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CLEMENCY WAS DENIED. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AN EVENT TODAY!
DECEMBER 12, 2005 - PM
Statewide Rallies and Vigils Against the Scheduled Execution of Stanley Williams
San Quentin State Prison
RALLY AT 8:00PM
EAST GATE OF SAN QUENTIN
You can park on Francisco Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-1.5 Miles to get to the East Gate of San Quentin.
Contact: stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143
Los Angeles
RALLY AT 6:00 P.M.
WESTWOOD FEDERAL BUILDING
11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Corner of Veteran)
MARCH AT 8:30 P.M. from Westwood Federal Bldg. to St. Paul the Apostle Church for a VIGIL (10750 Ohio Avenue,Los Angeles, CA 90024)
Contact: EDeBode [at] la-archdiocese.org
Sacramento
VIGIL FROM 11PM to 12:30AM
State Capitol Building
11th & L Streets
Contact: stellalevy [at] sbcglobal.net
Fresno
Vigil begins at 5:30 PM in front of St. John's Cathedral
Mariposa & R Streets, in downtown Fresno
Contact: maria.telesco [at] att.net
Riverside
Vigil at St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church
Brockton & Arlington
Riverside, CA 92506
Time: 9:00pm
Orange
Circle of Orange
Chapman and Glassell Streets
5 PM – 12:15 AM
City of Orange
Orange County
Tiburon
Panel Discussion on the death penalty from the Jewish Perspective
8 - 10 PM
Congregation Kol Shofar
215 Blackfield Drive
Tiburon, CA
Pasadena
Vigil Against the Death Penalty!
All Saints Church
132 N. Euclid Avenue
Pasadena, CA
8:30-10:00 PM
Contact: mtermaat [at] earthlink.net
Redwood City
St. Matthias Parish
1685 Cordilleras Ave. Redwood City ,CA
Ecumenical Service from 7-9pm
Palo Alto
4 PM
Vigil in support of Williams' life, on the eve of his scheduled execution.
Bring candles, signs, and warm clothing.
Some participants may choose to carpool to San Quentin.
Corner of El Camino and Embarcadero Streets
Palo Alto, CA
Oceanside
Candle-light Vigil
Mission San Luis Rey
4070 Mission Ave.
Oceanside, CA
9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Participants are invited to bring readings to share with the group.
Chico
Silent Candlelight Prayer Vigil
Children's Park - Downtown
Begins at 7pm
contact: amylourunge [at] earthlink.net
San Diego
Vigil
Hall of Justice
330 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
3:45pm - 7pm
San Jose
March from the Mission Church in Santa Clara University
Starting at 4:00PM
End at the Cathedral in Market Street, San Jose
South Pasadena
AN EVENING OF PRAYER TO END THE DEATH PENALTY
Holy Family Church
1501 Fremont Ave.
South Pasadena,CA 91030
Begins at: 7:30 pm
Opening prayer, Presentation of the play "Prison of the Mind" and discussion to follow the play
For more information call the church at 626-799-8908
San Rafael
Interfaith Service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
1123 Court Street
San Rafael, CA
7 pm
San Rafael
Interfaith Prayer Vigil at Dominican Sisters’ Center
1520 Grand Avenue
San Rafael, CA
8 pm - 10:30pm
They will carpool to the East Gate of San Quentin to join the vigil there at 11 pm. For further information, call (415) 454-6491.
Santa Barbara
Candle-light vigil
7pm to 9pm
Meet in front of Borders
900 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Ventura
SILENT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Ventura County Government Center
Corner of Telephone Rd. and Victoria Ave.
8:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Bring candles, warm clothing
Contacts: DavidHoward [at] aol.com or francisco.romero [at] csun.edu
El Cerrito
Interfaith Prayer Vigil
St. John the Baptist
11150 San Pablo Ave.
El Cerrito, CA
7:30-8:30pm
Refreshments and Carpool to San Quentin available.
