7th Annual March to Stop Executions - Oct 28, 2006
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Here is a link to an audio report from Houston Indy Media on the march.
It contains comments from Eugenia Willingham and Mary Arredondo. Pictures of the march. Coverage in Daily Texan. Video from Fox7. 
Rally at gates of Governor's Mansion
 After DPS troopers refused to take her letter for Rick Perry, Mary Arredondo, sister of Carlos De Luna, dropped it through the gate of the governor's mansion.
Photos from the 7th Annual March to Stop Executions
by Gislaine 
7th Annual March to Stop Executions"Innocent People Have Been Executed" Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Austin, Texas 10 AM - 3 PM Brunch by Inside Books Project (300 Allen Street)) $5 All you can eat, kids free (more info below)Noon - Press conference with speakers from march, including family members of Cameron Todd Willingham and Carlos De Luna (602 West 7th Street) call 512-689-1544 for more info 1:00 - 1:30 PM Prayer Service at University Catholic Center (2010 University Ave at 21st Street)
3 PM Meet at Texas Governor's Mansion (between 10th & 11th Streets on Lavaca)
3:30 March down Congress Ave to Austin City Hall for a Rally Against the Death Penalty We encourage everyone to make signs and banners and bring them to the march.  Eugenia Willingham, mother of Todd Willingham and Joshua Easley, Todd's newphew.
Speakers and special guests include: Speakers and special guests include: Eugenia Willingham (stepmother), Trina Willingham Quinton (niece), Joshua Easley (nephew), three members of the family of Cameron Todd Willingham, an innocent person executed by Texas. Mary Arredondo, sister of Carlos De Luna. Sandra Reed, mother of Rodney Reed, an innocent man still on death row in Texas. Sandrine Ageorges from France. Jeanette Popp, mother of a murder victim. Howard Guidry. Music by Phillip Gibbs and Austin Kessler.
Each October since 2000, people from all walks of life and all parts of Texas, the U.S. and other countries have taken a day out of their year and gathered in Austin to raise our voices together and loudly express our opposition to the death penalty. Get on the Bus From Houston: Bus tickets are $20.00. The bus leaves the SHAPE Harambee Building Sat morning at 10 AM and will pick up at Macy's at Memorial City Mall on the way out of town at 10:30 AM. The bus will return to Houston by 9 PM. Call or email TDPAM in Houston to reserve a seat or buy a ticket for a student, a senior or a person on fixed income who wants to go. AbolitionMovement@hotmail.com or call 713-503-2633.
Join us in Austin on Oct. 28th to demand a Stop to All Executions! Flyers for download: Main Flyer and a Houston Flyer (with bus info)
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The march is organized by people from many different groups working together as the March to Stop Executions Coalition. If your organization wants to be listed as a sponsor of the
march, please
let us know. The 7th Annual March to Stop Executions Coalition includes: Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Texas
Moratorium Network, Texas Death Penalty Abolition
Movement, Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Committee to Free Frances Newton, Inside Books Project, Texas Students Against the Death Penalty, Texas Death Penalty Education and Resource Center, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Journey of Hope, International Socialist Organization, Capital of Texas Democrats For Life (CTDFL), Democrats For Life of Texas (DFLT), Death Penalty Reform Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party, Victims of Texas, Amnesty International, Texans for Peace, Austin Mennonite Church, CodePink Austin, El Pasoans Against the Death Penalty, Students Against the Death Penalty (the national group), Libertarian Longhorns, Catholic Longhorns for Life, the Social Justice
Committee of the University Catholic Center, Howard Guidry Justice Committee, The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Friends Meeting of Austin, The Texas Civil Rights Project,
National Black Law Students Association, American Civil Liberties Union - Central Texas Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Gray Panthers, peaceCenter, San Antonio, Dominican Sisters of Houston, Friends of Justice, TX CURE, S.H.A.P.E. Center (Houston), National Black Police Association, Catholics Against Capital Punishment, Austin Center for Peace and Justice, Equal Justice USA, Houston Peace Forum, PFLAG Houston (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), Community Involvement Committee of First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston, University of Texas at Austin Chapter of Amnesty International, Civilians Down, Social Action Committee of Congregation Beth Israel, Houston Peace and Justice Center, The Austin Chronicle, Resistencia Bookstore, Methodist Federation for Social Action.
To get involved, email us at:
admin@texasmoratorium.org Or call us at:
512-302-6715.
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Please Support the March by Donating Online to the Special March Account.
You can also donate offline by sending a check
to:
Texas Death Penalty Education and Resource Center
3616 Far West Blvd, Suite 117, Box 251
Austin, Texas 78731
Donations to the march through TDPERC, a 501 (c) (3), are tax-deductible
All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Brunch and Book Sale Blow-OutAttend the Brunch, then head to the Governor's Mansion for the March to Stop Executions
Saturday, October 28
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
at the Rhizome Collective, 300 Allen Street
3 blocks South of Seventh & 4 blocks east of Pleasant Valley
$5 for adults, kids eat free
Or, skip the brunch and hit the booksale for free.
Ample Parking, with convenient buslines to downtown:
#4 - Bus Link
stops 3 blocks from the Rhizome Collective & 2 blocks from the
Governor's Mansion
busses every 40 minutes until 6:00, then once every hour until nearly
mindnigh
#17 - Bus Link
stops 4 blocks from the Rhizome Collective & at the Capitol
busses every 25 minutes until 7, then once every hour until nearly 11
#100 - Bus Link
Stops 7 blocks from the Rhizome Collective & 3 blocks from the
Governor's Mansion
busses once every 40 minutes until 10
Silver Dillo - Bus Link
tops 4 blocks from the Rhizome Collective& 5 blocks from the
Governor's Mansion
busses every 30 minutes until nearly 6
For more information, contact Inside Books at 512-647-4803,
insidebooksproject@yahoo. |
Also sponsored by The Austin Chronicle
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 Above is a photo of last year's march. An estimated 400-500 protesters took to the streets for the sixth annual March to Stop Executions.
photo by John Anderson of the Austin ChronicleClick here to read a news story of the 2005 march. After clicking the link, scroll down on the page to click on the video link and watch a video clip of last year's march. University Star article on the 2005 march Flashback! View and download 100+ photos from first March in 2000.
Two Photos from 2nd March in 2001.
Photo Album of 3rd Annual March in 2002. More Pictures from 2002 March. Click Here for Pictures of the 2003 March to Stop Executions
More 2003 Pictures Pictures of 2004 March to Stop Executions More Photos from 2004
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