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Report from Power to the Peaceful 2005

October 22nd brought the Stolen Lives Walls and a table out to the Power to the Peaceful Festival in Golden Gate Park on September 10th.

We were short on volunteers, but thanks to the folks from the Death Penalty organization that we tabled with, and Frank Rosenberg and Rita, we were still able to talk with people. I showed up just before the volunteers who had brought the walls had to get ready to go.

Great News! New York October 22nd Activist Juanita Young Found 'Not Guilty!'

Great News! Juanita Young Found 'Not Guilty!'
This is a quick alert!

Juanita Young was found not guilty today in Bronx Supreme Court by Judge P. Benitez.
After a four day trial taking place more than two years after the initial incident.

Next October 22nd Coalition Meeting - NEW LOCATION and TIME

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5:00pm
48 South 7th Street (NOTE NEW LOCATION)

Call for 10th Annual National Day of Protest on October 22nd

The October 22nd Coalition is seeking endorsers to this call. It is also a great organizing tool for explaining what the October 22nd National Day of Protest is all about!

You can download the flyer by clicking on the pdf link here.

No More Lost Lives Event to Say, No More Deaths in CYA!

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Wear all white!
Ride info on Indybay
September 5th will be the one-year anniversary of the death of Dyron Brewer in the CYA's Chad prison for youth. A mass memorial and march will be held in Stockton on Monday, September 5th, from 12pm to 3pm, to honor Dyron's life. The cause of Dyron's death is unknown, but he was the fourth prisoner to die in the CYA system last year. Durrell Feaster, Dion Whitfield, and Roberto Lombana also lost their
lives inside CYA’s youth prisons in 2004.

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