauadp@aol.com>
>
>Other PAUADP Meetings (call 215-387-6555 for details):
> Philadelphia Chapter: 4th Monday at 6:30pm
> Delaware Co. Chapter: 3rd Tuesday at 7pm
> Family & Friends of Death Row Prisoners:
> 2nd Saturday at 2pm
>NEW! Religious Organizing Chapter - Call for details!
>
>Contact the Tennessee Coalition Against State Killing
>at http://www.tcask.org/ or 615-329-0048
>
>AUSTIN, TX
>TEXAS COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY: holds
>meetings on the second Thursday, and last Saturday of
>each month. Contact Alan Cohen <alancohn@onr.com> for
>details.
>
>HOUSTON, TX
>TEXAS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION MOVEMENT
>Meetings on the 1st Tuesday, 7-9pmOffice hours 3-9pm
>each Tuesday at SHAPE Center 3903 Almeda, Houston, TX
>77004. Phone 713-523-8454/713-521-0629, Fax 713-521-1185
>or e-mail <tdpam@juno.com>. Meet at the office at
>3:30 p.m. on days of executions to car-pool to Huntsville
>for demonstration/vigil.
>
>HOUSTON, TX
>TEXAS COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY meets in
>Houston on the first Tuesday of each month at the ACLU
>office, Suite 312, 3400 Montrose, Houston, TX 77006.
>Contact <dpatwood@igc.org> for details.

>VIRGINIA
>Contact Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
>toll free at 888-567-VADP (8237) or visit http://www.vadp.org>.
>
>WISCONSIN
>Contact the Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty
>at <wcadp@execpc.com>, 414-289-0110 or 800-310-1138.
>
>********************************************************

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