OCCUPY FOR JUSTICE:
OCCUPY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)
April 24, 2012
11 AM
Support all political prisoners!
Stand against mass incarceration!
Visit http://occupythejusticedepartment.com.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Occupy for Justice: Free 'Em All!
Support all political prisoners!
Stand against mass incarceration!
Visit http://occupythejusticedepartment.com.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Leonard Peltier Walk for Human Rights Atlanta Events
LEONARD PELTIER WALK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -- ATLANTA EVENTS APRIL 19 – 23 -- SAVE THESE DATES
A group of American Indians led by Dorothy Ninham (Oneida) together with other supporters of clemency for Leonard Peltier left San Francisco in December, walking across the country to Washington DC with the goal of “advancing the economic social and cultural rights of all people,” as well as drawing attention to the case of this American Indian Movement leader and political prisoner since 1976. Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee (NC) and Indian communities in Alabama will join the marchers on April 19 in North Georgia, where they will camp before moving to the grounds of the Arts Exchange in East Atlanta on April 23. Among the people attending events are Peltier’s granddaughter and her children.
You are invited to meet them at these events:
· THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 7 pm – Film screening, “Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier” by Suzie Baer, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Cliff Valley Way. (Take I-85 access road between N. Druid Hills and Clairmont. Enter from top steps of parking lot, down left hallway to last room on left, room 210.) $3 donation suggested, includes refreshments.
· SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1:00 pm – Assemble at the King Center (exact place to be confirmed early this week), march from the King Center past the Carter Center, ending at Freedom Parkway and Moreland Avenue.
· Interviews on WRFG (89.3 FM):
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, noon to 1 pm (Adam Shapiro, “Current Events”) and
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 6 pm to 7 pm (Heather Grey, “Just Peace)
· MONDAY, APRIL 23, 7:30 PM at the Arts Exchange, 750 Kalb St. SE, Atlanta 30312:
Dinner and cultural exchange including traditional dancing
Benefit concert by the Ex-Pand Band
$5 donation or more encouraged (free for unemployed)
For more information: 404-525-4360 or reid@freejoye.com
A group of American Indians led by Dorothy Ninham (Oneida) together with other supporters of clemency for Leonard Peltier left San Francisco in December, walking across the country to Washington DC with the goal of “advancing the economic social and cultural rights of all people,” as well as drawing attention to the case of this American Indian Movement leader and political prisoner since 1976. Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee (NC) and Indian communities in Alabama will join the marchers on April 19 in North Georgia, where they will camp before moving to the grounds of the Arts Exchange in East Atlanta on April 23. Among the people attending events are Peltier’s granddaughter and her children.
You are invited to meet them at these events:
· THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 7 pm – Film screening, “Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier” by Suzie Baer, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Cliff Valley Way. (Take I-85 access road between N. Druid Hills and Clairmont. Enter from top steps of parking lot, down left hallway to last room on left, room 210.) $3 donation suggested, includes refreshments.
· SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1:00 pm – Assemble at the King Center (exact place to be confirmed early this week), march from the King Center past the Carter Center, ending at Freedom Parkway and Moreland Avenue.
· Interviews on WRFG (89.3 FM):
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, noon to 1 pm (Adam Shapiro, “Current Events”) and
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 6 pm to 7 pm (Heather Grey, “Just Peace)
· MONDAY, APRIL 23, 7:30 PM at the Arts Exchange, 750 Kalb St. SE, Atlanta 30312:
Dinner and cultural exchange including traditional dancing
Benefit concert by the Ex-Pand Band
$5 donation or more encouraged (free for unemployed)
For more information: 404-525-4360 or reid@freejoye.com
Monday, April 9, 2012
April 14: Leonard Peltier Walk arrival in Gainesville, FL
The Leonard Peltier Walk For Human Rights will arrive in Gainesville, Florida, on Saturday April 14th. A rally will be held in front of the Federal Building in downtown Gainesville on the 14th around 1PM EST. A Saturday evening showing of "Incident at Oglala" and a potluck is planned (details to be announced). On Sunday, April 15, walkers and supporters will meet at the corner of University & 13th Street @1 Pm for an educational interaction with anyone interested in learning about the Walk. This will be followed with a walk to one of Gainesville's most artistically decorated walls. The public is encouraged to join these events! If you would like more information, contact Joelle Clark, lpdocfloridachapter@gmail.com.
Beating drums, marchers honor imprisoned Leonard Peltier
Sun Sentinel - April 8, 2012
Video: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/videogallery/69280866/News/delray-human-rights-walk
DELRAY BEACH—The Easter Sunday brunch crowds were just beginning to thicken on Atlantic Avenue when two dozen human-rights activists, some beating drums and singing American Indian chants, marched through in single file.
Weaving their way through diners and shoppers, they passed out leaflets and held their banners high to remind the crowds that Leonard Peltier, an American Indian convicted of shooting two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge, S.D., Indian Reservation in 1975, is still in prison, serving two consecutive life terms for first-degree murder.
Many people have questioned Peltier's guilt since his 1977 sentencing. Some believe he was set up by the FBI and an unjust legal system. Books, documentaries, posters and works of art have been created to recount Peltier's story, and several celebrities and human rights groups have taken up his cause, saying he received an unfair trial.
