Below is the basic schedule for Abolitionist Activities in Terre Haute starting on SUNDAY, June 10, 2001.
Further below is contact information for other leading abolitionists who will be in Terre Haute.
The web pages are being updated with details of events planned in more thank 25 states across the nation. Please note that many events originally planned for May 15 & 16 are now taking place June 10 & 11. Where listings have not been updated, contact the local organizers listed for confirmation details. CUADP is only able to post information which we have been given. We are on the road, and no further updates to the web page are anticipated after 5pm today (6/8/2001). To see the listing, visit <http://www.cuadp.org> and click in the box that says "Circus McVeigh."
UPDATED TERRE HAUTE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, JUNE 10
Abolitionists will gather at St. Margaret Mary Parish (2405 S. 7th Street) starting after 3pm.
A late afternoon "March to STOP Executions" to the penitentiary will leave from St. Margaret Mary. The march will begin shortly after the arrival of "Abolition Movin'," the Journey of Hope ...From Violence to Healing bus, bringing with it leaders of The Journey of Hope ...From Violence to Healing, and Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation - two
national organizations of murder victim's family members who oppose the death penalty. (They are traveling from the "Healing the Wounds of Murder" (see http://www.mvfr.org> conference taking place in Boston this weekend.) We expect the march to begin between 4:30 and 6 p.m. There will be a number of formal statements made at the end of the march - on the grounds of the prison.
After the march concludes, organizers will take a break. Abolitionists may begin gathering at Fairbanks Park (on First Street between Farrington and Oak) at any time after 6 p.m. on June 10. Organizers will be headquartered in the Blumberg Shelter.
At 9pm, there will be an *informal* program of music and possibly a few speakers.
MONDAY, JUNE 11
"Voices of Dissent": Music and speakers from various organizations will begin after midnight in the amphitheater at Fairbanks Park.
Protesters will be encouraged to board the buses operated by the prison after 3a.m.
Circle of Silent Witness
We will begin the Circle of Silent Witness on the penitentiary grounds at 4:12 a.m., 168 minutes before the killing time of 7:00 a.m. At this time, we expect to form a spiral and sit on the ground. A spiral form should allow us to include a large number of people in the area and it will
create a pathway so that leaving the circle will be easy and not disturb others. Participants are welcome to join at any time and to leave whenever necessary. Our goal is simply to maintain an area of silence and reflection for this period of time.
After the killing we will have a vigil closing ceremony, and buses will begin taking people back to Fairbanks Park.
*****
Contact & Background Information:
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP) has been working for almost a year with activists on the ground in Terre Haute and Indiana in preparation for the first federal execution. CUADP director Abe Bonowitz will arrive in Terre Haute on Sunday morning to continue working with the Terre Haute Abolition Network. Arriving later in the day will be leaders of the Journey of Hope ...From Violence to Healing,
Inc. (http://www.journeyofhope.org), and Murder Victim's Families for Reconciliation <http://www.mvfr.org>: Both organization are comprised murder victim's family members who oppose the death penalty. Reach them as follows:
Bill Pelke (mobile: 305-775-5823)
George White (mobile: 216-496-3519)
Jennifer Bishop (Chair, MVFR) (mobile: 815-325-6283)
POSTED BY:
***********************************************************************************
Abraham J. Bonowitz
Director
Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP)
PMB 335, 2603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy, Gainesville, FL 32609
800-973-6548 <
http://www.cuadp.org> <
abe@cuadp.org>
************************************************************
************************************************************
