[CUADPUpdate] Starvin' for Justice Speaker Schedule, Press Release, and Other Info

[Abraham J. Bonowitz]

Hi All,

Please excuse cross posts.

See below for the schedule of who is speaking when, and we have some 
GREAT speakers and also a few surprises!  See below!

If you are in the DC area or you know anyone there, please forward 
this info and encourage attendance. Many thanks!

Special thanks to our many financial and in-kind co-sponsors, who are 
listed at http://www.abolition.org/starvin14/sponsors.html  -  We 
could not do it without each one of you!

--abe

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The A B O L I T I O N I S T
                              A C T I O N
                                      C O M M I T T E E ' S

STARVIN' FOR JUSTICE 2007

the 14th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death
Penalty at the US Supreme Court

June 29 through July 2

We're there all day, each day, with the following special 
events.  NOTE - all events are on the sidewalk in front of the US 
Supreme Court.  In the event of rain or serious threat thereof, we 
will be inside the United Methodist Church building immediately 
adjacent to the Court - just across Maryland Ave.

Thursday, June 28, starting at 9am - the Trial of the DC-9 - Please 
support them by being present in the courtroom!  Details are at 
http://www.abolition.org/jan17-2007.html

Friday, June 29 at 9:15pm - Join us for the Last Supper at a local 
restaurant.  Please RSVP to aac at abolition.org for details.

Friday, June 29 at 12am (Midnight of June 28) - Join us for the opening circle.

FRIDAY, June 29, Starting at NOON - Press Conference/Rally 
commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Furman Decision.  See press 
release below.

And, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 6pm each evening, join us 
for the Death Penalty Teach-In, featuring Death Row Survivors,
Murder Victim Family Members, Death Row Family Members, Scholars and 
other Movement Leaders.  See 
http://www.abolition.org/starvin14/schedule.html to learn more about 
the speakers and who is scheduled for which evening.

JULY 2:  Closing Circle begins at about 11:15 or 11:30pm.  The 
Breaking the Fast meal will take place immediately following.

GET DETAILS AT: www.ABOLITION.org

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A MEDIA ADVISORY

FROM

THE ABOLITIONIST
                         ACTION
                               COMMITTEE (AAC)

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CONTACTS:
Abolitionist Action Committee
561-371-5204 (mobile)
aac at abolition.org

David Elliot, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
202-543-9577, ext. 16
202-607-7036 (mobile)
<mailto:delliot%40ncadp.org>delliot at ncadp.org

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Press Conference Announcement

EX-WARDEN WHO EXECUTED IN FLORIDA & TEXAS AMONG MANY CALLING FOR END 
TO DEATH PENALTY ON HISTORIC 35TH  ANNIVERSARY

As part of STARVIN' FOR JUSTICE 2007; THE 14TH ANNUAL FAST AND VIGIL 
TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

WHO: Former Florida State Prison Warden Ron McAndrew (Participated in 
executions), Former Louisiana Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham 
(removed from Louisiana's death row by the Furman decision), Attorney 
Marshall Hartman (worked on historic Furman case), Death Row 
Survivors, Murder Victim Family Members, and other leaders of various 
anti-death penalty organizations.

WHAT: Press Conference

WHEN: NOON, Friday, June 29, 2007, the 35th Anniversary of the 
Historic Furman Decision

WHERE: On the sidewalk in front of the United States Supreme Court in 
Washington, DC

WHY: July 29, 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the Furman V. 
Georgia decision in which the United States Supreme Court struck down 
all laws allowing executions in the U.S.  Persons of interest noted 
above will join leaders of the anti-death penalty movement in 
speaking out about recent developments regarding the issue, noting 
how the death penalty continues to fail as a public policy in the 
United States.
July 2, 2007 marks the 31st anniversary of the Gregg V. Georgia 
decision in which the United States Supreme Court upheld laws written 
in various states to reinstate the death penalty in the wake of the 
Furman decision in 1972.

This press conference is part of the Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish 
the Death Penalty at the US Supreme Court, wherein anti-death penalty
activists will converge on Washington, D.C. from Friday, June 29 
through Monday, July 2 for four days of activities commemorating the
historic 1972 and 1976 Supreme Court rulings that suspended the death 
penalty in the United States and later allowed executions to resume.
This is the fourteenth year in a row that the Abolitionist Action 
Committee will hold its annual Fast and Vigil between the dates of 
these two landmark decisions. Activists, many of whom are fasting the 
entire four days, are travelling to Washington D.C. from across the 
United States and beyond.

Highlights of this highly visual and interactive annual event include 
live music and evening teach-ins by death row survivors, murder 
victim family members, and noted activists and scholars. Please see 
details at http://www.abolition.org/starvin14/schedule.html

ATTENTION REPORTERS, EDITORS AND PRODUCERS: Consider interviews with 
activists from your specific state or region. A press conference will 
be held at Noon on Friday, June 29 on the sidewalk in front of the 
U.S. Supreme Court, but we are available all day and evening on June 
29 and 30, and July 1 and 2.  SEE THE LIST OF SCHEDULED EVENING SPEAKERS.

RAIN ALERT:  In the event of rain or significant threat thereof, the 
press conference and other events requiring amplification will take 
part inside the United Methodist Church Building, immediately 
adjacent (across Maryland Ave. on 1st St.)

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The Abolitionist Action Committee is an ad-hoc group of individuals 
committed to highly visible and effective public education for 
alternatives to the death penalty through nonviolent direct action.

Contact the AAC at:
800-973-6548
<<mailto:aac%40abolition.org>aac at abolition.org>
<http://www.abolition.org>http://www.abolition.org
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