Attention:

Who: Everyone is invited!

What: ABOLITION MOVEMENT May Meeting

When: Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 7-9 PM

Where: SHAPE Community Center , 3815 Live Oak at Alabama Street , Houston ’s Third Ward

Why: To fight the death penalty and support those on death row:

§ Mumia’s hearing on May 17 in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals—solidarity action in Houston

§ Table/outreach at the Pan African Festival, May 25-26

§ Juneteenth Parade

§ The US Social Forum in Atlanta , June 27-July 1—participate in a workshop on Mumia, the death penalty and political prisoners

§ Good news from the Supreme Court for LaRoyce Smith, Brent Ray Brewer and Jalil Abdul-Kabir because of sentencing problems and for Jose Medellin because of denial of consular rights under Vienna Convention!!

§ Executions vigils in Houston for May and June to be at SHAPE at 3903 Almeda Road

§ Study group on the book Los of Empire: Legal Lynching, Vigilantism, and African American Intellectualism in the 21st Century by Larvester Gaither.

§ Update on Oct. 27th 8th Annual March to Stop Executions