San Bernardino
Candle light vigil 6:00 - 7:00 (outside)
Interfaith Prayer service 7:00 - 8:00 (inside)
Diocesan Pastoral Center
1201 E. Highland
San Bernardino, CA 92405
Apple Valley
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Prayer service
9:00 - midnight vigil
Our Lady of the Desert
18386 Corwin Road
Apple Valley, CA 92307
Los Angeles
LA Catholic Worker Vigil
LA Criminal Courts Building
300 N. Spring at Temple
Los Angeles, CA
4pm-6pm
Contact the LA Catholic Worker at 323-267-8789
San Dimas
Catholics Opposed to Prisoner Executions
Vigil from 7-9pm
Holy Name of Mary Church
724 East Bonita Avenue
San Dimas, CA 91773
Contact Curt Feese at (626)339-0170
Ojai
Silent Candlelight Vigil
5:00pm-6:00pm at the "Y" (corner of Ojai Ave. and Maricopa Hwy)
Meditation and Chanting
6:30pm-8:00pm at the Ojai Retreat (160 Besant Road)
Please bring candles to the vigil and a sign, if you like, to respectfully show why you are at the vigil. Keep in mind it will be dark and probably cold. The meditation and chanting is open to all but will have a Zen Buddhist focus.
For more information, email Kenley Neufeld at peace [at] neuhouse.com or call 805-252-2448
Chino Hills
prayer vigil
5:30 - 6:30pm
St. Paul the Apostle
14085 Peyton Drive
Chino Hills, CA 91709
For directions call: 909-465-5503
San Luis Obispo
Vigil
Noon to 1pm
In front of the Government Center on Monterey St.
More info: fnolan [at] calpoly.edu
Camarillo
Prayer Vigil of Healing and Hope
7 pm
St. Mary Magdalen's Church - Music Room
At the corner of Las Posas and Crestview in Camarillo,CA
Excerpts from "Redemption" and "Interview with an Executioner" will be shown.
We will then walk 1 mile to St. Columba's in a silent procession (please bring lanterns or flashlights). We will continue with a prayer service at St. Columba's beginning at 8 p.m.
For more information, please call Julie Morris at 805-488-3709
Inglewood
silent vigil
Holy Faith Church
260 N Locust St.
Inglewood, CA
starting at 7:00 pm
San Francisco
Vigil
9:15pm - 12:15
65 Ninth St. (Between Market and Mission Streets)
San Francisco, CA
All are welcome
Hayward
All Saints Church
2nd & D streets
Hayward , Ca 94546
candles provided
8PM
More info, call Jim @ 510-566-2349
San Francisco
VIGIL - Prayer and Reflection regarding the Death Sentence of Stanley Tookie Williams tonight.
First Unitarian Universalist Society
1187 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
6 to 9 PM
CLEMENCY WAS DENIED. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AN EVENT TODAY!
DECEMBER 12, 2005 - PM
Statewide Rallies and Vigils Against the Scheduled Execution of Stanley Williams
San Quentin State Prison
RALLY AT 8:00PM
EAST GATE OF SAN QUENTIN
You can park on Francisco Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-1.5 Miles to get to the East Gate of San Quentin.
Contact: stefanie [at] deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143
Los Angeles
RALLY AT 6:00 P.M.
WESTWOOD FEDERAL BUILDING
11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Corner of Veteran)
MARCH AT 8:30 P.M. from Westwood Federal Bldg. to St. Paul the Apostle Church for a VIGIL (10750 Ohio Avenue,Los Angeles, CA 90024)
Contact: EDeBode [at] la-archdiocese.org
Sacramento
VIGIL FROM 11PM to 12:30AM
State Capitol Building
11th & L Streets
Contact: stellalevy [at] sbcglobal.net
Fresno
Vigil begins at 5:30 PM in front of St. John's Cathedral
Mariposa & R Streets, in downtown Fresno
Contact: maria.telesco [at] att.net
Riverside
Vigil at St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church
Brockton & Arlington
Riverside, CA 92506
Time: 9:00pm
Orange
Circle of Orange
Chapman and Glassell Streets
5 PM – 12:15 AM
City of Orange
Orange County
Tiburon
Panel Discussion on the death penalty from the Jewish Perspective
8 - 10 PM
Congregation Kol Shofar
215 Blackfield Drive
Tiburon, CA
Pasadena
Vigil Against the Death Penalty!
