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If there are no events scheduled in your area, why not organize one? Mumia's appeals are before the courts again, so it's critical that we step up the pressure on the State to grant Mumia a new trial or release him. He has now endured nearly 25 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, much more time than real killers do in most cases.
Please see below for Mumia events in SF, Oakland, Philadelphia, New York and Saint-Denis, France
---------------------------------------------- (From the Mobilzation to Free Mumia)
Dear Mumia Abu-Jamal Supporters,
CELEBRATE MUMIA'S 52nd BIRTHDAY with THE MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL and FRIENDS
SUNDAY, APRIL 23 at 2 PM At the home of Derrel Myers and Naomi White 296 Randall Street at Harper, (one block south of Noe and 30th Streets), San Francisco, CA. For information call: 415-255-1080 (Directions below)
Join us for a wine, cheese and hors d'oeuvres reception/fundraiser to celebrate Mumia's struggle for justice & freedom.
Our meeting comes at a critical time in Mumia's legal defense, when a court hearing or decision, in the legal pipeline soon, could result in a new trial and his freedom, or, in the alternative, in a reactionary decision to reinstate the death penalty. We need your help and active participation.
Admission free - contribute what you can! Join us!
Honored guests/brief speakers:
* Walter Riley, Vanguard Public Foundation * Noelle Hanrahan, Prison Radio Project * Derrel Myers, Jo Jo White Solidarity Committee * Laura Herrera and Jeff Mackler, Co-coordinators, The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and others
* Special greetings from Mumia Abu-Jamal and from Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
The meeting will include a legal update and distribution of new materials on Mumia's case.
If you can't make it, send your generous contribution payable to: The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal 298 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103
Directions: Randall Street crosses both Mission Street and San Jose. Turn right (or west) on Randall and follow it until it deadends at Harper. 296 Randall is the corner house on the right).
Update on The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal recent activities:
1) The Mobe is working with the International Family and Friends to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal to build a May 2006 U.S. delegation to visit Paris (Saint-Denis, a suburb), France, where the city government has named a major new street, Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal, the main artery leading to the Nelson Mandela Sport's Stadium, (the largest in Europe) to express its solidarity with Mumia's struggle against the death penalty and for a new trial. Commemoration ceremonies will include an official government delegation to welcome the U.S. participants. Nelson Mandela has been asked to join the ceremonies.
2) The Mobe worked hard to build the recent and massive rallies at San Quentin prison to protest the State's murder of death row inmates Stanley "Tookie" Williams, Donald Beardsley and others. Mobe speakers presented solidarity greetings from Mumia to all San Quentin rallies.
3) Similarly Mobe speakers were invited by Death Penalty Focus to join anti-death penalty rallies at San Francisco City Hall and others organized at the California State Building.
4) The Mobe has just published, in conjunction with the International Concerned Family and Friends of MAJ, a new pamphlet/handbook, "The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal . This comprehensive work features legal updates on Mumia's case as well as the basic history and facts of the frame-up that resulted in Mumia's incarceration.
5) A Mobe speaker was featured on KPFA's Flashpoints coverage of the March 18 antiwar demonstration at San Francisco's Civic Center. Mumia's case was detailed by Mobe leaders on KPFA's Flashpoints over the past few months.
6) Mobe literature tables and mass leafleting on Mumia's case are regular aspects of our work. At the March 18 antiwar rally the Mobe sold nearly $300 in literature, pamphlets, videos and buttons.
7) The Mobe just received our reorder for 300 new Mumia buttons and new T-Shirts. Check our website to order. (freemumia.org)
8) The Mobe joined a panel of leading attorneys and anti-death penalty activists to commemorate the National Lawyers' Guild nationwide day of protest against the death penalty. A Mobe speaker presented the case and the Mobe's opposition to the death penalty at Golden Gate Law School in February at the invitation of the local NLF Chapter.
9) Mobe co-coordinator Jeff Mackler addressed two meetings in Santa Rosa in January on Mumia's case, the first at Santa Rosa Junior College, the second at a local community center.
10) The Mobe fills requests for literature from cities across the country, including kits on the case, videos, etc.
11) The Mobe has invited Hamburg, Germany's Michael Schifferman, (who has accepted our invitation) the author of a leading new book on Mumia's case, (to be translated into English soon) to speak in San Francisco in the coming months.
12) The Mobe is collaborating with an Italian filmmaker in the production of a new film on Mumia's life and struggle.
13) Mobe leaders collaborate with Mumia's lead counsel, Robert R. Bryan in the preparation of accurate legal updates that are published round the world.
Join the Mobe (Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal)! A victory for Mumia and his freedom will represented a resounding victory for all humanity. For further information call: 415-255-1085
In solidarity,
Laura Herrera and Jeff Mackler, Co-coordinators The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal 298 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103 415-255-1085 alerts@freemumia.org http://www.freemumia.org
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From the Labor Action Committee, Oakland, CA:
April 22, 2006 - Mumia Abu-Jamal Birthday Event
The Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal is holding an event in Oakland, CA on April 22nd in honor of Mumia's birthday, and to help publicize the fact that Mumia's case is on fast-track, and action is needed now more than ever to save his life.
SPEAKERS: Jack Heyman (ILWU Local 10); Mel Mason (Seaside NAACP, former Black Panther); Gerald Smith (Copwatch, former Black Panther); and Pierre Labossiere (Haiti Action); with other speakers to be announced (organizations listed for purposes of identification only)
VIDEO of the 1999 West Coast Port Shutdown to Free Mumia will be shown. The newsclip video shows longshore workers mobilized to lead the march for Mumia in San Francisco on April 24th, the day of the port shutdown.
PLACE: West Oakland Public Library, 1801 Adeline St @ 18th (The Oakland Libray does not advocate or endorse viewpoints of meetings or meeting-room users)
TIME: 3 PM, Saturday April 22nd 2006
- Labor Action Committee http://www.laboractionmumia.org
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From International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal:
- APRIL 21, 2006 WHERE: Philadelphia WHAT: French delegation of Mumia supporters arrive to meet with the Mayor of Philadelphia and the Governor of Pennsylvania. Upon their arrival will be a press conference and town meeting. Many dignitaries will be in attendance. CONTACT: For information contact the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, (215) 476-8812, http://www.mumia.org
- APRIL 22, 2006 - Oakland (see above)
- APRIL 23, 2006 - SF (see above)
- APRIL 24, 2006 WHERE: Harlem , NYC WHAT: Hip-Hop concert for Mumia's Birthday featuring Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., and seven year old poet, Autumn Ashante. CONTACT: For information contact the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), 212-330-8029, http://www.freemumia.com
- APRIL 29, 2006 WHERE: Saint-Denis, France WHAT: A large U.S. delegation will be joining a ceremony in France for the naming of a newly constructed street next to the Nelson Mandela Stadium in honor of Mumia. All are welcome to make the trip! CONTACT: For information contact the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, (215) 476-8812 http://www.mumia.org
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