Posts Tagged ‘Campaign to End the Death Penalty’
UT Austin Tribunal: Death Penalty Guilty on All Counts
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, UT students presented a strong evidence against the continued use of the death penalty.
The verdict: Capital Punishment was found Guilty on All Counts!
The verdict: Capital Punishment was found Guilty on All Counts!
Holiday Card Signing Party for Death-Row Inmates
Wednesday, December 3 at 7PM
At UT in Parlin, Room 302
Death Row is a horrible place. Prisoners are kept in their cells 23
hours of the day without group recreation, education programs, or
adequate food. This holiday season, the Campaign to End the Death
Penalty is trying to bring a little bit of joy to an otherwise bleak
and miserable place. Join us as we send holiday cards to death row
inmates and their families in an attempt to remind them that we are
fighting on the outside to save their lives, and we will not rest
until we have abolition!
CEDP members will be bringing some light refreshments. Feel free to bring treats to share.
At UT in Parlin, Room 302
Death Row is a horrible place. Prisoners are kept in their cells 23
hours of the day without group recreation, education programs, or
adequate food. This holiday season, the Campaign to End the Death
Penalty is trying to bring a little bit of joy to an otherwise bleak
and miserable place. Join us as we send holiday cards to death row
inmates and their families in an attempt to remind them that we are
fighting on the outside to save their lives, and we will not rest
until we have abolition!
CEDP members will be bringing some light refreshments. Feel free to bring treats to share.
A National Speaking Tour of the CEDP
LYNCHING THEN, LYNCHING NOW:
THE HISTORY OF RACISM AND THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA.
A National Speaking Tour of the CEDP
STOPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THIS FALL AND SPRING.
IN AUSTIN THIS SPRING (DATE TBA)
The 2009-2010 Campaign to End the Death annual national speaking tour will be a teach-in Tour on the historic link between the death penalty and lynching in the United States. Today there is a critical need to rebuild civil rights struggle and dismantle this country’s execution chambers. This tour will bring together those who have been freed from death row, activists and scholars to explore the role of racism in our criminal justice system, and how and why the death penalty and unjust sentencing can be abolished.
The changing political landscape has created new openings to discuss the continued impact of racism in America on our criminal "injustice" system. That's why the teach-in aspect of this year's tour is important. There is a thirst among many people to learn about historical anti-racist movements - and how those lessons can help in building the struggles of today.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Stephen Bright - Director, Southern Center for Human Rights. http://www.schr.org/ <http://www.schr.org/>
Martina Correia - Sister of Troy Davis, Innocent Georgia Death Row Prisoner. Board Member, Campaign to End the Death Penalty. http://troyanthonydavis.org/ <http://troyanthonydavis.org/>
Alan Bean - Executive Director, Friends of Justice. http://friendsofjustice.
Yusef Salaam - Exonerated in Central Park Jogger Case (NYC). Board Member, Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Brian Jones - Author, "King's Last Fight". Board Member, International Socialist Review Magazine.http://www.isreview.
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Screening of State Vs. Reed by Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz
Join the Austin Campaign to END the Death Penalty Wednesday, September 9th @ 7pm at UT campus, MAIN 26* for a screening of State Vs. Reed, an award winning documentary about Texas death row prisoner Rodney Reed. A Q&A will follow this event.(*Note the room change)
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A SCREENING OF THE AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE CASE OF TEXAS DEATH ROW PRISONER RODNEY REED.
Directed by Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz.
This 60 minute film documents the questionable murder conviction of Bastrop resident Rodney Reed. Hidden DNA evidence and eyewitness testimony all point away from Rodney Reed, and toward another suspect. For years Rodney's family has fought to expose the facts in this case Join the CEDP in a viewing of this important film. There will be an update on recent developments in the case and of the ongoing struggle to win justice for Rodney Reed. (more...)