All Saints Church
132 N. Euclid Avenue
Pasadena, CA
8:30-10:00 PM
Contact: mtermaat [at] earthlink.net
Redwood City
St. Matthias Parish
1685 Cordilleras Ave. Redwood City ,CA
Ecumenical Service from 7-9pm
Palo Alto
4 PM
Vigil in support of Williams' life, on the eve of his scheduled execution.
Bring candles, signs, and warm clothing.
Some participants may choose to carpool to San Quentin.
Corner of El Camino and Embarcadero Streets
Palo Alto, CA
Oceanside
Candle-light Vigil
Mission San Luis Rey
4070 Mission Ave.
Oceanside, CA
9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Participants are invited to bring readings to share with the group.
Chico
Silent Candlelight Prayer Vigil
Children's Park - Downtown
Begins at 7pm
contact: amylourunge [at] earthlink.net
San Diego
Vigil
Hall of Justice
330 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
3:45pm - 7pm
San Jose
March from the Mission Church in Santa Clara University
Starting at 4:00PM
End at the Cathedral in Market Street, San Jose
South Pasadena
AN EVENING OF PRAYER TO END THE DEATH PENALTY
Holy Family Church
1501 Fremont Ave.
South Pasadena,CA 91030
Begins at: 7:30 pm
Opening prayer, Presentation of the play "Prison of the Mind" and discussion to follow the play
For more information call the church at 626-799-8908
San Rafael
Interfaith Service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
1123 Court Street
San Rafael, CA
7 pm
San Rafael
Interfaith Prayer Vigil at Dominican Sisters’ Center
1520 Grand Avenue
San Rafael, CA
8 pm - 10:30pm
They will carpool to the East Gate of San Quentin to join the vigil there at 11 pm. For further information, call (415) 454-6491.
Santa Barbara
Candle-light vigil
7pm to 9pm
Meet in front of Borders
900 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Ventura
SILENT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Ventura County Government Center
Corner of Telephone Rd. and Victoria Ave.
8:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Bring candles, warm clothing
Contacts: DavidHoward [at] aol.com or francisco.romero [at] csun.edu
El Cerrito
Interfaith Prayer Vigil
St. John the Baptist
11150 San Pablo Ave.
El Cerrito, CA
7:30-8:30pm
Refreshments and Carpool to San Quentin available.
San Bernardino
Candle light vigil 6:00 - 7:00 (outside)
Interfaith Prayer service 7:00 - 8:00 (inside)
Diocesan Pastoral Center
1201 E. Highland
San Bernardino, CA 92405
Apple Valley
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Prayer service
9:00 - midnight vigil
Our Lady of the Desert
18386 Corwin Road
Apple Valley, CA 92307
Los Angeles
LA Catholic Worker Vigil
LA Criminal Courts Building
300 N. Spring at Temple
Los Angeles, CA
4pm-6pm
Contact the LA Catholic Worker at 323-267-8789
San Dimas
Catholics Opposed to Prisoner Executions
Vigil from 7-9pm
Holy Name of Mary Church
724 East Bonita Avenue
San Dimas, CA 91773
Contact Curt Feese at (626)339-0170
Ojai
Silent Candlelight Vigil
5:00pm-6:00pm at the "Y" (corner of Ojai Ave. and Maricopa Hwy)
Meditation and Chanting
6:30pm-8:00pm at the Ojai Retreat (160 Besant Road)
Please bring candles to the vigil and a sign, if you like, to respectfully show why you are at the vigil. Keep in mind it will be dark and probably cold. The meditation and chanting is open to all but will have a Zen Buddhist focus.
For more information, email Kenley Neufeld at peace [at] neuhouse.com or call 805-252-2448
Chino Hills
prayer vigil
5:30 - 6:30pm
St. Paul the Apostle
14085 Peyton Drive
Chino Hills, CA 91709
For directions call: 909-465-5503
San Luis Obispo
Vigil
Noon to 1pm
In front of the Government Center on Monterey St.
