Death Penalty Focus Upcoming Events

Death Penalty Focus
870 Market St. Ste. 859 San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel. 415-243-0143 - Fax 415-243-0994 - http://www.deathpenalty.org


Upcoming Events

NOVEMBER 14TH - 21ST
TOOKIE TEACH-IN WEEK
This event is a part of the effort to seek clemency for Stanley Williams. Williams, once a leader of the Crips street gang, has dedicated his life to ending gang violence while on death row at San Quentin. He is scheduled to be executed by the state of California on December 13th. The basis of the clemency petition is that Stanley's personal redemption and his message of education, self-discipline and peace have had a positive impact on young people around the world. If California executes this man, what message will that be sending to the young people that Williams is trying to help?

The "Tookie Teach-In Week" is scheduled for November 14th through the 21st. The topics that could be discussed during the teach-in week include: gangs, drugs, peer pressure, redemption, civic responsibility, forgiveness, rehabilitation and the death penalty. We have developed materials to assist you with the "Teach-in" including: a short biography of Stanley Williams, Stanley's protocol for peace, his apology for co-founding the Crips, his letters to Youth #1 and #2, excerpts from his books and sample lesson plans on the death penalty. A suggested reading list is also included with this packet. More information is also available at: http://www.tookie.com

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE CURRICULUM

Death Penalty Focus will try to find guest speakers for all classes and youth groups participating in the "Tookie Teach-in Week". To request a speaker please return the "Speaker Request Form" included in the "Teach-in" packet.

Please email stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org to let us know what your class/group is doing!


NOVEMBER 15, 2005
SAN MATEO COUNTY HEARING ON AB1121
Tuesday, November 15TH at 9:30 AM
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Chamber
400 County Center
Redwood City, CA

The Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to pass a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions in California, pending the outcome of the state's Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND!


NOVEMBER 15, 2005
TOWN HALL MEETING
7:00PM
Bethel AME Church
7900 South Western Ave. (Between Florence and Manchester)
Los Angeles, CA

Featuring Barbara Becnel, Editor and Advocate for Stan Tookie Williams

Part of a week of Teach-Ins taking place November 14th-21st

More info: cenddeathpenalty [at] yahoo.com or call 310-242-3813


NOVEMBER 16, 2005
DEMONSTRATION AND PRESS CONFERENCE
9:00AM
Outside the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office
210 West Temple Street Suite 18000
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3210

More info: cenddeathpenalty [at] yahoo.com or call 310-242-3813


NOVEMBER 17, 2005
Screening of Redemption
San Diego State University
Aztec Center’s Cross Cultural Center
7pm
Film Showing of Redemption followed by discussion of anti death penalty work with a specific attention to organizing Tookie’s case.

More info: (619) 804-1685, Email: tkalonji [at] Hotmail.com


NOVEMBER 19, 2005
SAVE THE PEACEMAKER RALLY WITH SNOOP DOGG
Join Snoop Dogg for the youth rally to save Stan Tookie Williams, the peacemaker, on death row.

Saturday, November 19th
10am - Noon
San Quentin State Prison
Marin County

The Save the Peacemaker Rally is part of the Tookie Teach-In Week, (November 14th-21st)

For more information: http://www.savetookie.org, tookie [at] tookie.com or 510-253-5418


NOVEMBER 19, 2005
Rally to Stop the Execution of Stan Tookie Williams
Watt's Towers
1765 East 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA
Noon

More info: cenddeathpenalty [at] yahoo.com or call 310-242-3813


NOVEMBER 21, 2005
Interfaith Rally and Press Conference
Begins at NOON
North Steps of the State Capitol Building (11th and L Streets)
Sacramento, CA
Contact: stellalevy [at] sbcglobal.net for more information.
Sponsored by the Sacramento Chapter of Death Penalty Focus


NOVEMBER 22, 2005
Screening of Redemption
Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church
1259 Victoria, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
7 p.m.
Call 714-879-7663 for more info.


NOVEMBER 30, 2005
Day of Action Against the Scheduled Executions
(in conjunction with World Cities Against the Death Penalty Day)
Rallies and Press Conferences will be held in front of City Halls across the State of California and across the world calling for a halt to all executions.

