February 17 - Tallahassee Progressive Center, at 7pm
FLORIDA DEATH ROW SURVIVOR TO SHARE HIS STORY
and
What does the death row experience mean in context of the upcoming
Florida
Legislative Session?
THIS THURSDAY, February 17, from 7pm to 8:30pm
COME HEAR hear Juan Melendez, who was exonerated and released in
January,
2002 after almost 18 years on Florida's Death Row. This harrowing
story is
also an amazing and inspirational story of redemption and the power
of
faith and love, as told in the first person by a man who survived the
ultimate nightmare.
Also discussing the Florida Death Penalty, the upcoming legislative
session, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, will be Abe Bonowitz, former
death
penalty advocate and director of Floridians for Alternatives to the
Death
Penalty (FADP).
This event is FREE and open to the public. Donations to the Florida
Exonerated Prisoner Relief Fund and to FADP to help cover tour
expenses
will be accepted. AbolitionWear will be available!
SPONSORED BY:
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
and the Tallahassee Progressive Center
For more information contact, abe@fadp.org
or call 800-973-6548.
DIRECTIONS
to the Tallahassee Progressive Center
1720 S. Gadsden St. in Tallahassee, FL
Get a Yahoo Map and driving directions at
http://www.tallprogcen.com/find.htm
Get yourself to Monroe St (Rt. 61), in Downtown Tallahassee
Monroe St. (Rt 61) South from the Capitol (towards FAMU)
Left onto Palmer (traffic light)
Right onto Gadsden (first real right turn)
It is a large white building on the Right.
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February 19 - Orlando - Amnesty International State Conference
This is an all day conference (8:30am to 5:30pm).
Juan will be
speaking
during the death penalty workshop, which starts at 1:15pm.
Marks Street Senior Center, 99 East Marks Street, Orlando, FL
Take I-4 to Exit #41 onto FL Highway 50, aka US Highway 17, 92
(Colonial
Dr) and head east to Magnolia Ave (7-11 on northwest corner). Turn
left on
Magnolia.
The Marks Street Senior Center is on the northwest corner of Magnolia
and
Marks Street. If you get lost, call Ray Barber at (407) 257-6996
(cell).
For directions from exactly where you are, use MAPQUEST.com
or Yahoo.com.