More info: fnolan [at] calpoly.edu
Camarillo
Prayer Vigil of Healing and Hope
7 pm
St. Mary Magdalen's Church - Music Room
At the corner of Las Posas and Crestview in Camarillo,CA
Excerpts from "Redemption" and "Interview with an Executioner" will be shown.
We will then walk 1 mile to St. Columba's in a silent procession (please bring lanterns or flashlights). We will continue with a prayer service at St. Columba's beginning at 8 p.m.
For more information, please call Julie Morris at 805-488-3709
Inglewood
silent vigil
Holy Faith Church
260 N Locust St.
Inglewood, CA
starting at 7:00 pm
San Francisco
Vigil
9:15pm - 12:15
65 Ninth St. (Between Market and Mission Streets)
San Francisco, CA
All are welcome
Hayward
All Saints Church
2nd & D streets
Hayward , Ca 94546
candles provided
8PM
More info, call Jim @ 510-566-2349
San Francisco
VIGIL - Prayer and Reflection regarding the Death Sentence of Stanley Tookie Williams tonight.
First Unitarian Universalist Society
1187 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
6 to 9 PM
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SAVE TOOKIE COMMITTEE: HOLDING TWO ACTIONS IN LOS ANGELES
Here are two additional actions planned to take place in Los Angeles.
Please spread the word. Sent by Dana Blanchard, CEDP Los Angeles Chapter
EMERGENCY PROTEST AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Bringing the Protest Against Tookie's Execution to Gov.'s Doorstep in
Brentwood
...If He Does Not Grant Clemency
WHERE: Outside Governor Schwarzenegger's Brentwood Mansion
WHEN: Monday, December 12th at 6PM
(Tookie's scheduled for execution at 12:01AM Tuesday)
Directions: 405 Fwy, Exit Sunset Blvd.
West on Sunset 4-5 miles to Mandeville Canyon.
North on Mandeville Canyon Rd 1.6 miles to Chalon Rd.
Should the Gov. deny clemency, protesters will bring their message to
Schwarzenegger doorstep. They are holding the Gov. responsible for ending
the hope of tens of thousands of school-children across the country who have
read Tookie's children's books and have been inspired by his stories to stay
out of gangs.
There will be another protest at the Westwood Federal Building on Veteran
and Wilshire at 6PM on Monday December 12th.
Protests will also be held at the San Quentin State Prison, in Sacramento,
Fresno, Riverside, Orange, Tiburon, Pasadena, Oceanside, Chico, San Diego,
San Jose, South Pasadena, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Ventura, El Cerrito,
San Bernardino, Apple Valley, San Dimas, Ojai, Chino Hills, San Luis Obispo,
Camarillo, Redwood City, and Palo Alto.
For more information go to:
http://savetookie.org
http://www.deathpenalty.org
###
Here are two additional actions planned to take place in Los Angeles.
Please spread the word. Sent by Dana Blanchard, CEDP Los Angeles Chapter
EMERGENCY PROTEST AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Bringing the Protest Against Tookie's Execution to Gov.'s Doorstep in
Brentwood
...If He Does Not Grant Clemency
WHERE: Outside Governor Schwarzenegger's Brentwood Mansion
WHEN: Monday, December 12th at 6PM
(Tookie's scheduled for execution at 12:01AM Tuesday)
Directions: 405 Fwy, Exit Sunset Blvd.
West on Sunset 4-5 miles to Mandeville Canyon.
North on Mandeville Canyon Rd 1.6 miles to Chalon Rd.
Should the Gov. deny clemency, protesters will bring their message to
Schwarzenegger doorstep. They are holding the Gov. responsible for ending
the hope of tens of thousands of school-children across the country who have
read Tookie's children's books and have been inspired by his stories to stay
out of gangs.
There will be another protest at the Westwood Federal Building on Veteran
and Wilshire at 6PM on Monday December 12th.
Protests will also be held at the San Quentin State Prison, in Sacramento,
Fresno, Riverside, Orange, Tiburon, Pasadena, Oceanside, Chico, San Diego,
San Jose, South Pasadena, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Ventura, El Cerrito,
San Bernardino, Apple Valley, San Dimas, Ojai, Chino Hills, San Luis Obispo,
Camarillo, Redwood City, and Palo Alto.