All events in California will begin at NOON.
City and County Officials will be invited to participate.

San Francisco City Hall
Front Steps
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102

Los Angeles City Hall - Details TBA
Front Entrance
200 North Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Santa Cruz City Hall
Front Entrance
809 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Sacramento City Hall
Front Entrance
915 " I " Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

If you would like to organize an event in front of your City Hall, please contact stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org

BACKGROUND: Throughout the world, more than 300 CITIES will illuminate a symbolic monument as a demonstration of their opposition to the death penalty. This event is organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio and actively supported by the main international human rights organizations of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (Amnesty International, Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort, ACAT, International Penal Reform, FIACAT, Death Penalty Focus, etc.). Cities will include: Rome, Tokyo, Lyon, Brussels, Barcelona, Florence, Venice, Buenos Aires, Austin, Madrid, Dallas, Antwerp, Vienna, Naples, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Reggio Emilia, Bogotà, Santiago de Chile and more than 100 others. For more information on how to involve your city: http://www.santegidio.org/no_death_penalty/2004/pdm20041119_en.htm


November 30, 2005
Tookie, the Death Penalty, the Movement: Continuing the Struggle for Social Justice
Community Forum
Springfield College
6:00pm-9:00pm
5348 University Ave.
San Diego, CA 92105

A panel Discussion aimed at organizing against the death penalty and in particular in defense of Tookie.
More info:(619) 804-1685, Email: tkalonji [at] Hotmail.com


DECEMBER 1, 2005
Screening of Redemption
Redemption: The Stanley Tookie Williams Story – A Viewing and a Phone-Link Conversation with Barbara Becnel, Stanley’s Co-author

Thursday, December 1, 2005, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Pastoral Center – 3888 Paducah Drive
San Diego, CA

Sponsored by California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty and the Office for Social Ministry, Diocese of San Diego

For information contact Kent Peters at 858-490-8323


DECEMBER 3, 2005
March and Rally Calling for Clemency for Stanley Williams
Noon
4395 LEIMERT BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90008

More info: cenddeathpenalty [at] yahoo.com or call 310-242-3813


DECEMBER 4, 2005
Screening of Redemption
Danny Glover invites you to a screening of "Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story"

Where: Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street in San Francisco
(next to the 16th Street and Mission BART Station)
When: December 04, 2005 at 5pm
Why: Help STOP THE December 13th EXECUTION of Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Stan Tookie Williams

Danny Glover, Barbara Becnel and Kevin Epps will host a short program before the movie to explain the status of Stan's case and let people know how to get involved in the movement to stop the execution. With only a few weeks left before the execution date, your help is urgently needed. Please join us in the fight to save Stan's life.

This event is a fund-raiser for the San Francisco Save Tookie Coalition. Tickets are $5 for students/youth/seniors and $10 for the general public.

Co-sponsors and endorsers welcome; donations appreciated. Please contact Danielle at Danielle [at] vanguardsf.org or 415-581-2512 for more information about endorsing or co-sponsoring the event. Tickets available at http://www.victoriatheatre.org or at the door.


DECEMBER 4, 2005
Vigil and Action by Religious Imperative to Stop State Murder
Continuous vigil and action to begin at San Quentin Prison's Main Gate beginning Sunday December 4th.
Contact: Paul Sawyer at revpaulsawyer [at] yahoo.com for more information.


DECEMBER 6, 2005
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: WHO ARE WE EXECUTING?
A film and discussion about death row and the death penalty

7 PM at the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
1520 Grand Ave., corner of Grand and Acacia Streets
San Rafael, CA
Admission: Free to the public

See: Outside In, the new death-row documentary by Marin death penalty activists Buff & Cynthia Whitman-Bradley.

Meet: The filmmakers and three of the death-row visitors who are featured in the film.

