From abe at cuadp.org Wed Aug 16 21:38:36 2006 From: abe at cuadp.org (Abraham J. Bonowitz) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:38:36 -0400 Subject: [CUADPUpdate] Join Me in Wisconsin! Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060816212126.036f91f0@cuadp.org> Sent to Recipients of CUADPUpdate & FADPUpdate. Please Forward Dear Friends, Due to my sabbatical from CUADP/FADP and my obligations as Field Manager for New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, I cannot pick up and go to Wisconsin to help beat back attempts to reintroduce the death penalty in that state. But I can do the next best thing, which is to support those who are working on the ground in that state at this time. CUADP has sent a donation, and my wife Beth and I have also made a personal contribution. I urge you to join us - in spirit and from the pocketbook - in Wisconsin. Please see the below and take action today to say NO to the death penalty in Wisconsin! --abe Abraham J. Bonowitz Director (on Sabbatical) Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty abe at cuadp.org ********** Dear Friends, Help Us Say "No" to Bringing Back the Death Penalty in Wisconsin Pro-Death Penalty forces are on the move in Wisconsin, a state that hasn't had the death penalty since 1853. They have succeeded in putting a referendum on the November ballot. Wisconsin's voters will be asked if the death penalty should be enacted for cases involving a person who is convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, if the conviction is supported by DNA evidence. The referendum question was obviously designed to get a large victory in favor of death. That result would be a significant step backward for Wisconsin, neighboring states and the whole abolitionist movement. Wisconsinites are stunned that this could be happening. We need your help now. The NO Death Penalty Wisconsin campaign is underway, but it is short on time, resources and money. Please helps us by doing all of the following: 1). Make a generous cash donation of as much as you can afford, whether it be $5000 or more, or less. Even $5 will add up and help make the difference. We ask you to stretch, because we only get one shot at defeating this referendum. The more you give, and the more you help us raise by asking people you know to join you in giving, the more we can do between now and November 7th. Please donate now at http://www.nodeathpenaltywi.org/dev/donate.htm (the website is still in development, but the donation page is fully active). Or if you don't like giving on-line, please send a check or money order to: NO Death Penalty Wisconsin 207 E. Buffalo St., Suite 325 Milwaukee, WI 53202 2). Tell your friends, family, clergy and colleagues that they can help by forwarding this message to anyone you think might be interested. 3). Let the NO Death Penalty Wisconsin team know who you know in Wisconsin. If you send us their emails, we will respect their privacy. We're working hard so that we will never have to send you an Execution Alert from Wisconsin. Please help us today. For more information or to send details about your contacts in Wisconsin and elsewhere, contact: info at nodeathpenaltywi.org ********** FORWARDED BY: Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty www.CUADP.org 800-973-6548 From abe at cuadp.org Thu Aug 17 23:47:57 2006 From: abe at cuadp.org (Abraham J. Bonowitz) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:47:57 -0400 Subject: [CUADPUpdate] Late Summer Reading, Listening, Watching.... Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060817234737.037208e8@cuadp.org> Sent *ONLY* to the recipients of CUADPUpdate Feel Free to Forward Greetings All! One of my stipulations when I agreed to go on Sabbatical in order to work in New Jersey is that I cannot let the AbolitionWear program go dormant. If you have visited http://www.CUADP.org lately, then you have seen the notice that a new on-line catalog with new items is expected to be launched sometime around September 10. Recipients of CUADPUpdate will have the first opportunities to use the new site when it is ready! But for now, I'd like to offer you some very special deals on two NEW items that CUADP has a limited supply of: The new book by Joan Cheever, and the Dead Man Walking CD Reissue/Concert DVD Package. Only 20 of each are available. Check this out: BACK FROM THE DEAD: One Woman's Search For The Men Who Walked Off America's Death Row, by JOAN CHEEVER This new book was officially released in the U.S. on July 2, the anniversary of Gregg v. Georgia. Author Joan Cheever gave a talk about her book and the story behind it that night as part of the evening Teach-In series at the Fast & Vigil. The film of that talk will hopefully be available soon. In any case, the books didn't show up until the next day, which is how CUADP happens to have a case of hard backs. I have yet to get to it, but my wife Beth is reading the book and enjoying it very much. She says Joan is a good story teller and there are many interesting historical facts in the book. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO aired an interview with Joan on Morning Edition Thursday morning: >You can listen to the report at: >http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5662491 >Thursday, August 17, 2006 > >On the Trail of Former Death Row Inmates > >Morning Edition, August 17, 2006 ? Joan Cheever, author of Back from the >Dead, followed former death row inmates who were released when the Supreme >Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972. > >Cheever talks to Steve Inskeep about what she found. The cover price is $24.95. CUADP will kick in shipping for a minimum suggested donation of $25 (or more). You can get a better deal on Amazon.com, but it would not be helping the movement. See below for how to order! *********************** AND AND AND *********************** DEAD MAN WALKING CONCERT DVD/LEGACY EDITION CD PACKAGE: CUADP also ended the Fast & Vigil with a case of the Dead Man Walking CD Legacy Edition featuring Bruce Bringsteen, Eddie Vedder, Johnny Cash, Suzanne Vega, Michelle Shocked, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Tom Waits and others, PACKAGED WITH the never-before-available and award winning film of the "Not In My Name" Concert (featuring Steve Earle, Annie DeFranco, Lyle Lovett, Eddie Vedder and others). Learn more about this product at http://www.activemusic.org/deadman.php It is selling in stores and on-line for $30.00, CUADP will kick in shipping for a minimum suggested donation of $30 (or more). You can get a better deal on Amazon.com, but it would not be helping the movement. See below for how to order! ************************* SPECIAL - Order BOTH the Book and the CD/DVD package for a minimum donation of $50, including shipping! HOW TO ORDER Use Paypal, Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover by filling in the on-line donation form at https://www.compar.com/donation/donateform.html Make sure to say what you want in the comments section. OR SEND A CHECK. If you wish this option, send me an e-mail at to tell me what you want so I can set it aside and I will tell you where to send the check. ************ 10% OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO FIGHT THE DEATH PENALTY RE-INTRODUCTION EFFORT IN WISCONSIN. The rest of the proceeds go to help launch the new AbolitionWear site! Isn't it exciting? Wishing you warm late-summer greetings.... --abe SENT BY: Abraham J. Bonowitz abe at cuadp.org 800-973-6548 The small print CONTRIBUTIONS TO CUADP ARE NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE. 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