Calender
August 28, 2003
National Abolish The Death Penalty Meetup Day, (every fourth Thursday of
each monh). Location and time established by participants in each city.
Meetup with local activists to discuss death penalty issues. So far, 231 anti-death
penalty activists worldwide have signed up. Visit http://antideathpen.meetup.com/
to sign up.
September 20, 2003
Virginia CURE’s 16th Annual Meeting, “COPING SUCCESSFULLY”, 9:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Expressions Ballroom, 2880
Mountain Road, Glen Allen, Virginia. $25 registration fee includes luncheon
and meeting materials.
For more information call Virginia CURE at (703) 765-6549 or visit www.vacure.org.
September 26 - October 12, 2003
The Ohio Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing. A 17-day tour
of murder victims’ family members who oppose capital punishment, death row
families, innocent people freed from death row, and other supporters who will
travel across the state of Ohio to share their incredible messages of love,
forgiveness, and healing. For more information, including schedule of events
and speakers, visit http://www.journeyofhope.org/Ohio/
October 10, 2003
World Day Against the Death Penalty, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
This event will reinforce and strengthen the international movement for
the universal abolition of the death penalty. The World Coalition calls
on NGOs, teachers, lawyers and judges, local representatives and deputies,
religious organizations, artists, journalists, and citizens, to prepare local
initiatives for October 10, 2003. The Coalition hopes to raise public
awareness and promote change for the entire world and is committed to linking
local actions with the international movement. Contact: Ensemble contre la
peine de mort: worldday@abolition-ecpm.org.
For local actions contact initiatives@abolition-ecpm.org; www.worldcoalition.org.
October 10-11, 2003
National Training Conference sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union,
The Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, GA. A national training conference
for lawyers on new strategies to advance human rights struggles in the U.S..
The conference will familiarize lawyers and advocates with international human
rights treaties, laws and organizing strategies that can strengthen domestic
social justice work. For more info see http://www.aclu.org/Events.
OCTOBER 10-12, 2003
Amnesty International's National Weekend of Faith in Action. Annual
project that seeks to bring together two important approaches to social justice
-- that of human rights and that of faith-based community action. This national
observance weekend invites a diverse range of faith communities throughout
the country to devote a weekend to reflect, discuss, and take action on abolishing
the death penalty within a faith-based framework.
For more information visit http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/faithinaction.html.
October 13-17, 2003
Death Penalty Awareness Week, Campaign to End the Death Penalty. Details
TBA.
For more information contact noreen@nodeathpenalty.org.
October 15-16
Death Penalty Workshop, sponsored by The United Methodist Church, Virginia
Conference. Assembly Center, Blackstone, VA. A workshop to train United
Methodist clergy and laity to conduct study groups on the death penalty in
local congregations. Leadership includes Jack Payden-Travers and
others. For more information, contact either Paul Beighley (434)
535-7000; pmdbeigh2@msm.com) or Hunter Mabry (540) 943-5682; mabry@cfw.com).
October 16-19, 2003
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Annual Conference, Nashville,
TN.
The conference includes panel discussions, workshops, book signings, and
a protest march. Early Bird Registrations now available. For information
visit www.ncadp.org/html/conference.html. E-mail: nationalconference@ncadp.org
or contact: Leona Martin (202)-543-9577. Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State
Killing at (615) 329-0048; tcask@earthlink.net.
October 24-25, 2003
Race to Execution, DePaul University College of Law. A symposium that
will explore the role that race plays in capital punishment. Symposium
will contribute to DePaul's commitment to diversity and will address the concerns
of the historically oppressed through educating the community about the racial
inequality long inherent in the criminal justice system, and through advancing
a dialogue on ways to remedy those inequities.
For more information visit http://www.law.depaul.edu/racetoeducation/.
November 8-9, 2003
The Campaign to End the Death Penalty - Third Annual National Convention.
Location to be announced. Discussion and debate of death penalty issues;
maps out a course for work in the upcoming year. Attendees usually leave
this convention feeling invigorated about the work and with a lot of new
ideas. For more information, contact the national office at (773) 955-4841.
E-mail noreen@nodeathpenalty.org; visit www.nodeathpenalty.org.
November 14, 15, or 16, 2003
Charlie King and Karen Brandow. Benefit Concert for VADP. Charlottesville,
VA.
Details TBA.
November 15, 2003
Students Against the Death Penalty - Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Additional details TBA. www.studentsagainstthedeathpenalty.org.
November 30, 2003
International Cities for Life - Cities Against the Death Penalty
Select a symbolic monument in your city and light it up in a special way
to say out loud: STOP THE DEATH PENALTY. More than 80 cities participated
in the 2002 observance. The events will be televised globally and available
on the Internet.
For information contact: m.marazziti@fastwebnet.it;
Visit www.santegidio.org/en/pdm/index.htm.