2021 Events

*Rescheduled* October Meeting – World Day Against the Death Penalty, October 11, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Join Amnesty International Group 519 for their monthly meeting to discuss death penalty abolition in Florida. Featuring Kristina Roth, Senior Advocate for the Criminal Justice Program at AIUSA, along with Mark Elliott and Celeste Fitzgerald with Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to discuss ending the death penalty in Florida.

ARC, Inc.’s annual Together Towards Justice virtual event, October 12, at 7:00 pm.

This year, ARC, Inc. is privileged to be joined by renowned attorney Stephen Bright; and artist, activist, author, Halim Flowers to share his experiences as a formerly incarcerated youth and ARC, Inc. client who came home in 2018.

ARC, Inc. celebrates and honors the work of mitigation through this event, and we hope you will be a part of joining in that celebration. Tickets can be purchased here. If you cannot join us live, by purchasing a ticket you will have access to the recording which you can view at a later time.

The Death Penalty in Florida: The Case Against Death, October 15, 2021, 9:00am to 3:00pm

This one-day virtual event aims to educate attendees about the concerns with the death penalty in Florida and beyond. Sponsored by Nova Southeastern University’s Lifelong Learning Institute, Law School and Barry University’s Department of Sociology & Criminology, It will feature state and national leaders addressing legal issues, racial bias, innocence, faith and family perspectives, executions of the severely mentally ill, and more. Sign up here!

Race and the Death Penalty | September 10, 7 pm

Virtual forum presented by Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

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Cities for Life

Since 2002, the Community of Sant’Egidio has organized the International Day of Cities for Life, Cities against the Death Penalty, which takes place every year on November 30 – on the anniversary of the first abolition of the death penalty on the part of a State, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany on November 30, 1786.

FADP began participating in the International Day of Cities for Life, Cities against the Death Penalty, in 2015, when we joined the Community of Sant’Egidio in Rome. for the annual lighting of the colosseum.

Read about our 2018 events on November 30.

See our list of 2017 events.

See coverage of Florida’s 2016 World Day of Cities for Life events here.

Preview of Florida’s 2015 World Day of Cities for Life events here.