PHILADELPHIA: April 2002 Events For Mumia
April 4th- Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
If there are events in your area to commemorate King please make the connection between the political murder of King and the attempted murder of Mumia. Day of International "Honks For Mumia" hold signs and encourage people to blow their horns for justice for Mumia. In Philadelphia there will be press conference at 11 am at the Union Hall 1199C at 13th and Locust (the scene of the crime), sponsored by Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal, followed by a Honk for Mumiat 3 p.m. at Broad and Spring Garden.
April 5th- International day of outreach. More to be announced.
Mics for Mumia Poetry Reading/Concert for Mumia Abu-Jamal
April 5 7:30-11 pm Calvary Church (48th and Baltimore in West Philly)
Join Blackout Arts Collective (with chapters in NY, Boston, New Haven and Philly) RICANSTRUCTION and AWOL Magazine artists as they perform conscious and revolutionary poetry and music in honor of our brotha Mumia Abu-Jamal.
THE EVIDENCE MUST BE HEARD - THE TRUTH MUST BE TOLD
April 6th -
Rally April 6th at Broad and Spring Garden, starting at 11 a.m., followed by a teach-in about Mumia, the death penalty and the current state of the nation beginning at 12-6 p.m., at Benjamin Franklin High School, Broad and Green St., with speakers like Dick Gregory and Sonia Sanchez. April 7th there will be a security forum at the Friends Center, 12-3 p.m. in the Rufus Jones room (in the basement).
Ben Franklin High School (this is Mumia's high school where he and many other students fought for Black Studies and petitioned to have the name changed to Malcom X High)-Greene & Spring Garden Center City Philadelphia 12 noon - 6pm sliding scale of $10 to enter (no one is turned away)
Educational forum about: The Death Penalty Focusing Specifically on 3 important cases:
1)The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal-(focused on from 2 until 5pm) Come hear the evidence that this government has been fighting for 20 years to silence. Undeniable facts which prove Mumia's absolute innocence and expose this entire system. Hear the truth first hand from Terri Maurer-Carter, Veronica Jones, Linn Washington, Attorney Elliot Grossman and Sam Jordan. Also present will be Dick Gregory and many others. The confession of Arnold Beverly will also be shown on video.
2) Jamil Al-Amin formerly H. Rap Brown this man is on trial right now accused of attacking police officers and facing the death penalty. In the past, H. Rap Brown was specifically targetted by the federal governments counter intelligence program, and since his conversion to Islam (and adoption of a traditional Islamic name) and his involvement with the community in Atlanta he has become a target of the Atlanta authorities.
3)Fred Thomas is a dying man on Pennsylvania's death row. He was convicted of murdering a fed ex driver in an apparent drug-related robbery. There is no physical evidence that links Fred to the crime, witness statements saying that two men (neither of which is Fred) committed the crime, and the two witnesses who testified against Fred were brought in by Officer James Ryan who is currently in prison for among other things.
The program will also have educational sections against the war and on the importance of reparations
April 8th- Hearing for those arrested and brutalized at a peaceful demo for Mumia on December 8th.
April 8th come out and support those who were arrested at the Dec. 8th protest in support of Mumia. Their trial will be at 9 a.m. at the Criminal Justice Center at 13th and Filbert, and at 12:30 p.m. there will be rally and press conference at NW corner of City Hall, 15th and Market. For more information, contact International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal at 215 476 5416.
To stand in support in the court room come to the "Justice Center" at 1501 Filbert St. at 9am. Also we will be doing a Honk demonstration in support of those arrested at noon at the NE corner of City Hall (directly across from the "Justice Center").
April 24th- Please organize fund raising events for Mumia's legal defense. At least 150,000 dollars is needed for a new investigation.
Update on Mumia Support Activities including April 6th
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