23 days...The clock is ticking...Save Tookie!

Campaign to End the Death Penalty Action Alert

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...
Stop the execution of Stan Tookie Williams!

There's only 23 days left to save Stan Tookie Williams.
People around the country are taking action to stop the execution of
Stan Tookie Williams, the California death row prisoner who is scheduled to
be executed on December 13.
From now until that date, we will send out a regular action alert to
report on events held in support of Stan, let people know about efforts
currently underway, and how you can get involved today.
If you or your group have an event to report about, or activities
planned, please e-mail us at marlene [at] nodeathpenalty.org.

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CONTENTS
- Reports and news about Tookie
- Upcoming events
- Where to find more information

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REPORTS AND NEWS ABOUT TOOKIE

- RALLY FOR STAN AT SAN QUENTIN DRAWS 1,000 PEOPLE

On Saturday, some 1,000 people rallied outside the gates of San Quentin to
call on Gov. Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to Stan Tookie Williams.
Rapper Snoop Dogg was the featured speaker among several dozen religious
leaders, anti-death penalty activists and other supporters of Stan. Barbara
Becnel, Stan's advocate, introduced the rally and was one of several MCs.
The multiracial crowd consisted of activists from various anti-death
penalty organizations, religious groups, the Nation of Islam, political and
social justice organizations, community action groups and gang intervention
organizations. The message from all was clear: don't kill a peacemaker.
Project Cry No More, a group made up of family members who have lost loved
ones to gang violence, was represented by a speaker at the rally, and is
part of the growing number of voices calling for clemency for Stan.
The rally made front-page news in many California newspapers. Below are
three stories.

Read the San Francisco Chronicle story:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Stan+Tookie+Williams&btnG=Search+
News

Read the Los Angeles Times story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-williams20nov20,0,2781315.story?coll
=la-tot-promo

Read the San Jose Mercury News story:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13212548.htm


- PHIL GASPER SPEAKS OUT FOR STAN ON FOX NEWS

Phil Gasper, who has nominated Stan for several Nobel prizes, is scheduled
to appear on the Fox News program DaySide to talk about Stan Tookie Williams
on Monday for about 5 minutes between 10 and 11 am Pacific Time.


- FAX THE GOVERNOR

This Web site allows you to send free faxes to Schwarzenegger about Stan's
case. Go to http://local-impact.org/current.html#tookie


- OPEN LETTER TO GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER

>From Tom Kerr, published on CounterPunch: "I write this letter on faith that
you are not, at core, the Terminator, for we know that the Terminator would
not hesitate to execute people in cold blood, and my appeal to grant
clemency to Stanley "Tookie" Williams would fall on deaf ears. As you know,
Crips co-founder, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and writer, Tookie Williams is
scheduled for execution on December 13, 2005. I write with the conviction,
rather, that you identify with Kindergarten Cop-hard when necessary, soft
when humanity requires it."

Read the full article:
http://www.counterpunch.org/kerr11182005.html

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UPCOMING EVENTS

- NOVEMBER 21 - Moraga, Calif.
Petition Drive at Saint Mary's College Housing
Members of the CEDP will go to every dorm and ask students to sign a
petition calling on Gov. Schwarzenegger to grant clemency. At 8:45 pm.

- NOVEMBER 21 - San Francisco
Bay Area Anti-Death Penalty Coalition Weekly Meeting
Every Monday At 6:30 pm, 1663 Mission St., ACLU office, 4th floor

- NOVEMBER 22 - Los Angeles
Save Tookie Committee Regular Weekly Meeting
Every Tuesday at 7 pm at Bethel AME Church at 7900 S. Western Avenue.

- NOVEMBER 22 - Columbus, Ohio
Screening of "Redemption"
At 7 pm, Ohio State U., Hagerty Hall Room 050 (1775 College Road). Sponsored
by the Campus Committee to Save Tookie Williams

- NOVEMBER 22 - San Francisco
CEDP Chapter at SFSU Weekly Meeting
Every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the SFSU Student Center, Rosa Parks lounge.

- NOVEMBER 23 - Moraga, Calif.
Information Tabling at Saint Mary's College
At 11:30 a.m.

- NOVEMBER 28 - Moraga, Calif.
Learn More about Stan "Tookie" Williams
General CEDP meeting about Stan, and to help plan for the November 30
National Day of Action. At 6 pm in Dante 114. For information, call
510-295-3290 or e-mail cedp [at] stmarys-ca.edu

- NOVEMBER 30 - Nationwide
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR STAN (please send your information)

Chicago - Press conference and protest at Republican National Headquarters,
32 W. Randolph, at 12 Noon.

Columbus, Ohio - Screening of "Redemption." At Ohio State U., 3 pm, MLK
Lounge, Hale Black Cultural Center (153 W. 12th Ave.). Sponsored by the
Campus Committee to Save Tookie Williams.

Moraga, Calif - Information tabling at St. Mary's College at 11: 30 a.m.-2
p.m. There will be laptops and cell phones available for students to email
and/or call the governor's office.
At 8 pm, there will be a showing of the movie "Redemption" and a
discussion afterwards, in Galileo 201.

San Diego - Community forum on "Tookie, the Death Penalty and the Movement:
Continuing the Struggle for Social Justice," sponsored the Serudj Institute
of Effective Socialization. E-mail tkalonji [at] hotmail.com for information.

San Francisco - Speakout at San Francisco State University, beginning at 10
am. Call 415-317-5063 for information, or e-mail sfstatecedp [at] yahoo.com.

- DECEMBER 1 - Greensboro, N.C.
Screening of Redemption
At the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

- DECEMBER 1 - San Diego
Save Stan Tookie Williams
At 7:30 pm at SDSU, Aztec Center, Calmecac Room, sponsored by the
International Socialist Organization.

- DECEMBER 3 - Los Angeles
RALLY FOR CLEMENCY FOR TOOKIE
Leimert Park at 12 Noon. All the groups working in the Save Tookie committee
in Los Angeles are asking everyone to come out. For more information, call
310-404-1739 or e-mail cenddeathpenalty [at] yahoo.com

- DECEMBER 4 - San Francisco
Movie Screening of REDEMPTION
Hosted by Danny Glover. At 5 pm at the Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th St. (next
to the 16th Street and Mission BART Station).

- DECEMBER 7 - San Diego
Vigil, Press Conference, Rally and Demonstration
At Noon at the Hall of Justice, 330 West Broadway.

- DECEMBER 7 - San Diego
Screening of Redemption
Followed by a discussion of death penalty work and the campaign to save
Tookie Williams. At 6:30 pm in City College Room B103, sponsored by
Resistencia Estudiantil.

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WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION

Download a fact sheet about Stan's case:
http://www.savetookie.org/tookie_fact_sheet_10.18.05.pdf

Read the story of Stan's life in his book, Blue Rage, Black Redemption,
available for $22. To order, visit http://www.nodeathpenalty.org or call the
CEDP national office at 773-955-4841.

Do a showing of the movie Redemption, the TV movie about Stan's life,
starring Jamie Foxx. The movie is available at Blockbuster.

Get "Save Tookie" buttons from the Campaign to sell to supporters. Get 25
buttons for $20, and shipping is free. Call the CEDP national office at
955-4841 to order.

Check out the Save Tookie Web site:
http://www.savetookie.org/

And the Campaign to End the Death Penalty Web site:
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/

Order copies of the New Abolitionist. This issue has stories by and about
Stan, as well as other information about fighting the death penalty. You can
get a bundle of 25 New Abs, shipped free of charge at a cost of $12.50. To
order, call the CEDP office at 773-235-0778. Yearly subscriptions are also
available.