Discuss: The experience of visiting death row, the "justice" of the death penalty, the personal impact of witnessing an execution, with

-Rev. Bruce Bramlett, long-time anti-death penalty activist and spiritual advisor to death row prisoners,

- Aundre Herron, death row attorney for the California Appellate Project

-Karl MacRae, prison activist and death row visitor

Sponsored by: Marin Death Penalty Focus, Marin Pax Christi, the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, ¡Presente! Affinity Group, California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty, and the Marin Friends Meeting.


DECEMBER 7, 2005
The Faiths of Our Fathers and Mothers: Prayers, Practice and Struggle Against the Death Penalty
Noon - 1pm
The Hall of Justice
330 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101

A press conference, rally/demonstration, & prayer vigil in opposition to the death penalty with the specific task of calling for justice and clemency for Tookie.

More info:(619) 804-1685, Email: tkalonji [at] Hotmail.com


DECEMBER 11, 2005
Sister Helen Prejean to Speak at ACLU Event
San Francisco Marriott Hotel
55 Fourth Street at Mission
San Francisco, CA
2 pm reception
3pm program
Tickets are $25 per person, $10 for students and low income, $250 table sponsor
GET TICKETS NOW: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?binid=1&bevaID=97703


DECEMBER 12, 2005 - AM
Walk Against the Death Penalty
A group will depart from San Francisco's Palace of the Legion of Honor at 7:00AM and walk to arrive at the gates of San Quentin Prison by 6:00pm. More details:TBA


DECEMBER 12, 2005 - PM
Statewide Rallies and Vigils Against the Scheduled Execution of Stanley Williams

San Quentin State Prison
RALLY AT 8:00PM
EAST GATE OF SAN QUENTIN
You can park on Francisco Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-1.5 Miles to get to the East Gate of San Quentin.
Contact: stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143

Los Angeles
RALLY AT 7:00 P.M.
WESTWOOD FEDERAL BUILDING
11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Corner of Veteran) MARCH AT 8:30 P.M. to ST. ALBANS CHURCH for a VIGIL (580 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024)
Contact: EDeBode [at] la-archdiocese.org

Sacramento
VIGIL FROM 11PM to 12:30AM
State Capitol Building
11th & L Streets
Contact: stellalevy [at] sbcglobal.net

Fresno
Vigil begins at 5:30 PM in front of St. John's Cathedral
Mariposa & R Streets, in downtown Fresno
Contact: maria.telesco [at] att.net

Riverside
Vigil at St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church
Brockton & Arlington
Riverside, CA 92506
Time: 9:00pm

If you would like to organize an event in your city or add an already planned event to our calendar, please contact stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org


JANUARY 13 & 20, 2006 & FEBRUARY 3, 2006
Theatrical Release of Award-Winning Documentary "After Innocence"
The film will premiere in select cities on the following dates:

Jan. 13, 2006 - Los Angeles & Sacramento
Jan. 20, 2006 - San Francisco & Berkeley
Feb. 3, 2006 - San Diego

AFTER INNOCENCE tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated - innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. The film focuses on the gripping story of seven men and their emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild their lives. Included are a police officer, an army sergeant and a young father sent to prison and even death row for decades for crimes they did not commit.

The men are thrust back into society with little or no support from the system that put them behind bars. While the public views exonerations as success stories - wrongs that have been righted - AFTER INNOCENCE shows that the human toll of wrongful imprisonment can last far longer than the sentences served.

The film raises basic questions about human rights and society's moral obligation to the innocent and places a spotlight on the flaws in our criminal justice system that lead to wrongful conviction of the innocent. The film features exonerees Dennis Maher of Lowell, MA; Calvin Willis of Shreveport, LA; Scott Hornoff of Providence, RI; Wilton Dedge of Cocoa Beach, FL.; Vincent Moto of Philadelphia, PA; Nick Yarris of Philadelphia, PA; and Herman Atkins of Los Angeles, CA.

For more information, please visit the film's website: http://www.afterinnocence.com/index.html




Stefanie L. Faucher
Program Director

Death Penalty Focus
870 Market St. Ste. 859
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tel. 415-243-0143
Fax 415-243-0994
mailto:stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org
http://www.deathpenalty.org
http://www.californiamoratorium.org