[CUADPUpdate] taking time to breathe

[Abraham J. Bonowitz]

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Dear Friends,

I hope this finds you well.  Happy New Year!

In the wake of our victory here in New Jersey, I've had a little time 
to breathe, enjoy my family (see 
http://bonowitz.blogspot.com/2007/12/news-from-home-front.html), and 
to take stock of the many projects I put on hold in order to focus my 
full efforts on the work I was hired to do here in the Garden State.

While it is a great thing to have been involved with the NJ Abolition 
victory, it is frightening to have worked myself out of a 
job.  Weighing heavily on my mind is the question of next steps for 
me, and the organization I've been on sabbatical from, Citizens 
United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP).

It is a daunting task to pick up where I left off, and I'm fairly 
certain that some projects will not be picked back up.  But others 
are ripe, and many new challenges are before us in this new phase of 
the modern (post-furman) death penalty era.  I'll continue to 
reflect, and I appreciate any thoughts or suggestions you might have.

One project that I cannot drop yet is CUADP's bank accounts.  It's 
been more than two years since the last fund raising effort for CUADP 
general funds.  If it had not been for the donors in CUADP's monthly 
Sustainer program, I would have had to close the shop entirely.  I 
again send my sincere appreciation and thanks to the Sustainers and 
to other donors who have helped in general or on the several projects 
for which I have raised funds for recently.

Today I'm inviting contributions of o general operating funds in 
order to help pay a few upcoming bills and to allow further 
exploration of which projects to pick back up, which to drop 
entirely, and which to start from scratch.

I'm writing in the hope that as a member of this list, whether or not 
you are a past donor to CUADP, you will find yourself of a mind and 
in a position to help CUADP at this time at whatever level is 
comfortable to you.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me 
directly.  If you can help, see below.  And in any case, I wish you 
and yours all the best in 2008.

paz!

--abe


HERE'S HOW....

If you want to use a credit card or Paypal, just go to 
https://www.compar.com/donation/donateform.html and send the money.

If you want to send a check, then make it to CUADP (or for a tax 
deduction, FCPJ) and send it to

CUADP
PMB 335
2603 NW 13th St.
Gainesville, FL  32609

and again - HAPPY NEW YEAR!