"We want him freed," said Dorothy Ninham, an Oneida Indian from Wisconsin who has known Peltier since the early 1970s and still visits him in prison. "This is one of many injustices that have happened to red people and all races. We're not talking about one day and two agents. We're talking about all the years of oppression our peoples have suffered."
Ninham and a group of activists have been walking across the United States to share Peltier's plight. They began their trek at Alcatraz, the former prison in California, on Dec. 18, and plan to end it on May 20 inWashington, D.C.
Peltier's story is familiar to many who remember the American Indian civil rights protests of the 1970s. On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, came under heavy gunfire as they searched for a American Indian man who had been accused of stealing. Peltier, who had been a member of the activist American Indian Movement, admitted to firing at the agents in a 1999 memoir, but denied firing the fatal shots.
Peltier's most recent application for parole was denied in 2009. Peltier, 67, is in the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in North Florida, but Ninham said the marchers do not plan to stop there on their way to Washington.
The Delray Beach march attracted an assortment of former hippies who remember the American Indian protest movement and young activists who said they identify with human-rights causes and police brutality victims.
"The genocide of these great peoples is still going on," said Dona Knapp, of North Naples.
"At any moment, any of us could be Leonard Peltier," said Brenda McCabe, of Delray Beach. "Any of us could be targeted."
John Wulf, of Delray Beach, said the case altered his thinking about the American justice system.
"You have a legal system working to hold someone for whom the evidence is questionable," Wulf said. "It created doubt for me about our system and how it operates."
The group is staying at the Duncan Center, an Episcopal retreat in Delray Beach. After Sunday's march, they watched "Incident at Oglala," a 1992 documentary about the case, and had a potluck dinner and drumming celebration.
Lsolomon@tribune.com or 561-243-6536
Video: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/videogallery/69280866/News/delray-human-rights-walk
DELRAY BEACH—The Easter Sunday brunch crowds were just beginning to thicken on Atlantic Avenue when two dozen human-rights activists, some beating drums and singing American Indian chants, marched through in single file.
Weaving their way through diners and shoppers, they passed out leaflets and held their banners high to remind the crowds that Leonard Peltier, an American Indian convicted of shooting two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge, S.D., Indian Reservation in 1975, is still in prison, serving two consecutive life terms for first-degree murder.
Many people have questioned Peltier's guilt since his 1977 sentencing. Some believe he was set up by the FBI and an unjust legal system. Books, documentaries, posters and works of art have been created to recount Peltier's story, and several celebrities and human rights groups have taken up his cause, saying he received an unfair trial.
"We want him freed," said Dorothy Ninham, an Oneida Indian from Wisconsin who has known Peltier since the early 1970s and still visits him in prison. "This is one of many injustices that have happened to red people and all races. We're not talking about one day and two agents. We're talking about all the years of oppression our peoples have suffered."
Ninham and a group of activists have been walking across the United States to share Peltier's plight. They began their trek at Alcatraz, the former prison in California, on Dec. 18, and plan to end it on May 20 inWashington, D.C.
Peltier's story is familiar to many who remember the American Indian civil rights protests of the 1970s. On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, came under heavy gunfire as they searched for a American Indian man who had been accused of stealing. Peltier, who had been a member of the activist American Indian Movement, admitted to firing at the agents in a 1999 memoir, but denied firing the fatal shots.
Peltier's most recent application for parole was denied in 2009. Peltier, 67, is in the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in North Florida, but Ninham said the marchers do not plan to stop there on their way to Washington.
The Delray Beach march attracted an assortment of former hippies who remember the American Indian protest movement and young activists who said they identify with human-rights causes and police brutality victims.
"The genocide of these great peoples is still going on," said Dona Knapp, of North Naples.
"At any moment, any of us could be Leonard Peltier," said Brenda McCabe, of Delray Beach. "Any of us could be targeted."
John Wulf, of Delray Beach, said the case altered his thinking about the American justice system.
"You have a legal system working to hold someone for whom the evidence is questionable," Wulf said. "It created doubt for me about our system and how it operates."
The group is staying at the Duncan Center, an Episcopal retreat in Delray Beach. After Sunday's march, they watched "Incident at Oglala," a 1992 documentary about the case, and had a potluck dinner and drumming celebration.
Lsolomon@tribune.com or 561-243-6536
Friday, April 6, 2012
Walk for prisoner Leonard Peltier comes through Delray Beach
By Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel
April 5, 2012
Human-rights activists will march through Delray Beach (Florida) on Sunday to highlight the cause of prisoner Leonard Peltier, an American Indian convicted in connection with the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
The walk, starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Crest Theatre at Old School Square, began in California in December and is scheduled to end in May in Washington, D.C. A sweat lodge, dinner and showing of "Incident at Oglala" will be open to the public. Call 561-502-7600.
April 5, 2012
Human-rights activists will march through Delray Beach (Florida) on Sunday to highlight the cause of prisoner Leonard Peltier, an American Indian convicted in connection with the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
The walk, starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Crest Theatre at Old School Square, began in California in December and is scheduled to end in May in Washington, D.C. A sweat lodge, dinner and showing of "Incident at Oglala" will be open to the public. Call 561-502-7600.
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