For more information go to:
http://savetookie.org
http://www.deathpenalty.org
###
For more information:
http://www.indybay.org/california
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| WHAT: |Rally and Vigil to Protest the Death Penalty and Execution
of Stanley Tookie Williams
|
|----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WHEN: |Monday, December 12, 2005, 8:30 PM
|
|----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WHERE: |San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street steps; we will then
proceed by |
| |bus at 9PM to San Quentin Prison's East Gate, returning by
1AM |
| |(space is limited; to reserve call 415-554-7630)
|
|----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
_
Join Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and Public Defender Jeff Adachi in a
Rally and Vigil Protesting the Death Penalty and Execution of
Stanley Tookie Williams
Get on the bus for an evening of solidarity with death-penalty
opponents at San Quentin Correctional Facility
SAN FRANCISCO - On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, just after midnight, the
State of California plans to execute Stanley Tookie Williams at San
Quentin prison. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and Public Defender Jeff
Adachi are calling for activists and death-penalty opponents to join
him
at a rally and vigil at San Quentin prison on Monday evening.
Stanley Tookie Williams, a cofounder of the Crips gang, was convicted
of murder and robbery in 1981 and given the death penalty. His
conviction was based on circumstantial evidence and he has maintained
his innocence. Williams has rehabilitated himself while in prison,
authoring 9 children's books and speaking out against gang life. He's
been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature and several times for
the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I am firmly against the death penalty in all cases as it is not a
deterrent and does not represent well how a civil society should act.
But if the State of California continues to allow sentences of death,
the least we can do is make sure that no innocent people are executed
and that rehabilitated prisoners be given life without the possibility
of parole. Mr. Williams is of great value to our society doing what
he's
been doing--reaching out to young people and teaching them his
hard-learned lessons", said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.
Senator Carole Migden added: "Today the Governor told us there is no
room for forgiveness, reform or redemption in our legal system.
Stanley
Tookie Williams turned himself around like few others, so now what
incentive is there for other condemned criminals to follow in his
footsteps?"
Sam Dodge
| WHAT: |Rally and Vigil to Protest the Death Penalty and Execution
of Stanley Tookie Williams
|
|----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WHEN: |Monday, December 12, 2005, 8:30 PM
|
|----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WHERE: |San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street steps; we will then
proceed by |
| |bus at 9PM to San Quentin Prison's East Gate, returning by
1AM |
| |(space is limited; to reserve call 415-554-7630)
|
|----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------|
_
Join Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and Public Defender Jeff Adachi in a
Rally and Vigil Protesting the Death Penalty and Execution of
Stanley Tookie Williams
Get on the bus for an evening of solidarity with death-penalty
opponents at San Quentin Correctional Facility
SAN FRANCISCO - On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, just after midnight, the
State of California plans to execute Stanley Tookie Williams at San
Quentin prison. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and Public Defender Jeff
Adachi are calling for activists and death-penalty opponents to join
him
at a rally and vigil at San Quentin prison on Monday evening.
Stanley Tookie Williams, a cofounder of the Crips gang, was convicted
of murder and robbery in 1981 and given the death penalty. His
conviction was based on circumstantial evidence and he has maintained
his innocence. Williams has rehabilitated himself while in prison,
authoring 9 children's books and speaking out against gang life. He's
been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature and several times for
the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I am firmly against the death penalty in all cases as it is not a
deterrent and does not represent well how a civil society should act.
But if the State of California continues to allow sentences of death,
the least we can do is make sure that no innocent people are executed
and that rehabilitated prisoners be given life without the possibility
of parole. Mr. Williams is of great value to our society doing what
he's
been doing--reaching out to young people and teaching them his
hard-learned lessons", said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.
Senator Carole Migden added: "Today the Governor told us there is no
room for forgiveness, reform or redemption in our legal system.
Stanley
Tookie Williams turned himself around like few others, so now what
incentive is there for other condemned criminals to follow in his
footsteps?"
Sam Dodge
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